Andrographis

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Translingual

Flower of the type species Andrographis paniculata.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρο- (andro-, combining form of ἀνήρ) + γραφίς (graphís, “paintbrush”), so named because of the penicillate anthers.[1]

Proper noun

Andrographis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – false waterwillows.

References

  1. ^ Nathaniel Wallich (1832) Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants‎ (in Latin), volume 3, →DOI, page 116, see footnote.
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