jus-TEE-see-ah -- named for James Justice, Scottish botanist and horticulturist ... Dave's Botanary
¿ gen-duh-RUS-sah ? -- Latinized form of gander rusa - the name of this species in Selako language of Indonesia ... Forest Department Sarawak
commonly known as: Asian water-willow, willow-leaf justicia • Assamese: বিশল্যকৰণী bishalyakarani, যাত্ৰাসিদ্ধি jatrasiddhi, তিতা বাহক tita bahak, তিতাখৰি titakhori • Bengali: জগতমদন jagat-madan • Bodo: jatrashi guja • Dogri: किशन बसूटी kishan basootee • Garo: dajagipe • Gujarati: બાકસ bakas, ઝીણકી અરડુસી jhinaki aradusi, કાળો અરડૂસો kalo araduso, નાની અરડુસી nani aradusi, તુઈ tui • Hajong: kala chunchuni • Hindi: अड़ूसा arusa, बाकस bakas, बासा basa, नीली निर्गुंडी nili nirgundi, ऊदी सम्भालू udi sambhalu • Kachchhi: કયુ kayu, ટયુ tayu, તુઈ tui • Kannada: ಕರಿಲಕ್ಕಿ karilakki, ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki, ನೆಚ್ಚುಕಡ್ಡಿ nechchukaddi • Karbi: titiria-soso-arong • Konkani: काळो आडासो kalo adaso • Malayalam: കരുനൊച്ചി karunochchi, വാതകൊടി vaathakodi, വാതംകൊല്ലി vaathamkolli • Marathi: बाड baad, बाकस bakas, काळा अडुळसा kala adulasa • Nepali: कसन kasan, नील निरगुन्दी neel nirgundee • Odia: ବର ବାସଙ୍ଗ bara basanga, କୁକୁରଦନ୍ତୀ kukuradanti, ମୃଗେନ୍ଦ୍ରାଣୀ mrugendrani • Rabha: akkai vaska, jatrasi • Rajasthani: नीलीनर्गुडी nilinargudi • Sanskrit: भिषङ्मातृ bhishagmatr, कण्ठीरवी kanthiravi, कसनोत्पाटन kasanotpatana, कृष्णनिर्गुण्डी krishnanirgundi, कृष्णसुरस krishnasurasa, मातृसिंही matrsimhi, नासा nasa, नीलनिर्गुण्डी nilanirgundi, पञ्चमुखी panchamukhi, प्रामाद्य pramadhya, रूषक rushaka, सिंहमुख simhamukha, सिंहानन simhanana, सिंहपर्णी simhaparni, सिंहास्या simhasya, सिंहिका simhika, सितकर्णी sitakarni, वैद्यमातृ vaidyamatr, वैद्यसिंही vaidyasimhi, वास vasa, वसादनी vasadani, वासक vasaka, वातघ्नी vataghni, वृषा vrsha • Tamil: சேபாலிகை cepalikai, கருநொச்சி karu-nocci, காவி kavi, கோபி kopi, வாடாக்கொடி vata-k-koti, வாடைக்குற்றி vataikkurri • Telugu: అడ్డసరము addasaramu, గంధ రసము gandha rasamu, నల్ల వావిలి nalla vavili, నీలనిర్గుండి nilanirgundi • Tibetan: པར་པ་དའི་རྩ་བ par-pa-da'i-rtsa-ba • Tulu: ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki, ವಾತಂಕೊಳ್ಳಿ vaathamkolli • Urdu: اڙوسا arusa, باکس bakas, باسا basa
botanical names: Justicia gendarussa Burm.f. ... homotypic synonyms: Ecbolium gendarussa (Burm.f.) Kuntze • Gendarussa vulgaris Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 06 May 2025
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Asian water-willow, willow-leaf justicia
- Flowers of India, retrieved May 07, 2025
- or willow-leaved justicia ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
বিশল্যকৰণী bishalyakarani, তিতা বাহক tita bahak
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
যাত্ৰাসিদ্ধি jatrasiddhi, তিতাখৰি titakhori
- Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
জগতমদন jagat-madan
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
jatrashi guja
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
किशन बसूटी kishan basootee
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
dajagipe
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
બાકસ bakas, કાળો અરડૂસો kalo araduso, તુઈ tui
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
ઝીણકી અરડુસી jhinaki aradusi, નાની અરડુસી nani aradusi
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
kala chunchuni
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
अड़ूसा arusa, बाकस bakas, बासा basa
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
नीली निर्गुंडी nili nirgundi, ऊदी सम्भालू udi sambhalu
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
કયુ kayu, ટયુ tayu, તુઈ tui
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕರಿಲಕ್ಕಿ karilakki, ನೆಚ್ಚುಕಡ್ಡಿ nechchukaddi
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki
- ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
titiria-soso-arong
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
काळो आडासो kalo adaso
- Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
- Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കരുനൊച്ചി karunochchi, വാതകൊടി vaathakodi
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
വാതംകൊല്ലി vaathamkolli
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बाड baad
- The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]
बाकस bakas, काळा अडुळसा kala adulasa
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- अडुळसा is also written / spoken as आडुळसा
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
कसन kasan, नील निरगुन्दी neel nirgundee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବର ବାସଙ୍ଗ bara basanga, କୁକୁରଦନ୍ତୀ kukuradanti
- Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
ମୃଗେନ୍ଦ୍ରାଣୀ mrugendrani
- Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
akkai vaska, jatrasi
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
नीलीनर्गुडी nilinargudi
- Tripathi, Yogesh & Prabhu, V.V. & Pal, R.S. & Mishra, R.N.. (1996). Medicinal Plants of Rajasthan in Indian System of Medicine. Ancient Science of Life. 15. 190-212.
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
भिषङ्मातृ bhishagmatr, कण्ठीरवी kanthiravi, कसनोत्पाटन kasanotpatana, मातृसिंही matrsimhi, नासा nasa, पञ्चमुखी panchamukhi, प्रामाद्य pramadhya, रूषक rushaka, सिंहमुख simhamukha, सिंहानन simhanana, सिंहपर्णी simhaparni, सिंहास्या (or सिंहास्य) simhasya, सिंहिका simhika, सितकर्णी sitakarni (or सितकर्णिका sitakarnika), वैद्यमातृ vaidyamatr (or just वैद्य vaidya), वैद्यसिंही vaidyasimhi, वास vasa, वसादनी vasadani, वासक vasaka (or वाशक vashaka), वृषा vrsha (or वृश vrsa)
- Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
कृष्णनिर्गुण्डी krishnanirgundi, कृष्णसुरस krishnasurasa, नीलनिर्गुण्डी nilanirgundi, वातघ्नी vataghni
- FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சேபாலிகை cepalikai, கருநொச்சி karu-nocci, காவி kavi, கோபி kopi, வாடாக்கொடி vata-k-koti, வாடைக்குற்றி vataikkurri
- for willow-leaved justicia ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అడ్డసరము addasaramu, గంధ రసము gandha rasamu, నల్ల వావిలి nalla vavili
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
నీలనిర్గుండి nilanirgundi
- A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
པར་པ་དའི་རྩ་བ par-pa-da'i-rtsa-ba
- A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal Plants by Mia MoIvray - a publication for the study of Tibetan Medicine published by the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki, ವಾತಂಕೊಳ್ಳಿ vaathamkolli
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
اڙوسا arusa, باکس bakas, باسا basa
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout; widely cultivated too
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 06/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 22:17 06-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 16:17 23-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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