Names of Plants in India :: Lepidagathis cuspidata Nees

Dinesh Valke

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Lepidagathis cuspidata Nees

lep-id-AG-ath-is -- Greek: lepis (scale); agathis (clew = ball of thread, yarn, or twine) ... Catalogue of the Plants
kus-pi-DAY-tuh -- sharp-pointed ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: pointed-leaf lepidagathis • Dogri: कंडा बरहैंकड़ kanda barahainkad, कंडा बसूटी kanda basootee, उट कंडा ut kanda • Gujarati: કાંટા અરડુસી kanta aradusi • Hindi: कांटा अडुलसा kaanta adulasa • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳು ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ mullu aadusoge • Konkani: कांटे अडुलसो kante adulso • Malayalam: കുടജാദ്രിപ്പച്ച kudajaadrippacha • Marathi: काटे अडुळसा kate adulsa • Pahari: अडूसा adhusa • Telugu: ముల్లు అడ్డసరము mullu addasaramu

botanical names: Lepidagathis cuspidata Nees ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia cuspidata B.Heyne ex Wall. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 28 June 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

pointed-leaf lepidagathis

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved June 28, 2025

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

कंडा बरहैंकड़ kanda barahainkad

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

कंडा बसूटी kanda basootee, उट कंडा ut kanda

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

કાંટા અરડુસી kanta aradusi

name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... કાંટા kanta = spine or spiny; અરડુસી aradusi = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

कांटा अडुलसा kaanta adulasa

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಮುಳ್ಳು ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ mullu aadusoge

name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... ಮುಳ್ಳು mullu = spine, to mean spiny; ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ aadusoge = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

कांटे अडुलसो kante adulso

name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... कांटे kante = spine or spiny; अडुलसो adulso = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കുടജാദ്രിപ്പച്ച kudajaadrippacha

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

काटे अडुळसा kate adulsa

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

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

अडूसा adhusa

Rattan, Rajeev & Kumar, Amita & Gautam, Veena & Fozdar, Bharat & Sharma, Upendra & Kumar, Dinesh. (2016). Preliminary Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant and Antifungal Activity of Lepidagathis cuspidate. International Journal of Drug Development & Research. 8. 001-003.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

ముల్లు అడ్డసరము mullu addasaramu

name coined, for want of name, on lines of name given in Marathi / Hindi / Dogri ... ముల్లు mullu = spine or spiny; అడ్డసరము addasaramu = name given to Justicia adhatoda L.

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

Andhra Pradesh, **Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, **Odisha, **Punjab, **Rajasthan, **Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 28/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora
Jammu & Kashmir :: Janaki Ammal Herbarium - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
** distribution doubtful

~~~~~ Created on: 19:26 28-06-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:04 30-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/06/lepidagathis-cuspidata-nees.html

Regards.
Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 1, 2025, 1:38:43 AMJul 1

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Nepali name added ...

commonly known as: pointed-leaf lepidagathis • Dogri: कंडा बरहैंकड़ kanda barahainkad, कंडा बसूटी kanda basootee, उट कंडा ut kanda • Gujarati: કાંટા અરડુસી kanta aradusi • Hindi: कांटा अडुलसा kaanta adulasa • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳು ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ mullu aadusoge • Konkani: कांटे अडुलसो kante adulso • Malayalam: കുടജാദ്രിപ്പച്ച kudajaadrippacha • Marathi: काटे अडुळसा kate adulsa • Nepali: काँडे फूल kaande phool • Pahari: अडूसा adhusa • Telugu: ముల్లు అడ్డసరము mullu addasaramu

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/06/lepidagathis-cuspidata-nees.html

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Dinesh

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jul 1, 2025, 1:46:55 AMJul 1

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Nice work and fabulous pic dear Dinesh ji.

Regards, Sam.

Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 6, 2025, 10:44:48 PMJul 6

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Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 7, 2025, 3:07:57 AMJul 7

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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation.
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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
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