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Genus Justicia
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Justicia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It is the largest genus within the family, encompassing around 700 species with hundreds more as yet unresolved. They are native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, India and Africa. The genus serves as host to many butterfly species, such as Anartia fatima. Common names include water-willow and shrimp plant, the latter from the inflorescences, which resemble a shrimp in some s
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American Water-Willow
(Justicia americana)
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American water-willow (Justicia americana) is a herbaceous, aquatic flowering plant in the Acanthus family native to North America. It is the hardiest species in the genus Justicia, the other members of which being largely tropical and subtropical, and it is able to survive as far north as USDA zone 4. It is common throughout its range.
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Chuparosa
(Justicia californica)
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Justicia californica is a species of flowering shrub native to the deserts of southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico. Its common names include chuparosa (or chiparosa, both colloquial Spanish terms for "hummingbird"), hummingbird bush, and beloperone.
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Brazilian Red-Cloak
(Megaskepasma erythrochlamys)
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Megaskepasma is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species Megaskepasma erythrochlamys, known by the common name Brazilian red-cloak. It is native to Venezuela and elsewhere in South America, a free branching, upright showy tropical shrub to 3 m high, with appressed reddish hairs; stout stems with broad ovate leaves 12-30 cm long, dark green with pink midrib. It is grown as an ornamental shrub in climates from warm temperate to tropical, for its i
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Shrimp Plant
(Justicia brandegeeana)
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Justicia brandegeeana (Mexican shrimp plant, shrimp plant or false hop) is an evergreen shrub in the genus Justicia of the family Acanthaceae, native to Mexico, and also naturalized in Florida.
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Mexican Honeysuckle
(Justicia spicigera)
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Justicia spicigera (Mexican honeysuckle, firecracker bush, moyotle, moyotli, mohintli, muicle, trompetilla, or ych-kaan in Mayan) is an evergreen shrub with tubular orange flowers. The species is native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. It has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of dysentery, heart problems, asthma and a number of other ailments. Like other t
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Gregg's Tube Tongue
(Justicia pilosella)
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Justicia pilosella (syns. Siphonoglossa pilosella and Monechma pilosella), the hairy tube-tongue, Gregg's tube tongue, or false honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to New Mexico, Texas, and east-central Mexico. A perennial herb reaching 1 ft (30 cm), it is typically found growing in clearings and forest edges in rocky or gravelly soils.
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Purple Justicia
(Justicia procumbens)
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Justicia procumbens, commonly known as Water Willow, (Marathi: करंबल Karambal, पित्तपापडा Pitpapada, कलमाशी Kalmashi)(Tamil:கோடகசாலை--kOdakasAlai), is a small plant endemic to India.
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Firecracker-Flower
(Crossandra infundibuliformis)
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Crossandra infundibuliformis (firecracker flower), is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to southern India and Sri Lanka.
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King's-Crown
(Justicia carnea)
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Justicia carnea, with common names including Brazilian plume flower, Brazilian-plume, flamingo flower, and jacobinia — is a flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.
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Squirrel's Tail
(Justicia betonica)
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Justicia betonica is a species of flowering plant, a shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It goes by the common name squirrel's tail and paper plume.
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White Ribbon Flower
(Hypoestes forskaolii)
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Hypoestes forskaolii is an annual or perennial herb that grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall with its stem and leaves being nearly glabrous. It has pale pink or white flowers.
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Malabar Nut
(Justicia adhatoda)
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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.
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Yellow Jacobinia
(Justicia aurea)
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Justicia umbrosa (Brazilian plume, yellow jacobinia; syn. Adhatoda umbrosa Ness, and Justicia aurea Schltdl.) is an ornamental shrub native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. This plant may be propagated by herbaceous stem cutting, and it can usually get to 1,50 - 2,50 m tall. They flourish in the shade, and will not do well if overwatered.
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White Justicia
(Justicia gendarussa)
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Justicia gendarussa, commonly known as willow-leaved justicia ( error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), is a small erect, branched shrub. It has been described as rare and endemic to India, though those claims are at least confusing, in the context of statements that the plant is widely used in various forms for many of its medicinal and insecticidal properties, and that it is a quick-growing, evergreen forest shrub
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Blue Pussyleaf
(Nelsonia canescens)
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Nelsonia canescens is a herbaceous plant species in the family Acanthaceae, with a substantial number of similar plant specimens now identified as synonyms.
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