Common names: Indian snakegrass, Green chirayta, Creat, King of bitters
Thai names: ฟ้าทะลาย Fa thalai, ฟ้าทะลายโจร Fa thalai chon (Bangkok); ซีปังกี Si-Pang-ki (Chinese); หญ้ากันงู Ya kan ngu (Songkhla)
Chinese names: 穿心莲 chuan xin lian
Distribution: Native to India and Sri Lanka. Cultivated or naturalised in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, the Caribbean.
Image locations: Chonburi
Map info: Provinces are highlighted according to phytogeographical areas as used in the Flora of Thailand project.
Additional notes: A common "weed" in Pattaya.
Images of Andrographis paniculata from Thailand.
Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees Pattaya Chonburi September
Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees Pattaya Chonburi September
Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees Pattaya Chonburi October
Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees Pattaya Chonburi October