Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Friday, August 22, 2025 at 8:06:04 AM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice pic and great work dear Dinesh ji. >> Regards, Sam. >> >> On Tue, 19 Aug, 2025, 10:43 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *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/3a0b6c32-5d9a-4cad-b332-fe93e401fbfan%40googlegroups.com.
