Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau

¿ nee-KOH-tay-bah ? -- anagram of the epithet betonica; could not find reasoning
try-NER-vee-uh -- three-veined ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: three-nerved squirrel tail • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ sanna aadusoge • Konkani: धाकटो अडुलसो dhakto adulso • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ആടലോടകം cheriya aadalodakam • Marathi: लहान अडुळसा lahan adulasa • Odia: ଛୋଟ ବାସଙ୍ଗ chottha basanga • Tamil: சின்ன ஆடாதோடை chinna atatotai • Telugu: చిన్న అడ్డసరము chinna addasaramu


botanical names: Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau ... homotypic synonyms: Adhatoda trinervia (Vahl) Nees • Ecbolium trinervium (Vahl) Kuntze • Justicia trinervia Vahl ... heterotypic synonyms: Justicia nilgherrensis (Nees) Wight ex C.B.Clarke • Nicoteba nilgherrensis (Nees) Lindau ... and more at POWO, retrieved 26 June 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

three-nerved squirrel tail

• for Justicia trinervia Vahl ... for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved June 27, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಸಣ್ಣ ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ sanna aadusoge

• name coined, for want of name, on lines of the coined Marathi name ... ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = little; 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

धाकटो अडुलसो dhakto adulso

• name coined, for want of name, on lines of the coined Marathi name ... धाकटो dhakto = little; अडुलसो adulso = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ചെറിയ ആടലോടകം cheriya aadalodakam

• name coined, for want of name, on lines of the coined Marathi name ... ചെറിയ cheriya = little; ആടലോടകം aadalodakam = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लहान अडुळसा lahan adulasa

• for Justicia trinervia Vahl ... 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

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ଛୋଟ ବାସଙ୍ଗ chottha basanga

• name coined, for want of name, on lines of the coined Marathi name ... ଛୋଟ chottha = little; ବାସଙ୍ଗ basanga = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

சின்ன ஆடாதோடை chinna atatotai

• name coined, for want of name, on lines of the coined Marathi name ... சின்ன chinna = little; ஆடாதோடை atatotai = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

చిన్న అడ్డసరము chinna addasaramu

• name coined, for want of name, on lines of the coined Marathi name ... చిన్న chinna = little; అడ్డసరము addasaramu = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

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

Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 27/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]

~~~~~ Created on: 20:31 26-06-2025 ¦ Last updated: 16:46 28-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial herb "Nicoteba trinervia" "Adhatoda trinervia" "Ecbolium trinervium" "Justicia trinervia" "Justicia nilgherrensis" "Nicoteba nilgherrensis" "three-nerved squirrel tail"