*Rungia pectinata* (L.) Nees [image: Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86038224>
*RUN-jee-uh* -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Rungia> • Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedlieb_Ferdinand_Runge> *pek-tin-AY-tuh* -- like a comb ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=pectinata> *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 <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, 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 <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 *comb rungia* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Comb%20Rungia.html>, 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 <https://neist.res.in/osadhi/detail.php?name=Rungia+pectinata> - 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 <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020] - also found written as ખડસલિયો khadasaliyo ... Amar Shri Ratilal P. Chandaria's Gujarati Lexicon <https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-gujarati-translation/%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B/> - 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 <https://neist.res.in/osadhi/detail.php?name=Rungia+pectinata> - CSIR-NEIST ... name prevalent in Madhya Pradesh ~~~~~ 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 * सूत sut* - name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *सूत sut* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Comb%20Rungia.html>, retrieved August 14, 2025 ~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~ written in: *Mundari Bani*, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, Odisha *jatanri ba* - The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, 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 <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/8JTgfbwAASI/m/WuJuWhyBAAAJ> ~~~~~ 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. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387555370> 10.5281/zenodo.14580763. *ଶଙ୍ଖ ଶାଗ sankha saga* - Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321966050_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 <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_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 <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR - for *Rungia parviflora* var. *pectinata* (L.) C.B.Clarke ... BENGAL PLANTS <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID *ᱦᱟᱥᱟ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ hasa arak* - The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR - Noor N, Satapathy KB. Diversity of medicinally important leafy vegetables used by the tribes in Balasore district of Odisha, India. <https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/1815> 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 <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *పిండి కొండ pindi konda* - The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, 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. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.07; last update July 26th, 2025. Last accessed 28/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 10:42 13-08-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:42 19-08-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/08/rungia-pectinata-l-nees.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]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC3cLu3%2B_vfSnAoSdGy%3DOAzhA1DaPc0cJhNbA6kC_iYqdw%40mail.gmail.com.
