Dicliptera tinctoria

Dicliptera tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Justicieae
Genus:	Dicliptera
Species:	D. tinctoria
Binomial name
	Dicliptera tinctoria; (Nees) Kostel.
Synonyms
	Adeloda integra Raf.; Dicliptera babui Karthik. & Moorthy; Dicliptera sivarajanii Karthik. & Moorthy; Justicia baphica Spreng.; Justicia bivalvis L. ; Justicia purpurea Lour.; Justicia roxburghiana Schult.; Justicia tinctoria Roxb. ; Peristrophe bivalvis (L.) Merr.; Peristrophe roxburghiana (Roem. & Schult.) Bremek. ; Peristrophe tinctoria (Roxb.) Nees;

Dicliptera tinctoria is the accepted name of a species in the family Acanthaceae (previously described here as the synonyms Peristrophe bivalvis (L.) Merr. and P. roxburghiana). It may be called magenta plant, or lá cẩm in Vietnamese and native to southeastern Asia from Assam south to Sri Lanka and east to mainland Southeast Asia, Java, southern China, and Taiwan.