Names of Plants in India :: Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson

[Dinesh Valke]

Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson

RUN-jee-uh -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
ELL-eh-ganz -- elegant ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: elegant rungia • Kannada: ಕೊಡ ಗಸಾಲೆ koda gasaale • Marathi: मोहक पित्तपापडा mohak pittapapada


botanical names: Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson ... homotypic synonyms: Diapedium elegans (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Kuntze • Justicia concinna J.R.I.Wood ... POWO, retrieved 05 May 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

elegant rungia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved May 05, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕೊಡ ಗಸಾಲೆ koda gasaale

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

मोहक पित्तपापडा mohak pittapapada

• name coined, for want of name; on lines of घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada, a popular name given to Justicia procumbens L., घाटी ghati suggests distribution in the Desh region or country above the Western Ghats; मोहक mohak suggests the striking elegance of flower inflorescence of Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

¿ Goa ?, Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 05/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 22:03 05-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:21 06-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/rungia-elegans-dalzell-agibson.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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[Nidhan Singh]

Elegant... as the name is, thanks Dinesh Ji for sharing this...

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Nidhan ji, for the appreciation.
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