*Asystasia gangetica* (L.) T.Anderson [image: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson]
*a-sys-TAH-zee-uh* -- Greek: *a*- (non) and *systasia* (united, consistent) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Asystasia> *gan-GET-ee-kuh* -- of or from the Ganges river ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=gangetica> *commonly known as*: Chinese violet, Coromandel foxglove, creeping foxglove, Ganges primrose • *Bengali*: গঙ্গাতারা gangatara • *Gujarati*: લુણીવેલ lunivel • *Kannada*: ಮೈತಳ ಕಡ್ಡಿ maithala kaddi, ಮೈತ್ತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ maitta balli, ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu, ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida • *Malayalam*: തുപ്പലംപൊട്ടി tuppalampotti, വള്ളി ഉപ്പുതാളി valli upputhali, വേലിപടക്കം velipatakkam • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli • *Sanskrit*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை miti-kirai • *Telugu*: లవణ వల్లి lavana valli, ముక్కముంగెర mukka mungera, పొద బీర poda beera, తప్పెట tappeta, వెన్న కట్టె తీగ venna kattethige • *Tulu*: ಮೈತಳ meitala, ಮೈತ್ತಬಳ್ಳು maithaballu *botanical names*: *Asystasia gangetica* (L.) T.Anderson ... *synonyms*: *Asystasia coromandeliana* Nees • *Justicia gangetica* L. • *Ruellia coromandelina* Nees • *Ruellia gangetica* (L.) R.Br. ... and many more listed at POWO <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45742-1> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *Chinese violet, Coromandel foxglove, creeping foxglove* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystasia_gangetica> *Ganges primrose* - Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ganges%20Primrose.html> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ *গঙ্গাতারা gangatara* - Many thanks to Halim Bhuiyan for help with this name in his post ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1079480612488779&set=gm.3234773039954834> - Many thanks to Ahsan Habib for help with this name in his post ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1305632472827714> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ *લુણીવેલ lunivel* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ *ಮೈತಳ ಕಡ್ಡಿ maithala kaddi* - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *ಮೈತ್ತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ maitta balli* - Many thanks to Shiva Nedle for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/kIc7SC4XCqY/NRJ9RG-MAgAJ> *ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu* - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <https://ia801404.us.archive.org/17/items/KannadaNamesMedicinalPlants/Kannada%20names%20medicinal%20plants.pdf> by S G Narsimhachar - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida* - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <https://ia801404.us.archive.org/17/items/KannadaNamesMedicinalPlants/Kannada%20names%20medicinal%20plants.pdf> by S G Narsimhachar ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ *തുപ്പലംപൊട്ടി tuppalampotti* - Wikipedia <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF> *വള്ളി ഉപ്പുതാളി valli upputhali* - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu - Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/Malayalamplantnames/permalink/542327889297899/> *വേലിപടക്കം velipatakkam* - Wikipedia <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *लवण वल्ली lavana valli* - Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ganges%20Primrose.html> - Many thanks to Dr Satish Pardeshi for his comment ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/oj_qoHNs2Ok/discussion> - name borrowed from Sanskrit used in modern Ayurveda ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ *लवण वल्ली lavana valli* - *The Useful Plants of India* by NISCAIR - for synonym *Asystasia coromandeliana* Nees ... FRLHT - Indian Medicinal Plants Database <http://medicinalplants.in/searchpage/showdetails/xplant_id/fd67ee7f3b9893519efa35a2e7baab2f/keywords/lavana/languages/SK> - for synonym *Asystasia coromandeliana* Nees ... Indian Materia Medica <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=RA4Npohz4CEC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=lavana+valli+INDIAN+MATERIA+MEDICA&source=bl&ots=t04TtbcoTH&sig=ACfU3U3coFPRw1zO_BPN35QXrN91ed1v1w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWnbeA84LzAhVYwjgGHdijAQcQ6AF6BAgqEAM#v=onepage&q=lavana%20valli%20INDIAN%20MATERIA%20MEDICA&f=false>, Volume 1, by Dr K. M. Nadkarni ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *மிதிகீரை miti-kirai* - for synonym *Asystasia coromandeliana* Nees ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ *లవణ వల్లి lavana valli, ముక్కముంగెర mukka mungera, పొద బీర poda beera, తప్పెట tappeta, వెన్న కట్టె తీగ venna kattethige* - Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Asystasia+gangetica> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ *ಮೈತಳ meitala, ಮೈತ್ತಬಳ್ಳು maithaballu * - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/09/asystasia-gangetica-l-tanderson.html Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 5:23 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/09/asystasia-gangetica-l-tanderson.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 10:33:45 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks, Dinesh ji >> >> On 29 Mar 2017 12:20 a.m., "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Names update: >>> >>> • *Kannada*: ಮೈತಳ ಕಡ್ಡಿ maithala kaddi >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/maitala-kaddi-maithala-kaddi> >>> , ಮೈತ್ತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ maitta balli >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/maitta-balli-maitta-balli> >>> , ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana valli >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> >>> , ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/med-dhe-soppu-meddhe-soppu> >>> , ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/muguti-gida-mooguthi-gida> >>> >>> • *Tulu*: ಮೈತಳ meitala >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tulu/maitala-meitala> >>> , ಮೈತ್ತಬಳ್ಳು maithaballu >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tulu/maittaballu-maithaballu> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> more names compiled ... >>>> >>>> *commonly known as*: Chinese violet >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/chinese-violet> >>>> , Coromandel foxglove >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/coromandel-foxglove> >>>> , creeping foxglove >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/creeping-foxglove> >>>> , Ganges primrose >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/ganges-primrose> >>>> • *Kannada*: ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana valli >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> >>>> ,ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/med-dhe-soppu-meddhe-soppu> >>>> , ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/muguti-gida-mooguthi-gida> >>>> • *Malayalam*: തുപ്പലംപൊട്ടി tuppalampotti >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/tuppalampeatti-tuppalampotti> >>>> , വള്ളി ഉപ്പുതാളി valli upputhali >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/valli-upu-dali> >>>> , വേലിപടക്കം velipatakkam >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/velipatakkam-velipatakkam> >>>> • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> >>>> • *Sanskrit*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> >>>> • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை miti-kirai >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/mitikirai-miti-kirai> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> On Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 11:19:42 AM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the Tamil name, will put it into the >>>>> notes. >>>>> Very keen on getting the Hindi and Bengali names of this plant. >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dinesh ji >>>>>> Useful Plants of India (CSIR) mentions Medday keerai as Tamil name. >>>>>> Plus following information may be useful >>>>>> >>>>>> Used as pot-herb; tender leaves good source of thiamine; juice of >>>>>> plant administered to children suffering from swellings and rheumatism. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear Pankaj ... many thanks for validating the author citations ... >>>>>>> am sure there are few pair of eyes who will critically check them ... so >>>>>>> there is no harm in attempting to put them along with the common names >>>>>>> that >>>>>>> are being compiled. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Coromandel is an English name given to many places ... >>>>>>> interestingly, most of them along the sea ... am sure you know, we have >>>>>>> Coromandel coast in the south east side of our peninsula. >>>>>>> At Wikipedia, in the context [ *Chinese Violet*, *Coromandel*[2] >>>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystasia_gangetica#cite_note-Hawaii-1> >>>>>>> or *Creeping Foxglove*[3] >>>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystasia_gangetica#cite_note-SANBI-2> >>>>>>> ] it must be an adjective ... thus it would mean either Coromandel >>>>>>> Foxglove OR Creeping Foxglove. >>>>>>> It also very well suits one of the synonym - *Asystasia >>>>>>> coromandeliana* ... meaning Coromandel Asystasia >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I missed on Coromandel Foxglove !! ... many thanks, will put it in >>>>>>> my notes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards. >>>>>>> Dinesh >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I AM IMPRESSED. Actually I peeped into author citations first and >>>>>>>> found all of them correct and had a smile on my face :). >>>>>>>> BTW, Wikipedia says COROMANDEL as one of the common names for this >>>>>>>> plant which is missing from your list. I imagine why they call it >>>>>>>> so? >>>>>>>> Thanks for sharing. >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> Pankaj >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mar 26, 11:02 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> > via Species < >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>> >>>>>>>> A <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/a> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > *Asystasia gangetica* >>>>>>>> > [image: Asystasia >>>>>>>> > gangetica]< >>>>>>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > [image: Flowers of >>>>>>>> > India]< >>>>>>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcat.. >>>>>>>> .>[image: >>>>>>>> > Discussions at efloraofindia]< >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Asys.. >>>>>>>> .>[image: >>>>>>>> > more views in flickr]< >>>>>>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3.. >>>>>>>> .>[image: >>>>>>>> > more views on Google >>>>>>>> > Earth]< >>>>>>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2F.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > *commonly known as*: Ganges >>>>>>>> > primrose< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/g.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > , Chinese violet< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/c.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > , creeping foxglove< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/c.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > • *Gujarati*: kaligharani< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > • *Kannada*: ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana >>>>>>>> > valli< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/l.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > • *Malayalam*: >>>>>>>> > valli-upu-dali< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana >>>>>>>> > valli< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/l.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை >>>>>>>> > miti-kirai< >>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/mit.. >>>>>>>> .> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > *botanical names*: *Asystasia gangetica* (L.) T. Anderson ... >>>>>>>> > *synonyms*: *Asystasia >>>>>>>> > coromandeliana* Nees • *Asystasia intrusa* (Forssk.) Blume • >>>>>>>> *Justicia >>>>>>>> > gangetica* L. • *Ruellia intrusa* Forssk. • *Ruellia zeylanica* >>>>>>>> J. Koenig ex >>>>>>>> > Roxb. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > ... *must we wonder* ? >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > - The Latin name of this plant *Aystasia gangetica* suggests >>>>>>>> that the >>>>>>>> > plant is to be found along the river Ganges or in the Gangetic >>>>>>>> plains ... >>>>>>>> > stretching along many regions of India ... yet there seems to >>>>>>>> be no name >>>>>>>> > known in Hindi or Bengali !! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/nCinoVE2FqE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/485e175e-1042-43c2-9099-f8b14bc44841n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/485e175e-1042-43c2-9099-f8b14bc44841n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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