Names of Plants in India :: Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston

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Dinesh Valke

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Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston

Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston

ek-BOW-lee-um --from the ancient Greek ecbole (throwing out, a digression) ... Wiktionary
VEER-ih-dee -- green ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Malayalam: കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelammbaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha • Marathi: रान अबोली raan aboli • Odia: ଦନ୍ତୀ danti, ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata • Tamil: அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam • Telugu: చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram


botanical names: Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston ... homotypic synonyms: Justicia viridis Forssk. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke • Justicia rotundifolia Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 29 April 2025
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
green shrimp plant
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha
  • Many thanks to Debraj Chakraborty for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili
ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni
ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
रान अबोली ran aboli
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelammbaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha
  • Many thanks to Ajayan Sadanandan for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
रान अबोली raan aboli
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଦନ୍ତୀ danti
ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, ¿ Goa ?, Karnataka, Kerala, ¿ Maharashtra ?, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, ¿ West Bengal ?; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental
NOTE: Most of the Floras of the states of India have ambiguous listing of Ecbolium species - especially viride and ligustrinum. They have mixed up synonymies of each other. In almost all the earlier Floras, the listed taxon is Ecbolium linneanum Kurz which is now synonym of Ecbolium ligustrinum var. ligustrinum. For instance, it is doubtful that viride is found growing naturally in Goa, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
~~~~~ Created on: 17:31 29-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:39 30-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~





Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Apr 30, 2025, 9:44:06 AMApr 30
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Vibrant picture and good work dear Dinesh ji, neelambaram is correct spelling, regards, Sam.

Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 30, 2025, 10:03:02 AMApr 30
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Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation,for validating the Malayalam names and their English spellings.
Will make the correction shortly.

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



Regards.
Dinesh

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Dinesh Valke

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English spelling of one Malayalam name corrected ...



commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Malayalam: കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelambaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha • Marathi: रान अबोली raan aboli • Odia: ଦନ୍ତୀ danti, ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata • Tamil: அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam • Telugu: చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram
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