- 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 IPNI) : Justicia adhatoda L.
- Common name : Vasa, Vasaka, Malabar nut, Adhatoda
- Vernacular name :
- Vasakam (Telugu)
- Adalodakam, Pothadalotakam, Vasica (Malayalam)
- Boga bahok (Assamese)
- Basak (Bengali)
- Arus, Arusa, Pramadya (Hindi)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Plains, Common as well as abundant; often gregarious on the ridge and adjacent hilly tracts
- Comments / notes : Often in plains to 1000m; sometimes grown as hedge plant; The leaves are held sacred by the people; Goats do not like this 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
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district,Salem district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Vasant Kunj
- Haryana : Gurgaon district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- 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.
- Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 271-272
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Justicia adhatoda. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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