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Chinese violet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Asystasia
Species:	A. gangetica
Binomial name
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

Asystasia gangetica, commonly known as Chinese violet, is a species in the plant family Acanthaceae.

Synonyms

This plant is also known by incorrect synonyms, like: Asystasia bojeriana Ness, Asystasia coromandelina Ness and Justicia gangetica L., Asystasia intrusa (Forssk.), Ruellia intrusa (Forssk.)

Distribution

It occurs throughout the tropics.

in Hyderabad, India.

in Hyderabad, India.

in Hyderabad, India.

Uses

In some parts of Africa, the leaves are eaten as a vegetable. ^[1] It is also used as an ornamental plant.

References

External links

• PROTAbase on Asystasia gangetica
• Asystasia gangetica
• Asystasia gangetica

From Wikispecies

Asystasia gangetica

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Justiciinae
Genus: Asystasia
Species: Asystasia gangetica
Subspecies: A. g. subsp. gangetica - A. g. subsp. micrantha

Name

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

References

• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).

Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

• G. H. K. Thwaites & J. D. Hooker, Enum. pl. zeyl. 235. 1860
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

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