Acanthaceae
Squirrel's tail
Nicoteba betonica
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Nicoteba
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 白苞爵床, 緑苞爵床, 绿苞爵床
- English
- Squirrel's tail, Water willow, White shrimp plant
- Malayalam
- വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി
- sat
- ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ
- Tamil
- வேலி மூங்கில்
Synonyms
- Adhatoda arenaria Nees
- Adhatoda betonica (L.) Nees
- Adhatoda cheiranthifolia Nees
- Adhatoda lupulina Nees
- Adhatoda ramosissima Nees
- Adhatoda trinervia (Vahl) Nees
- Adhatoda variegata Nees
- Adhatoda variegata var. pallidior Nees
- Betonica frutescens Bontekoe
- Dicliptera lupulina C.Presl
- Dicliptera trinervia Juss.
- Ecbolium betonica (L.) Kuntze
- Ecbolium trinervium (Vahl) Kuntze
- Gendarussa arenaria Steud.
- Gendarussa betonica Nees ex Steud.
- Gendarussa ramosissima (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Steud.
- Gendarussa trinervia Nees ex Steud.
- Gendarussa variegata Hochst. ex Nees
- Justicia antidota Sm. ex T.Anderson
- Justicia betonica L.
- Justicia betonica var. villosa C.B.Clarke
- Justicia betonicifolia Nees
- Justicia cheiranthifolia (Nees) C.B.Clarke
- Justicia lupulina E.Mey.
- Justicia pallidior (Nees) C.B.Clarke
- Justicia pallidior var. cooperi C.B.Clarke
- Justicia pseudobetonica Roth
- Justicia ramosissima Roxb. ex Hornem.
- Justicia trinervia Vahl
- Justicia uninervis S.Moore
- Justicia variegata (Nees) Martelli
- Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau
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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). About our plant data.