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Justicia adhatoda L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Justicia adhatoda in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 15.
   today: The current name for this species is Adhatoda vasica Nees


original Latin diagnosis
Justicia arborea, foliis lanceolato-ovatis, bracteis ovatis persistentibus, corollarum galea concava.

English translation
Justicia tree-like; with leaf blades lanceolate-ovate; with bracts ovate [and] persisting; of the corollas with a hood concave.


English translation with commentary
Justicea Justicea
tree-like; arborea - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective arboreus; modifies Justicia
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
lanceolate-ovate; lanceolato-ovatis - combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um + ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
with bracts bracteis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun bractea, -ae
ovate ovatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies bracteis
[and] added for smoother reading
persisting; persistentibus - ablative plural feminine of present active participle of third conjugation verb persisto, persistere, perstiti, —; modifies bracteis
of the corollas corallarum - genetive plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae
with a hood galea - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun galea, -ae
concave. concava - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective concavus, -a, -um


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