Names of Plants in India: Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen

ek-BOW-lee-um --from the ancient Greek ecbole (throwing out, a digression) ... Wiktionary
lig-UST-ree-num -- resembles ligustrum (privet) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue fox tail nail dye, green ice crossandra, green shrimp plant, turquoise crossandra • Assamese: নীলকন্ঠ neelkantha • Bengali: ঝিন্টিকাঁটা jhintikanta, নীল কাঁটা nila kanta, নীল সহচরা nila sahachara, নীল সাথী nila sathi, উদজাতি udjati • Dogri: आसमानी झींगा aasmaani jhingaa • Hindi: उदजति udajati • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ಪಚ್ಚಾಂಬ್ರಾ patchambra • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli, रोरीझाड rorijhada • Malayalam: കരിംകുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, ഒടിയമടന്ത odiyamadantha • Marathi: धाकटा अडुळसा dhakta adulsa, एकबोली ekboli, रान आबोली ran aboli • Odia: ପିଚୁକାଠ pichukatha • Sanskrit: नील सहचरः nila sahacharah, सैरीयकः sairiyakah • Tamil: நீலாம்பரி nilambari • Telugu: చీకటి కూర తుప్ప cheekatikoorathuppa, నక్కతోక nakkatoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachchavadambaram • Tulu: ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni

botanical names:

Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen ... homotypic synonyms: Ecbolium viride subsp. ligustrinum (Vahl) M.R.Almeida • Justicia ligustrina Vahl ... accepted infraspecifics: Ecbolium ligustrinum var. ligustrinum ... POWO
Ecbolium ligustrinum var. ligustrinum ... heterotypic synonyms: Ecbolium linneanum Kurz • Eranthemum ecbolium T.Anderson ... and many more listed at POWO
Ecbolium viride var. laetevirens (Vahl) Santapau, Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16 (1): 208. 1967; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 205. 1984. ... synonym of Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen, Kew Bull. 44: 651. 1989 ... many other synonyms listed in Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Part 1 - 1002

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

blue fox tail nail dye

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

green ice crossandra, green shrimp plant, turquoise crossandra

Wikipedia
the colour of flower is likened to green ice, turquoise; the flower resembles to the popular crossandra (Crossandra infundibuliformis); green shrimp - the inflorescence with the overlapping green bracts is likened to form of shrimp

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

নীলকন্ঠ neelkantha

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Baree - The Home Garden of Assam

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ঝিন্টিকাঁটা jhintikanta, নীল কাঁটা nila kanta, নীল সহচরা nila sahachara, নীল সাথী nila sathi, উদজাতি udjati

Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

आसमानी झींगा aasmaani jhingaa

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
or नीला झींगा nila jhingaa ... many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

उदजति udajati

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... ENVIS - FRLHT
उदजति udajati = drive out, expel, verb in Sanskrit ... Learn Sanskrit ... agrees well with meaning of the genus name ecbolium -- ancient Greek, ecbole = throwing out, a digression ... Wiktionary

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli

for infraspecific Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen var. ligustrinum ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... also ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಳಿ kappubobli

ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni

for infraspecific Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen var. ligustrinum ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... also ಕಪ್ಪುಕುರ್ಣಿ kappukurni

ಪಚ್ಚಾಂಬ್ರಾ patchambra

Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

रान अबोली ran aboli

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

रोरीझाड rorijhada

for synonym Ecbolium viride var. laetevirens (Vahl) Santapau ... Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കരിംകുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurunni

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... ENVIS - FRLHT

ഒടിയമടന്ത odiyamadantha

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Wikipedia
for infraspecific Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen var. ligustrinum ... Kerala Plants
for infraspecific Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen var. ligustrinum ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

धाकटा अडुळसा dhakta adulsa

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... ENVIS - FRLHT
धाकटा dhakta = younger (sibling); अडुळसा adulsa = the adulsa plant, Justicia adhatoda - this plant belongs to the adulsa family, and is relatively smaller in size

एकबोली ekboli

Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

रान आबोली ran aboli

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for Ecbolium linneanum Kurz var. laetevirens (Vahl) Clarke ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in central Nepal ... Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ପିଚୁକାଠ pichukatha

Many thanks to Jayanta Jena for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

नील सहचरः nila sahacharah, सैरीयकः sairiyakah

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

நீலாம்பரி nilambari

for synonym Ecbolium linneanum Kurz ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
S. Shanmugam, N. Gayathri, B. Sakthivel, S. Ramar and K. Rajendran - Plants used as medicine by Paliyar tribes of Shenbagathope in Virudhunagar district of Tamilnadu, India - Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 370-78. 2009.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

చీకటి కూర తుప్ప cheekatikoorathuppa, నక్కతోక nakkatoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachchavadambaram