• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Adhatoda zeylanica Medik.; Adhatoda vasica Nees
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Justicia adhatoda L.
• Common name : Vasa, Vasaka, Malabar nut, Adhatoda
• Vernacular name : Vasakam (Telugu); Adalodakam, Pothadalotakam, Vasica (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Plains
• Comments / notes : Often in plains to 1000m; sometimes grown as hedge plant
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0612
• Collection Locality : Shevoray temple road, Shevoray Hills, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
• Native : Indo-Himalaya
• World Distribution : India, sub-tropical Himalayas, China, Malaya Peninsula, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Justicia adhatoda. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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