Andrographis paniculata
ನೆಲಬೇವುकालमेघநிலவேம்பு
Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 79 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Acanthaceae
Formerly Andrographis subspathulata, Justicia latebrosa, Justicia paniculata, Justicia stricta
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Indian SubcontinentKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 79 cmRead from Wikipedia and Plants For A Future, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 30–110 cm; Plants For A Future 0.8–0.8 m
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Tamil
- நிலவேம்பு
- Chinese
- 穿心莲, 穿心蓮
- Simplified Chinese
- 穿心莲, 一见喜, 印度草
- Finnish
- Rohtokirata
- Hindi
- कालमेघ
- Telugu
- నేలవేము
- Kannada
- ನೆಲಬೇವು
- Bangla
- আলুই, কালমেঘ
- Malayalam
- കിരിയാറ്റ്, നിലവേപ്പ്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants For A Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Andrographis paniculata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.