= Adhatoda betonica (L.) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 103 (1832)
= Adhatoda cheiranthifolia Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 387 (1847)
= Adhatoda lupulina (E.Mey.) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 385 (1847)
= Adhatoda ramosissima (Roxb.) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 103 (1832)
= Adhatoda variegata Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 385 (1847)
= Adhatoda variegata var. pallidior Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 387 (1847)
= Dicliptera lupulina (E.Mey.) C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 3: 95 (1845)
= Ecbolium betonica (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 487 (1891)
= Gendarussa betonica Nees ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 668 (1841), nom. inval.
= Gendarussa ramosissima (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 668 (1841)
= Justicia antidota Sm. ex T.Anderson; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 118 (1863)
= Justicia betonica L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 15 (1753)
= Justicia betonica var. ramosissima (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 525 (1885)
= Justicia betonica var. villosa C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 525 (1885)
= Justicia betoniciifolia Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 430 (1847)
= Justicia betonicoides C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 184 (1899)
= Justicia cheiranthifolia (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 5(1): 58 (1901)
= Justicia lupulina E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 195 (1843)
= Justicia pallidior (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 5: 58 (1901)
= Justicia pallidior var. cooperi C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4: 48 (1901)
= Justicia pseudobetonica Roth; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 1: 160 (1817)
= Justicia ramosissima Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 4 (1814), nomen
= Justicia uninervis S.Moore; J. Bot. 46: 74 (1908)
= Justicia variegata (Nees) Martelli; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 20: 393 (1888) non Aubl. 1775