Names of Plants in India :: Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees

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Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees ... family: Acanthaceae

an-droh-GRAF-iss -- Greek: andros (male) and graphis (brush, pencil) - refers to filaments ... Dave's Botanary
pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh or pan-ick-yoo-LAH-tuh -- referring to the flower clusters (panicles) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: creat, green chirayta, Indian echinacea, king of bitters • Assamese: কালমেঘ kalmegh, মহা-তিতা moha-tita, চিৰতা sirota • Bengali: কালমেঘ kalmegh •Dogri: काला चिर्यात kala chiryata, किर्यात kiryata • Gujarati: કરિયાતું kariyatu • Hindi: हरा चिरायता hara chirayata, कालमेघ kalmegh, कल्पनाथ kalpanath, किरयित् kirayit, महातीता mahatita • Kannada: ನೆಲಬೇವು nelabevu • Konkani: व्हडलें किरायतें vhadlem kiraytem • Malayalam: കിരിയാത്ത kiriyatta, നിലവേപ്പ് nilavepp • Manipuri: ৱুবতী vubati •Marathi: कालमेघ kalamegha, कल्प kalpa, ओले किरायत ole kirayat, पाले किरायत paale kirayat • Mizo: hnakhapui • Nepali: अंकुरि फुल ankuri phul, कालमेघ kalamegha, कलपनाथ kalapnath • Oriya: ଭଦ୍ରତିକ୍ତା bhadratikta, ଭୁଇଁ ନିମ୍ବ bhui nimba, ହୈମ haima, ଶଙ୍ଖିନୀ shankhini, ଶ୍ବେତ ବୁହ୍ନା shweta buhna, ସ୍ଥୂଳପୁଷ୍ପୀ sthulapushpi • Punjabi: ਚਰੈਤਾ charaita • Sanskrit:भूनिम्ब bhunimba, कालमेघ kalamegha, महातिक्ता mahatikta, यवतिक्ता yavatikta • Tamil: நிலவேம்பு nilavempu • Telugu: నేలవేము nelavemu

botanical names: Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees ... synonym: Justicia paniculata Burm. f. (basionym) ... NPGS / GRIN

October 15, 2011 ... Halabhavi, Karnataka

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Update:

• Kachchhi: નીલો કિરિયાતો nilo kiriyato

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Thank you so much Dinesh ji!

i love भूनिम्ब as it grows in dappled shade and good nectar providing for hover fly or hover bees. Am very fond of it due to it's fast growth and capacity to grow in less sunlight. It need moist and fertile soil. It provide fast greenery.

It is very good for liver problems, diabetes. There use to be one Ayurvedic medicine made up of this plant, called Bhunimba Kadha, which people use to take for stomach, liver disorders.

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i know it as kalu kariyatu

never heard of nilo kariyatu

what book lists it thus?

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Usha di
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Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees

an-droh-GRAF-iss -- Greek: andros (male) and graphis (brush, pencil) - refers to filaments ... Dave's Botanary
pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh or pan-ick-yoo-LAH-tuh -- referring to the flower clusters (panicles) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: creat, green chiretta, Indian echinacea, king of bitters • Assamese: কালমেঘ kalmegh, মহাতিতা mahatita, চিৰতা sirota • Bengali: কালমেঘ kalmegh • Dogri: काला चिर्यात kala chiryata, किर्यात kiryata • Gujarati: કરિયાતું kariyatu • Hindi: हरा चिरायता hara chirayata, कालमेघ kalmegh, कल्पनाथ kalpanath, किरयित् kirayit, महातीता mahatita • Kachchhi: નીલો કિરિયાતો nilo kiriyato • Kannada: ನೆಲಬೇವು nelabevu, ಊರಕಿರಿಯಾತು urakiriyatu • Konkani: व्हडलें किरायतें vhadlem kiraytem • Malayalam: കിരിയാത്ത kiriyatta, നിലവേപ്പ് nilaveppu • Manipuri: ꯚꯨꯕꯇꯤ bhubati • Marathi: कालमेघ kalamegha, कल्प kalpa, ओले किरायत ole kirayat, पाले किरायत paale kirayat • Mizo: hnakhapui • Nepali: अकालमेघ kaalamegh, तितका titakaa • Odia: ଭଦ୍ରତିକ୍ତା bhadratikta, ଭୁଇଁ ନିମ୍ବ bhui nimba, ହୈମ haima, ଶଙ୍ଖିନୀ shankhini, ଶ୍ବେତ ବୁହ୍ନା shweta buhna, ସ୍ଥୂଳପୁଷ୍ପୀ sthulapushpi • Sanskrit: भूनिम्ब bhunimba, कालमेघ kalamegha, महातिक्ता mahatikta, यवतिक्ता yavatikta • Santali: ᱠᱟᱞᱢᱮᱜᱽᱷ kalmegh • Tamil: நிலவேம்பு nilavempu • Telugu: నేలవేము nelavemu • Tulu: ಕಿರಾತಕಡ್ಡಿ kirathakaddi

botanical names: Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees ... synonyms: Justicia latebrosa Russell ex Wall. • Justicia paniculata Burm.f. • Justicia stricta Lam. ex Steud. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

creat

Wikipedia
... most probably anglicised version of the popular vernacular name, किरायत kirayat, of this plant.

green chiretta

Wikipedia

Indian echinacea

Chandigarh Administration

king of bitters

Wikipedia
... extremely bitter in taste in all parts of the plant body. The plant is known in north-eastern India as maha-tita, literally "king of bitters".

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

কালমেঘ kalmegh

Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

মহাতিতা mahatita

Jakhala - Plants of Assam

চিৰতা sirota

Jakhala - Plants of Assam

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

কালমেঘ kalmegh

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

काला चिर्यात kala chiryata

India Mart

किर्यात kiryata

India Mart

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

કરિયાતું kariyatu

Wikipedia

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

हरा चिरायता hara chirayata

Wikipedia
चिरायता is also written as चिराएता ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

कालमेघ kalmegh

कल्पनाथ kalpanath

ENVIS - FRLHT

किरयित् kirayit

महातीता mahatita

ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

નીલો કિરિયાતો nilo kiriyato

PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ನೆಲಬೇವು nelabevu

ENVIS - FRLHT
Wikipedia
Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
this name shared with:
• Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
... Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• Swertia corymbosa (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke
... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
ನೆಲಬೇವು nelabevu (ground neem) is due to herbaceous nature of these species, as well as highly bitter taste ... Shodhganga