Hi Dinesh, Just made a small study on Justicia betonica in Kannada and Kodavas
- There is no such word aati in any of the Kannada dictionaries I refered. - Kodavas use Kannada words while speaking in their language. Based on that I think. Madd means Medicinal ) (In Kannada its Madd, (Madh), Maddu, ) - (Tokku ) Soppu (meaning Green leaves) So, Madd Tokku translates to Medicinal green leaves. Not the exact species. Justicia Betonica is indeed a medicinal plant as per the link you have mentioned. Here is a link, frlht mentions Betonica justicia as Kaadu kanakambara. (Forest(Wild) crossandra. More acceptable. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1256 Thanks Raghu ________________________________ From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Cc: vinayak...@gmail.com; vijay.botan...@gmail.com; giby.kuriak...@gmail.com; adava...@gmail.com; noorunnisa.be...@frlht.org; navendu.p...@gmail.com; Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, 26 June 2011 12:39 PM Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:72602] ... names of Justicia betonica in Kannada and Coorgi Forwarding again for any assistancein the matterplease. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> Date: 16 March 2011 18:05 Subject: [efloraofindia:65052] ... names of Justicia betonica in Kannada and Coorgi To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Dear Kannada-knowing friends, Please help in providing valid words for names of Justicia betonica in Kannada and Coorgi. An extract from a post in Kodaga Community web site: "Madd Toppu" (Justicia betonica) as it is called in Kodava parlance ("Aati Soppu" in Kannada). ... http://www.kodagucommunity.com/2008/08/today-is-kakkada-padhinutt.html Thus, ... would madd be: 1) ಮಡ್ಡ 2) ಮದ್ದ 3) yet different than the above ... would toppu be: 1) ಟೊಪ್ಪು 2) ತೊಪ್ಪು 3) yet different than the above ... would aati be: 1) ಆಟಿ 2) ಆತಿ 3) yet different than the above Regards. Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1600 members & 70,000 messages on 30/5/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5000 species)
