Names of Plants in India :: Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz

[Dinesh Valke]

Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz

ryn-uh-KANTH-us -- Greek rhinus (nose); ákantha (thorn) ... Dave's Botanary
NAW-suit-us -- long-nosed ... Wiktionary

commonly known as: dainty spurs, ringworm root, snake jasmine, white flowered justicia • Bengali: জুই পানা jui-pana, পলক জুই palak-jui • Gujarati: ગજકર્ણી gajakarni, નાયટી nayati, પાલક જુહી palaka juhi • Hindi: कबूतर का फुल kabutar ka phul, पालक जूही palak-juhi, ऊथिपर्णी uthiparni • Kachchhi: દાદરનું ઝાડવું dadaranu jhadavu, દધરજો ઝાડ dadharajo jhad • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡಪಟಿಕ doddapatika, ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige • Konkani: दादमारी dadmari • Malayalam: നാഗമുല്ല naagamulla, ഒറ്റക്കാൽമുടന്തി ottakkaalmudanthi, പുഴുക്കൊല്ലി puzhukkolli • Marathi: गजकर्णी gajkarni, नागमल्ली nagamalli • Odia: କ୍ରୂର ଶାଗ kaura saga • Sanskrit: प्रत्यग्रगन्धा pratyagragandha, प्रियदा priyada, यूथिकापर्णी yuthikaparni • Tamil: கலிகை kalikai, நாகமல்லி nagamalli, உரகமல்லி uragamalli • Telugu: నాగమళ్లె nagamalle • Tulu: ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige


botanical names: Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz ... homotypic synonyms: Justicia nasuta L. • Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... POWO, retrieved 10 July 2025

NOTE: Orthographic variant: Rhinacanthus nasuta (L.) Kurz

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

dainty spurs

• Top Tropicals - TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA

ringworm root

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• for Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

snake jasmine

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• for Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

white flowered justicia

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

জুই পানা jui-pana, পলক জুই palak-jui

• Many thanks to Surajit Koley for help with these names ... efloraofindia
• BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

ગજકર્ણી gajakarni, નાયટી nayati, પાલક જુહી palaka juhi

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

कबूतर का फुल kabutar ka phul, पालक जूही palak-juhi

• for Justicia nasuta L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

ऊथिपर्णी uthiparni

• this name prevalent in Jharkhand ... K. Pandey, A. Sinha, and Z. Perween, “Important Medicinal Plants with their Medicinal Uses from Jharkhand State”, IJRESM, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 532–542, Sep. 2020, Accessed: Jul. 11, 2025.

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

દાદરનું ઝાડવું dadaranu jhadavu, દધરજો ઝાડ dadharajo jhad

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

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ದೊಡ್ಡಪಟಿಕ doddapatika, ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

दादमारी dadmari

• for Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898.
• for Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

നാഗമുല്ല naagamulla, ഒറ്റക്കാൽമുടന്തി ottakkaalmudanthi

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

പുഴുക്കൊല്ലി puzhukkolli

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• for Justicia nasuta L. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

गजकर्णी gajkarni

• Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
• or गजकर्ण gajkarna ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]

नागमल्ली nagamalli

• for Justicia nasuta L. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

କ୍ରୂର ଶାଗ kaura saga

• Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

प्रत्यग्रगन्धा pratyagragandha, प्रियदा priyada

• for Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

यूथिकापर्णी yuthikaparni

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

கலிகை kalikai, நாகமல்லி nagamalli

• for Rhinacanthus communis Nees ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

உரகமல்லி uragamalli

• for ringworm root ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

నాగమళ్లె nagamalle

• for Justicia nasuta L. ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ನಾಗಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nagamallige

• for Justicia nasuta L. ... Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) by Rev. A. Männer

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka

پالك جوهي palak-juhi

• for Justicia nasuta L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

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

throughout

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 10/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

Recorded / documented in following states:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal

~~~~~ Created on: 21:31 10-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:23 11-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/rhinacanthus-nasutus-l-kurz.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Fabulous pic and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct.

Regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Regards.
Dinesh