Beautiful photograph and great work dear Dinesh ji 👏 Both Malayalam and English spellings are correct, with regards, Sam.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, 12:51 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Nicoteba betonica* (L.) Lindau > [image: Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau] > > ¿ *nee-KOH-tay-bah* ? -- anagram of the epithet *betonica*; could not > find reasoning > *bet-OH-nee-kuh* -- variant of *vettonica*, a Spanish native plant ... Dave's > Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=betonica> > > *commonly known as*: leafy bract justicia, paper plume, rose-spotted > white-flowered Justice wort, squirrel's tail, white shrimp plant • > *Bengali*: পাটল বাসক patela basak • *Gujarati*: ગુલાબી અરડુસી gulabi > aradusi • *Hindi*: हाड़पात hadpat, मोकंदर mokander, प्रमेहःहराती > pramehaharati • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಕನಕಾಂಬರ kaadu kanakaambara, ಸಣ್ಣ ಅಡುಸೋಗೆ > sanna adusoge • *Konkani*: धवो पोक्षो dhavo pokso • *Malayalam*: > വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി vellakurunji • *Marathi*: गुलाबी अडुलसा gulabi adulasa • > *Odia*: ମାଟି ଶାଗ mati saga • *Rajasthani*: गुलाबी अडूसा gulabi adusa • > *Sanskrit*: श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah • *Santali*: ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ • *Tamil*: > வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil • *Telugu*: తెల్ల రంతు tellarantu > > > *botanical names*: **** *Nicoteba betonica* (L.) Lindau ... *homotypic > synonyms*: *Adhatoda betonica* (L.) Nees • *Ecbolium betonica* (L.) > Kuntze • *Justicia betonica* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Adhatoda > trinervia* (Vahl) Nees • *Gendarussa betonica* Nees ex Steud., not > validly publ. • *Gendarussa trinervia* Nees ex Steud. • *Justicia > trinervia* Vahl • *Nicoteba trinervia* (Vahl) Lindau ... and many more at > POWO > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:52612-1#synonyms> > **** NOTE: At this time of writing, almost all of the websites or > portals, are yet to revise the name *Justicia betonica* L. to *Nicoteba > betonica* (L.) Lindau. References listed below in the bibliography > section are either for the synonym *Justicia betonica* L. or for *Nicoteba > trinervia* (Vahl) Lindau, unless otherwise stated. > 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. > ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ > *leafy bract justicia, paper plume* > > - Plants of the World Online > > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:52612-1/general-information#vernacular-names> > (POWO) > > *rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort* > > - Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh > > <https://forests.ap.gov.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff1324.htm> > - by RD Reddy & Md Sharfuddin Khan > > *squirrel's tail* > > - Encyclopedia of Life <https://eol.org/pages/596721> (EOL) > > *white shrimp plant* > > - Plantnet > > <https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Justicia%20betonica%20L./data> > > ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ > *পাটল বাসক patela basak* > > - name coined, for want of name; পাটল patela = pink, for the pink > variegated white flowers; বাসক basak = the popular medicinal plant > *Justicia > adhatoda* L. > - BENGAL PLANTS > <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> > VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID > > ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ > *ગુલાબી અરડુસી gulabi aradusi* > > - name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Bhavin K. Desai for > coining this name ... facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/309272435789348/posts/6162977257085474/?comment_id=6163919530324580¬if_id=1688492768314141¬if_t=group_comment> > - Yadav, Shri Ram A contribution to the floristics and phytosociology > of some parts of South Gujarat <http://hdl.handle.net/10603/75428> - > Shodhganga > - S Rajendra Kumar, S Kalavathy - Floristic status and its > conservation in the forests of the north Gujarat region (NGR) Gujarat, > India > > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/5084/11/11_chapter%204.pdf> > - Shodhganga > > ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ > *हाड़पात hadpat* - name prevalent in Bihar > > - Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary > > <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gMwLwbUwtfkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false> > by C P Khare > - the spelling of this name in the native script needs to be validated > > *मोकंदर mokander, प्रमेहःहराती pramehaharati* - names prevalent in Madhya > Pradesh > > - Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary > > <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gMwLwbUwtfkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false> > by C P Khare > - the spellings of these names in the native script need to be > validated > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > *ಕಾಡು ಕನಕಾಂಬರ kaadu kanakaambara* > > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4bd66631f0638d2a067e932b7d7aa7a2/dc479191015cabbda5f371bd47a082f4> > - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, > Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. > > <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > *ಸಣ್ಣ ಅಡುಸೋಗೆ sanna adusoge* > > - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, > Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. > > <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ > *धवो पोक्षो dhavo pokso* > > - 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 ~~~~~ > *വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി vellakurunji* > > - വിക്കിപീഡിയ > > <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%BF> > - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > *गुलाबी अडुलसा gulabi adulasa* > > - name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author > of *Flowers of Sahyadri*, the first among the three field guides to > identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers > > ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ > *ମାଟି ଶାଗ mati saga* > > - Kumar, Sanjeet & Supriya Devi, Rajkumari. (2020). Report on Floral > Diversity of SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. > > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347982851_Report_on_Floral_Diversity_of_SAMBHAV_Nayagarh_Odisha_India> > 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402. > - Many thanks to Ranjan Moharana for help with this name ... facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/303854683587708/posts/1288231121816721/?comment_id=1288251301814703¬if_id=1688473998230951¬if_t=group_comment> > > ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ > *गुलाबी अडूसा gulabi adusa* > > - name coined, for want of name, on lines of the Marathi name; गुलाबी > gulabi = pink, for the pink variegated white flowers; अडूसा adusa = > the popular medicinal plant *Justicia adhatoda* L. > - Rajasthan Government > > <https://forest.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/raj/forest/ForestDepartment/PDFs/Department%20Wing/Forest%20Working%20Plan/Sanctioned%20Working%20Plan/text/Banswara_final.pdf> > - Forest Department > > ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ > *श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah* > > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4bd66631f0638d2a067e932b7d7aa7a2/dc479191015cabbda5f371bd47a082f4> > - or श्वेत सहचर shweta sahachara ... Karnataka Biodiversity Board, > 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and > Angiosperms. > > <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ > *ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ* > > - ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ > > <https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8> > - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > *வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil* > > - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> > [Madras], University of Madras > - விக்கிப்பீடியா > > <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D> > - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம் > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4bd66631f0638d2a067e932b7d7aa7a2/dc479191015cabbda5f371bd47a082f4> > > ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ > *తెల్ల రంతు tella rantu* > > - Many thanks to A. Lalithamba for help with this name ... > efloraofindia > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/dKJJnJS7GYY/91QruRDvAQAJ> > ... tella తెల్ల = white / pale; rantu రంతు = way OR road, white veins > on the bract, alluding to roads > - Flora Andhrika > <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Justicia+betonica> - > Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4bd66631f0638d2a067e932b7d7aa7a2/dc479191015cabbda5f371bd47a082f4> > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~ > India (throughout, often cultivated) > > - Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist > and Distribution of the World Flora. > > <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list#plantUid-343819> > Version 16.1; last update June 16th, 2023. > - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, > Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. > > <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > - this species not listed in Flora of Assam > <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol > III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De > - state-wise, this species is poorly documented > > ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/07/nicoteba-betonica-l-lindau.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 on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkXgDTBUhMCBpSZwgrnUdQ4bHFFo0DAU9UL%3DSF4OnjR26URLg%40mail.gmail.com.

