Acanthaceae

Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Strobilanthes

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Strobilanthes cusia (Strobilanthes cusia) — FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 板蓝, 马蓝, 南板蓝, 南板蓝叶, 南板蓝根, 大青叶, 板蓝（马蓝）, 蓝靛
Japanese: 琉球藍
Thai: ฮ่อม

Synonyms

Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek.
Dipteracanthus calycinus Champ.
Goldfussia cusia Nees
Ruellia cusia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Ruellia indigofera Griff.
Ruellia indigotica Fortune
Strobilanthes balansae Lindau
Strobilanthes championii T.Anderson ex Benth.
Strobilanthes flaccida G.Mann
Strobilanthes flaccidifolia Nees

Flowers

In flower: November to January (from 168 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 如此甚好, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.