Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson

RUN-jee-uh -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
ELL-eh-ganz -- elegant ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: elegant rungia • Kannada: ಕೊಡ ಗಸಾಲೆ koda gasaale • Marathi: मोहक पित्तपापडा mohak pittapapada


botanical names: Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson ... homotypic synonyms: Diapedium elegans (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Kuntze • Justicia concinna J.R.I.Wood ... POWO, retrieved 05 May 2025

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

elegant rungia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved May 05, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕೊಡ ಗಸಾಲೆ koda gasaale

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

मोहक पित्तपापडा mohak pittapapada

• name coined, for want of name; on lines of घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada, a popular name given to Justicia procumbens L., घाटी ghati suggests distribution in the Desh region or country above the Western Ghats; मोहक mohak suggests the striking elegance of flower inflorescence of Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

¿ Goa ?, Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 05/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 22:03 05-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:21 06-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic annual herb "Rungia elegans" "Diapedium elegans" "Justicia concinna" "elegant rungia"

Hygrophila pinnatifida (Dalzell) Sreem.

hy-GRO-fill-uh -- Greek: hugros (moist), philo (love), refers to affinity for moist soil ... Dave's Botanary
pin-nat-ih-FY-duh or pin-nat-ee-FEE-duh -- pinnately divided, finely cut ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: fern-leaf swampweed, Indian swampweed, Miramar weed • Konkani: पाण तेवण paan tevan • Marathi: पाण तेवण paan tevan


botanical names: Hygrophila pinnatifida (Dalzell) Sreem. ... homotypic synonyms: Adenosma pinnatifida (Dalzell) T.Anderson • Cardanthera pinnatifida (Dalzell) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke • Nomaphila pinnatifida Dalzell • Synnema pinnatifidum (Dalzell) Kuntze ... and more at POWO, retrieved 05 May 2025

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

fern-leaf swampweed, Indian swampweed, Miramar weed

• Flowers of India, retrieved May 05, 2025

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

पाण तेवण paan tevan

• Marathi coined-name borrowed, for want of name

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

पाण तेवण paan tevan

• name coined, for want of name; on lines of रान तेवण raan tevan, a popular name of Hygrophila serpyllum (Nees) T.Anderson, रान raan suggests the plant's wild-growing nature; पाण paan suggests the aquatic habit of Hygrophila pinnatifida (Dalzell) Sreem., its natural habitat being water beds

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Goa, *Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 02/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 20:38 04-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:38 05-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial aquatic herb "Hygrophila pinnatifida" "Adenosma pinnatifida" "Cardanthera pinnatifida" "Nomaphila pinnatifida" "Synnema pinnatifidum" "fern-leaf swampweed" "Indian swampweed" "Miramar weed"

Gymnostachyum warrierianum K.M.P.Kumar, Balach. & V.B.Sreek.

jim-no-STAY-kee-um -- Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ wah-rih-ear-ee-AH-num ? -- named for Padmabhushan P K Warrier ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: purple gymnostachyum


botanical names: Gymnostachyum warrierianum K.M.P.Kumar, Balach. & V.B.Sreek. ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 04 May 2025

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

purple gymnostachyum

• Flowers of India, retrieved May 04, 2025

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Karnataka, *Kerala; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 04/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Karnataka :: Shameer, M. C., Sreenivas, V. K., & Prabhukumar, K. M. (2017). Gymnostachyum warrieranum K.M.P. Kumar et al. (Family Acanthaceae): An Addition to the Flora of Karnataka, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 114.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 15:32 04-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:02 04-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial undershrub "Gymnostachyum warrierianum" "purple gymnostachyum"

Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight

jim-no-STAY-kee-um -- Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) ... Dave's Botanary
pol-ee-ANTH-um -- many flowers ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: many-flowered gymnostachyum


botanical names: Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight ... heterotypic synonyms: Cryptophragmium polyanthum Kuntze ... POWO, retrieved 03 May 2025

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

many-flowered gymnostachyum

• Flowers of India, retrieved May 03, 2025

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Karnataka, *Kerala; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 03/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 11:52 03-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:00 04-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial undershrub "Gymnostachyum polyanthum" "Cryptophragmium polyanthum" "many-flowered gymnostachyum"

Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews

er-RANTH-ee-mum -- beautiful flower ... Dave's Botanary
pul-KEL-um -- pretty ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue eranthemum, blue sage • Bengali: কালো বাসক kaala baasak • Dogri: नलेंकड़ी nalenkadi, नीली बरहैंकड़ neeli braihnkad • Haryanvi: गुलशाम gulsham • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham • Nepali: निल गाठे nil gaathe • Odia: ଖଇର khaira • Tamil: நீலமுள்ளி neelamulli • Telugu: నల్ల నీలాంబరి nalla neelaambari, వాడంబరము vaadambram


botanical names: Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews ... homotypic synonyms: Pseuderanthemum pulchellum (Andrews) Merr. • Upudalia pulchella (Andrews) Raf. ... heterotypic synonyms: Daedalacanthus nervosus (Vahl) T.Anderson • Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. • Eranthemum scabrum Wall. ex T.Anderson • Justicia nervosa Vahl ... and more at POWO, retrieved 02 May 2025

