lep-id-AG-ath-is -- Greek: lepis (scale); agathis (clew = ball of thread, yarn, or twine) ... Catalogue of the Plants
kus-pi-DAY-tuh -- sharp-pointed ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: pointed-leaf lepidagathis • Dogri: कंडा बरहैंकड़ kanda barahainkad, कंडा बसूटी kanda basootee, उट कंडा ut kanda • Gujarati: કાંટા અરડુસી kanta aradusi • Hindi: कांटा अडुलसा kaanta adulasa • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳು ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ mullu aadusoge • Konkani: कांटे अडुलसो kante adulso • Malayalam: കുടജാദ്രിപ്പച്ച kudajaadrippacha • Marathi: काटे अडुळसा kate adulsa • Nepali: काँडे फूल kaande phool • Pahari: अडूसा adhusa • Telugu: ముల్లు అడ్డసరము mullu addasaramu
botanical names: Lepidagathis cuspidata Nees ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia cuspidata B.Heyne ex Wall. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 28 June 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
pointed-leaf lepidagathis
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved June 28, 2025
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
कंडा बरहैंकड़ kanda barahainkad
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
कंडा बसूटी kanda basootee, उट कंडा ut kanda
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
કાંટા અરડુસી kanta aradusi
- name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... કાંટા kanta = spine or spiny; અરડુસી aradusi = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
कांटा अडुलसा kaanta adulasa
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಮುಳ್ಳು ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ mullu aadusoge
- name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... ಮುಳ್ಳು mullu = spine, to mean spiny; ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ aadusoge = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कांटे अडुलसो kante adulso
- name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... कांटे kante = spine or spiny; अडुलसो adulso = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കുടജാദ്രിപ്പച്ച kudajaadrippacha
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
काटे अडुळसा kate adulsa
- name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
काँडे फूल kaande phool
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
अडूसा adhusa
- Rattan, Rajeev & Kumar, Amita & Gautam, Veena & Fozdar, Bharat & Sharma, Upendra & Kumar, Dinesh. (2016). Preliminary Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant and Antifungal Activity of Lepidagathis cuspidate. International Journal of Drug Development & Research. 8. 001-003.
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
ముల్లు అడ్డసరము mullu addasaramu
- name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... ముల్లు mullu = spine or spiny; అడ్డసరము addasaramu = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, **Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, **Odisha, **Punjab, **Rajasthan, **Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 28/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
- Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora
- Jammu & Kashmir :: Janaki Ammal Herbarium - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu
** distribution doubtful
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Created on: 19:26 28-06-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:04 30-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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