Names of Plants in India :: Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau

[Dinesh Valke]

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

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

** 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 (POWO)

rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort

• Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh - by RD Reddy & Md Sharfuddin Khan

squirrel's tail

• Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

white shrimp plant

• Plantnet

~~~~~ 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 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
• Yadav, Shri Ram A contribution to the floristics and phytosociology of some parts of South Gujarat - Shodhganga
• S Rajendra Kumar, S Kalavathy - Floristic status and its conservation in the forests of the north Gujarat region (NGR) Gujarat, India - Shodhganga

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

हाड़पात hadpat - name prevalent in Bihar

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

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

धवो पोक्षो dhavo pokso

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി vellakurunji

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - 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. 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402.
• Many thanks to Ranjan Moharana for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ 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 - Forest Department

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• or श्वेत सहचर shweta sahachara ... Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ

• ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

తెల్ల రంతు tella rantu

• Many thanks to A. Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... tella తెల్ల = white / pale; rantu రంతు = way OR road, white veins on the bract, alluding to roads
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ 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. Version 16.1; last update June 16th, 2023.
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• this species not listed in Flora of Assam 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

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Beautiful photograph and great work dear Dinesh ji 👏

Both Malayalam and English spellings are correct, with regards, Sam.

[M Swamy]

Dear Dinesh ji,

Superb compilation.

Kannada names and their transliteration are correct.

Thanks & Regards,

M.Swamy

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much dear Sam ji and dear Mahadeswara ji, for validating the Malayalam and Kannada names !!

Regards.

Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

English transcribed name of Santali added ...

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

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 tayar • 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

** 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.

ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ tayar

• ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ

• or ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱷᱟ tayar baha ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

తెల్ల రంతు tella rantu

• Many thanks to A. Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... tella తెల్ల = white / pale; rantu రంతు = way OR road, white veins on the bract, alluding to roads
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ 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. Version 16.1; last update June 16th, 2023.
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• this species not listed in Flora of Assam 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

[Gurcharan Singh]

Another very useful contribution Dinesh ji.