Summary ³

Justicia adhatoda, commonly known in English as Malabar nut, adulsa, adhatoda, vasa, or vasaka, is a medicinal plant native to Asia, widely used in Siddha Medicine, Ayurvedic, homeopathy and Unani systems of medicine.

Ethnobotany ⁴

Used in Ayurvedic medicine for lung health

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Siddarth Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Siddarth Machado
2. (c) Manoj Karingamadathil, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Manoj Karingamadathil
3. Adapted by Benjamin Felser from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justicia_adhatoda
4. (c) Benjamin Felser, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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