RUN-jee-uh -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
pek-tin-AY-tuh -- like a comb ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: comb rungia • Bengali: ধুপঝোড়া dhupjhora • Gujarati: ખડસલીયો khadasaliyo • Hindi: उलट कंघी ulat kanghi • Konkani: सूत sut • Marathi: सूत sut • Mundari: jatanri ba • Nepali: बिसाउने झार bisaaune jhaar, उकुची झार ukuchee jhaar • Odia: ମାଟି ଶାଗ mati saga, ଶଙ୍ଖ ଶାଗ sankha saga • Santali: ᱵᱤᱨ ᱞᱚᱯᱚᱝ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ bir lopong arak, ᱦᱟᱥᱟ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ hasa arak • Tamil: புண்ணாக்குப்பூண்டு punnakku-p-puntu, தவசுமுருங்கை tavashu-murunghie • Telugu: పిండి కొండ pindi konda
botanical names: Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees ... homonym: Diapedium pectinatum (L.) Kuntze • Dicliptera pectinata (L.) Juss. • Justicia pectinata L. • Rungia parviflora subsp. pectinata (L.) L.H.Cramer(1998) • Rungia parviflora var. pectinata (L.) C.B.Clarke ... and more at POWO, retrieved 11 August 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
comb rungia
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved August 14, 2025
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ধুপঝোড়া dhupjhora
- OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India - CSIR-NEIST
- the name rendered in native script needs validation
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ખડસલીયો khadasaliyo
- Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020]
- also found written as ખડસલિયો khadasaliyo ... Amar Shri Ratilal P. Chandaria's Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
उलट कंघी ulat kanghi
- OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India - CSIR-NEIST ... name prevalent in Madhya Pradesh
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
सूत sut
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
सूत sut
- Flowers of India, retrieved August 14, 2025
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
jatanri ba
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
बिसाउने झार bisaaune jhaar, उकुची झार ukuchee jhaar
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ମାଟି ଶାଗ mati saga
- K, Karunaidhasan & Das, Kadambini & Sharma, Sandhya & Marndi, Sugimani & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2024). Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees: a Medico – food of tribal India. 10.5281/zenodo.14580763.
ଶଙ୍ଖ ଶାଗ sankha saga
- Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral Diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱵᱤᱨ ᱞᱚᱯᱚᱝ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ bir lopong arak
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
- for Rungia parviflora var. pectinata (L.) C.B.Clarke ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
ᱦᱟᱥᱟ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ hasa arak
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
- Noor N, Satapathy KB. Diversity of medicinally important leafy vegetables used by the tribes in Balasore district of Odisha, India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 17];9(4):950-4.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
புண்ணாக்குப்பூண்டு punnakku-p-puntu, தவசுமுருங்கை tavashu-murunghie
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
పిండి కొండ pindi konda
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout mainland, including Lakshadweep islands
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.07; last update July 26th, 2025. Last accessed 28/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 10:42 13-08-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:42 19-08-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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