Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling. Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Fabulous pic and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English > names are correct. > Regards, Sam. > > On Fri, 11 Jul, 2025, 11:47 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz >> [image: Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194504601> >> >> *ryn-uh-KANTH-us* -- Greek *rhinus* (nose); *ákantha* (thorn) ... Dave's >> Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> >> *NAW-suit-us* -- long-nosed ... Wiktionary >> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nasutus> >> >> *commonly known as*: dainty spurs, ringworm root, snake jasmine, white >> flowered justicia • *Bengali*: জুই পানা jui-pana, পলক জুই palak-jui • >> *Gujarati*: ગજકર્ણી gajakarni, નાયટી nayati, પાલક જુહી palaka juhi • >> *Hindi*: कबूतर का फुल kabutar ka phul, पालक जूही palak-juhi, ऊथिपर्णी >> uthiparni • *Kachchhi*: દાદરનું ઝાડવું dadaranu jhadavu, દધરજો ઝાડ >> dadharajo jhad • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡಪಟಿಕ doddapatika, ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ >> nagamallige • *Konkani*: दादमारी dadmari • *Malayalam*: നാഗമുല്ല >> naagamulla, ഒറ്റക്കാൽമുടന്തി ottakkaalmudanthi, പുഴുക്കൊല്ലി puzhukkolli • >> *Marathi*: गजकर्णी gajkarni, नागमल्ली nagamalli • *Odia*: କ୍ରୂର ଶାଗ >> kaura saga • *Sanskrit*: प्रत्यग्रगन्धा pratyagragandha, प्रियदा >> priyada, यूथिकापर्णी yuthikaparni • *Tamil*: கலிகை kalikai, நாகமல்லி >> nagamalli, உரகமல்லி uragamalli • *Telugu*: నాగమళ్లె nagamalle • *Tulu*: >> ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Rhinacanthus nasutus* (L.) Kurz ... *homotypic >> synonyms*: *Justicia nasuta* L. • *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... POWO >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 10 July 2025 >> *NOTE*: Orthographic variant: *Rhinacanthus nasuta* (L.) Kurz >> 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 <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> >> 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 >> *dainty spurs* >> >> - Top Tropicals >> <https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/rhinacanthus_nasutus.htm> - >> TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA >> >> *ringworm root* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka >> >> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> >> - Shodhganga >> - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Tamil lexicon >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras >> >> *snake jasmine* >> >> - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinacanthus_nasutus> - >> The Free Encyclopedia >> - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Tamil lexicon >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras >> >> *white flowered justicia* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka >> >> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> >> - Shodhganga >> >> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *জুই পানা jui-pana, পলক জুই palak-jui* >> >> - Many thanks to Surajit Koley for help with these names ... >> efloraofindia >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/RP6oauORpMk/m/W6r9eC_B5JQJ> >> - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> >> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID >> >> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & >> Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* >> *ગજકર્ણી gajakarni, નાયટી nayati, પાલક જુહી palaka juhi* >> >> - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> >> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) >> >> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, >> *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, >> Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* >> *कबूतर का फुल kabutar ka phul, पालक जूही palak-juhi* >> >> - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, >> and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John >> T. Platts >> >> *ऊथिपर्णी uthiparni* >> >> - this name prevalent in Jharkhand ... K. Pandey, A. Sinha, and Z. >> Perween, “Important Medicinal Plants with their Medicinal Uses from >> Jharkhand State >> <https://journal.ijresm.com/index.php/ijresm/article/view/241>”, >> IJRESM, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 532–542, Sep. 2020, Accessed: Jul. 11, 2025. >> >> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* >> region of Gujarat >> *દાદરનું ઝાડવું dadaranu jhadavu, દધરજો ઝાડ dadharajo jhad* >> >> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1926 >> >> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* >> *ದೊಡ್ಡಪಟಿಕ doddapatika, ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka >> >> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> >> - Shodhganga >> - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus >> <https://alar.ink/> created by V. Krishna >> >> ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam >> (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) >> ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat >> *दादमारी dadmari* >> >> - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora >> de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, >> alimentares >> e industriaes. >> >> <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> >> Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. >> - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Enumeration of plants from >> Gomantak India >> >> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> >> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak >> >> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >> *നാഗമുല്ല naagamulla, ഒറ്റക്കാൽമുടന്തി ottakkaalmudanthi* >> >> - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം >> >> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> >> *പുഴുക്കൊല്ലി puzhukkolli* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka >> >> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> >> - Shodhganga >> - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gundert/> by Hermann Gundert >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *गजकर्णी gajkarni* >> >> - *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second >> among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats >> of India, based on flowers >> - or गजकर्ण gajkarna ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State >> ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा >> >> <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> >> [accessed >> on: 28 Apr 2014] >> >> *नागमल्ली nagamalli* >> >> - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by Molesworth, >> J. T. (James Thomas) >> >> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar >> Islands >> *କ୍ରୂର ଶାଗ kaura saga* >> >> - Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. >> (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest >> Division, Odisha >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_Floral_diversity_of_Koira_and_Barsuan_Ranges_Bonai_Forest_Division_Odisha> >> >> ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests >> and scholars >> *प्रत्यग्रगन्धा pratyagragandha, प्रियदा priyada* >> >> - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Learn Sanskrit >> <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=Rhinacanthus&dir=au> - >> पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः >> >> *यूथिकापर्णी yuthikaparni* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1801/a84f5ebdc2b867c0c6fabebe6c47fd3d> >> >> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *கலிகை kalikai, நாகமல்லி nagamalli* >> >> - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Tamil lexicon >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras >> >> *உரகமல்லி uragamalli* >> >> - for ringworm root ... Tamil lexicon >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras >> >> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >> *Telangana*, Puducherry >> *నాగమళ్లె nagamalle* >> >> - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A Telugu-English dictionary >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> by Charles Philip >> Brown >> >> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in >> Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, >> north Kerala >> *ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige* >> >> - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) >> >> <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/348/mode/2up?view=theater&q=nasuta> >> by Rev. A. Männer >> >> ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, >> Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka >> *پالك جوهي palak-juhi* >> >> - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, >> and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John >> T. Platts >> >> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> throughout >> >> - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist >> and Distribution of the World Flora. >> >> <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> >> Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 10/07/2025 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> >> Recorded / documented in following states: >> Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, >> Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil >> Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal >> ~~~~~ Created on: 21:31 10-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:23 11-07-2025 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/rhinacanthus-nasutus-l-kurz.html >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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