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Asystasia gangetica is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is commonly known as the Chinese violet, coromandel or creeping foxglove. In South Africa this plant may simply be called asystasia.

Garcinia xanthochymus, the false mangosteen, gamboge, yellow mangosteen, Himalayan Garcinia, or sour mangosteen is a species of mangosteen native to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indochina, and southern China at elevations of 0 – 1400 meters. Plants are found growing in humid forests of valleys or on hills. It is locally known as defol (ডেফল) in Bengal, tepor tenga (টেপৰ টেঙা) in Assam, and heirangoi (হৈরাংগোই) in Manipur.

Thunbergia erecta is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the genus Thunbergia native to western Africa. Common names include bush clockvine, king's-mantle and potato bush.

Garcinia livingstonei (African mangosteen, lowveld mangosteen, Livingstone's garcinia or imbe) is a species of Garcinia, native to a broad area of tropical Africa, from Senegal east to Somalia, south to South Africa, and to the Comoros. It is an evergreen small tree, growing to 6–18 m tall. The leaves are borne in opposite pairs or whorls of 3–4, each leaf blue-green, oval, 6–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced in clusters on the stems. The fruit is a small, bright, orange, thin-skinned berry 1–4 cm diameter, with one single large seed; the small yield of edible fruit is

Garcinia atroviridis, known as asam gelugur, asam gelugo, or asam keping (in Malay, Thai: ส้มแขก) is a large rainforest tree which ranges from the eastern Himalayas through Myanmar and Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra. Garcinia atroviridis is commonly found in evergreen forests in the southern region of Thailand and Malaysia. This species grows wild throughout Peninsular Malaysia but is also widely cultivated, especially in the northern states, owing to its economic and medicinal value.

Phoenix rupicola (rupicola - Latin, inhabitant of rocks) or cliff date palm is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, native to the mountainous forests of India and Bhutan from 300 to 1,200 m (980 to 3,940 ft), usually occurring on cliffs, hillsides and similar terrain. It is threatened by habitat loss in its native range. On the other hand, the species is reportedly naturalised in the Andaman Islands, the Leeward Islands, Cuba and Puerto Rico and a specimen has recently been reported in Saint Lucia.

Hygrophila polysperma, commonly known as dwarf hygrophila, dwarf hygro, Miramar weed, Indian swampweed or Indian waterweed, is an aquatic plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, China and Malaysia, and has also been introduced to the US states of Florida, Texas and possibly Virginia. It is listed on the Federal Noxious Weed List in the US and is illegal to import and sell in a number of states including Kansas and South Carolina.

Thunbergia mysorensis, the Mysore trumpetvine or lady's slipper vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. A woody-stemmed evergreen, this vine is native to southern tropical India. The specific epithet mysorensis is derived from the city of Mysore.

Acanthus montanus, also known as bear's breech or mountain thistle and in Igbo; ogwu_ahga (in Agbani, Enugu State Nigeria) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acanthus. It is native to tropical Africa, growing in wet and shady places like stream borders in Sierra Leone in West Africa and from Benin to Chad, Zambia, and Angola in central Africa. It is a thinly branched perennial with basal clusters of oblong to lance-shaped glossy, dark green leaves reaching up to 12 inches (30 cm) long. The leaves have silver marks, wavy margins and thorns. It reaches up to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and

Ptyssiglottis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It includes 38 species native to tropical Asia and Papuasia, ranging from Sri Lanka to Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Garcinia wightii is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of Kerala state in southwestern India. It grows in lowland tropical moist forest in scattered locations in the Anamalai Hills at about 700 meters elevation.

Asystasia mysorensis is an edible plant species in the family Acanthaceae found in Africa. It is used as a leafy vegetable, used by the Kikuyu community for food including the delicious 'mukimo'. The local name is 'muhika na ihuu'

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Mammea siamensis (Thai: สารภี, saraphi, สร้อยภี soiphi in Southern Thai) is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. Its name in Vietnamese is Trau tráu, and it is called "salapee" in Thailand and Laos. It is a tree native to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam) and Peninsular Malaysia (Penang). It is a small evergreen tree which grows 5 to 15 metres tall. It has fragrant yellow or white flowers and a small oval fruit. It grows in lowland and montane tropical moist forests from 10 to 1,300 metres elevation. The species was first described as Calysaccion

Justicia petiolaris is a plant species in the family Acanthaceae. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to Mozambique, Eswatini, and eastern and southern South Africa.

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Ruellia affinis, also known as red ruellia or wild petunia, is a vine native to Brazil, which is usually used as an ornamental plant.

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Justicia wynaadensis is a small shrub or climber belonging to the family Acanthaceae, native to the Western Ghats region of South India, found in places such as Wayanad, Kodagu, Nilgiris, and Malabar Hills at elevations up to 3000 feet.

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Garcinia nigrolineata has been called "wild beaked Kandis" (from the Malay name – see below) and is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree native to Assam, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, and Vietnam in tropical Asia. The Catalogue of Life lists no subspecies.

Garcinia maingayi is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. It grows in lowland and montane rain forests.

Blepharis grossa is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae native to Angola, Namibia, and the Cape Provinces.

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Sphaerocoma is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The only species is Sphaerocoma hookeri. Its native range is Egypt to Northeastern Tropical Africa (Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia), Sinai Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula, southern Iran, and southwestern Pakistan.

Ruellia currorii is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitat is cold desert.