Asystasia dalzelliana Santapau

a-sys-TAH-zee-uh -- Greek: a- (non); systasia (united, consistent) ... Dave's Botanary
del-zel-ee-AY-na -- named for N. A. Dalzell, collaborator with Gibson, of Bombay Flora ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: Dalzell's asystasia, violet asystasia • Kannada: ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu, ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida • Malayalam: ഉപ്പിളിയൻ uppiliyan, ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhali • Marathi: नीलकंठ neelkanth • Tulu: ಮೈತ್ತಬಳ್ಳು maithaballu


botanical names: Asystasia dalzelliana Santapau ... synonyms: Asystasia violacea Dalzell ex C.B.Clarke ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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Dalzell's asystasia

• Flowers of India ... name derived from the commemorative epithet dalzelliana honouring Nicol (or Nicholas) Alexander Dalzell, collaborator with Alexander Gibson, of The Bombay Flora (1861)

violet asystasia

• Flowers of India ... name derived from the synonym Asystasia violacea - the descriptive epithet violacea meaning - violet colored

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ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ഉപ്പിളിയൻ uppiliyan

• Wikipedia

ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhali

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhali = salt mucilage herb, arose as in the past the stem of this plant was used to purify salt
• Thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook

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नीलकंठ neelkanth

• Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

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ಮೈತ್ತಬಳ್ಳು maithaballu

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

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