Odontonema aliciae
Odontonema nitidum
(Jacq.) Kuntze Species
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- Botanical name
- Odontonema nitidum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Odontonema
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Odontonema nitidum
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Odontonema nitidum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Dianthera nitida
Justicia brachiata
Justicia bracteolata
Justicia lucida
Justicia nitida
Odontonema christii
Odontonema nitidum f. album
Odontonema nitidum f. purpureum
Odontonema nitidum subsp. album
Odontonema nitidum var. album
Thyrsacanthus nitidus
Others in Odontonema
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