Rungia crenata T.Anderson

RUN-jee-uh -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
kre-NAY-tuh or kre-NAH-tuh -- scalloped ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue-throat rungia, toothed rungia • Konkani: पितपापड pitpapad • Marathi: शिंप पित्तपापडा shimpa pittapapada


botanical names: Rungia crenata T.Anderson ... synonyms: Diapedium crenatum (T.Anderson) Kuntze • Justicia crenatifolia J.R.I.Wood nom. nov. (2014) ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 23/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

blue-throat rungia, toothed rungia

• for want of name, names coined by Flowers of India, retrieved July 23, 2025

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

पितपापड pitpapad

• 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.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

शिंप पित्तपापडा shimpa pittapapada

• name coined, for want of name; on lines of Justicia procumbens L. known by the popular name घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada and शिंप shimpa = derived from the epithet crenata, meaning scalloped, the array of bracts alluding to scallops (bivalve molluscs)

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

Goa, *Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 23/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Kerala, Tamil Nadu :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 11:33 23-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 10:49 24-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial herb "blue-throat rungia" "toothed rungia"