¿ nel-SON-nee-uh ? -- for David Nelson, English gardener and botanist, gardener at Kew ... Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae
kan-ESS-kens -- grey hair, greyish ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: blue pussyleaf • Ahom: baghkaniya, udbhedeli • Bengali: পারামূল paramula • Hindi: बिजनोरी bijnori • Odia: ବର ରାସ୍ନା bada rasna • Santali: ᱡᱩᱜᱤᱴᱚᱯᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ jugitopa baha
botanical names: Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. ... homotypic synonyms: Justicia canescens Lam. ... heterotypic synonyms: Dianthera tomentosa Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke • Nelsonia campestris R.Br. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 04 July 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
blue pussyleaf
- Flowers of India, retrieved July 04, 2025
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom
baghkaniya, udbhedeli
- Borah, Dipankar & Gogoi, Tridip & Sarma, Jintu & Borah, Punam & Gohain, Bichitra & Mili, Chiranjib & Upadhyaya, Ankur & Basumatary, Jenima & Neog, Kasturi & Wangpan, Tonlong & Tangjang, Sumpam. (2021). Compendium of plants used for preparation of traditional alcoholic beverages by four major ethnic communities of Assam, northeast India. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 22. 2019-2031. 10.13057/biodiv/d220451.
- the names need to be rendered in their native script
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
পারামূল paramula
- Many thanks to Jayantanath Sarkar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
बिजनोरी bijnori
- Sikarwar, Ram Lakhan & Dubey, Praveen & Khanna, K K & Tiwari, Arjun. (2024). Threat Assesment and Utilization of Medicinal Plants of Vindhyan Region, Madhya Pradesh.
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବର ରାସ୍ନା bada rasna
- Acharya R, Padiya RH, Patel ED, Rudrapa HC, Shukla VJ, Chauhan MG. Pharmacognostical evaluation of leaf of Bada Rasna [Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.; Acanthaceae]. Anc Sci Life. 2012 Apr;31(4):194-7. doi: 10.4103/0257-7941.107359. PMID: 23661868; PMCID: PMC3644758.
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱡᱩᱜᱤᱴᱚᱯᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ jugitopa baha
- for Nelsonia campestris R.Br. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
- for Nelsonia campestris R.Br. ... ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, *Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, *Bihar, *Gujarat, *Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, *Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Odisha, *Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 04/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
- Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora
In all probability, this species has naturalized in India.
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Created on: 19:52 03-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 14:05 05-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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