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

blue eranthemum, blue sage

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

কালো বাসক kaala baasak

• উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

नलेंकड़ी nalenkadi

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

नीली बरहैंकड़ neeli braihnkad

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi

गुलशाम gulsham

• Haryana Forest Flora - A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

गुलशाम gulsham

• Chauhan, Indu & Sood, S.K.. (2024). TRADITIONAL HERBAL REMEDIES USED FOR TREATING CUTS AND WOUNDS BY LOCAL INHABITANTS OF TEHSIL RAJGARH, DISTRICT SIRMAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH (INDIA). International Journal of Advanced Research. 12. 519-526. 10.21474/IJAR01/18911.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

निल गाठे nil gaathe

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ଖଇର khaira

• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

நீலமுள்ளி neelamulli

• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... தமிழ்ப்பேழை - தமிழ் அகரமுதலிகளின் களஞ்சியம் :: Tamil Pelai - Repository of Tamil Dictionaries
• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... அருங்கலைச்சொல் அகரமுதலி ( ஆங்கிலம் - தமிழ் ) :: DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ( ENGLISH - TAMIL )

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

నల్ల నీలాంబరి nalla neelaambari, వాడంబరము vaadambram

• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, ¿ Rajasthan ?, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 02/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 17:02 02-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 20:50 04-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perrenial shrub "Eranthemum pulchellum" "Pseuderanthemum pulchellum" "Upudalia pulchella" "Daedalacanthus nervosus" "Eranthemum nervosum" "Eranthemum scabrum" "Justicia nervosa" "blue eranthemum" "blue sage"

Eranthemum pubescens Roth

er-RANTH-ee-mum -- beautiful flower ... Dave's Botanary
pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens -- downy, short haired ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Ratnagiri eranthemum • Marathi: रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli


botanical names: Eranthemum pubescens Roth ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 02 May 2025

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Ratnagiri eranthemum

• name coined, for want of name; currently this species is known to be distributed only in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli

• name coined, for want of name; रत्नागिरी ratnagiri = Ratnagiri, currently this species is known to be distributed only in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra; दशमूली dashamuli = ayurvedic name given to Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Maharashtra (Ratnagiri district); endemic

• Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. Downloaded on 2 May 2025.

~~~~~ Created on: 13:17 02-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:46 02-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perrenial herb "Eranthemum pubescens" "Ratnagiri eranthemum"

Eranthemum capense L.

er-RANTH-ee-mum -- beautiful flower ... Dave's Botanary
ka-PEN-see or ka-PEN-say -- of or from the Cape ... Dave's Botanary ... in context of this species, "Cape" refers to Cape Comorin of erstwhile British India, otherwise known as Kanyakumari since ancient times

commonly known as: Konkan eranthemum • Kannada: ಕುಳಿಕ್ಕೀಲ kulikkila • Konkani: कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham • Marathi: कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham • Tamil: குருங்கு kurungu


botanical names: Eranthemum capense L. ... synonyms: Daedalacanthus capensis (L.) Druce • Eranthemum capense var. concanensis (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Santapau • Justicia montana Roxb. ... and more at Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 30/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Konkan eranthemum

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 30, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕುಳಿಕ್ಕೀಲ kulikkila

• P S Udayan - Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India - Shodhganga
• the name rendered in native script needs validation

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham

• name coined, for want of name; कोंकणी konkani = of or from Konkan region; गुलशाम gulsham = name given to close species Eranthemum purpurascens Wight ex Nees

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham

• name coined, for want of name; कोंकणी konkani = of or from Konkan region; गुलशाम gulsham = name given to close species Eranthemum purpurascens Wight ex Nees

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

குருங்கு kurungu

• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
• தமிழ்ப்பேழை - தமிழ் அகரமுதலிகளின் களஞ்சியம் :: Tamil Pelai - Repository of Tamil Dictionaries
• அருங்கலைச்சொல் அகரமுதலி ( ஆங்கிலம் - தமிழ் ) :: DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ( ENGLISH - TAMIL )

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Odisha, Tamil Nadu, *West Bengal (cultivated); not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 30/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.
• Karnataka :: P S Udayan - Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India - Shodhganga
• West Bengal :: Biodiversity Information System of West Bengal

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 21:12 30-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:21 03-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perrenial herb "Eranthemum capense" "Daedalacanthus capensis" "Eranthemum capense var. concanensis" "Eranthemum capense var. concanense" "Justicia montana" "Konkan eranthemum"