Berberidaceae
Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Nandina
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- ناندين مستأنس, ناندين عاري, ناندين كث الزغب
- arz
- ناندين مستانس
- Azerbaijani
- Ev nandinası
- Basque
- Nandina
- Cantonese
- 南天竹
- Chinese
- 南天竹, 南天竹叶, 南天竹子, 南天竹根, 南天竹梗, 天竺子, 蓝田竹, 南天竺
- Dutch
- Hemelse bamboe
- English
- Heavenly bamboo, Sacred bamboo, Common nandina, Nandina
- Finnish
- Nandina
- French
- Bambou sacré, Nandine
- German
- Himmelsbambus, Nandinoideae
- Hungarian
- Japánszentfa
- Japanese
- ナンテン, ナンテンジツ, ナンテンヨウ, 南天, 南天実, 南天燭, 南天葉
- Korean
- 남천
- Persian
- نی مقدس
- Portuguese
- Nandina
- Russian
- Нандина, Нандина домашняя
- Spanish
- Nandina, Nandinoideae
- Vietnamese
- Nam thiên trúc
Synonyms
- Nandina denudata Lavallée
- Nandina domestica f. alba (W.B.Clarke) Rehder
- Nandina domestica f. gigantea Beecher
- Nandina domestica f. longifolia (Dippel) Rehder
- Nandina domestica f. purpurea Beecher
- Nandina domestica unranked alba W.B.Clarke
- Nandina domestica var. linearifolia C.Y.Wu ex S.Y.Bao
- Nandina domestica var. longifolia Dippel
- Nandina tomentosa Wehmer
- Nandina tsermonanten Hassk.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joseph McPhail, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Norbert Bull, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.