Names of Plants in India :: Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L.Burtt

[Dinesh Valke]

Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L.Burtt

rin-koh-GLOSS-um -- Greek: rhynchos (beak); glossa (tongue) ... Genera-Gesneriaceae
¿ noh-tun-nee-AH-num ? -- named after Benjamin Noton, an avid collector of Indian plants ... Botanics Stories

commonly known as: south Indian klugia, south Indian tongue-lip • Konkani: नील neel • Malayalam: കല്ലു താളി kallu thaali, കിളനീലി kilaneeli • Marathi: नील neel


botanical names: Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L.Burtt ... homotypic synonyms: Glossanthus notonianus (Wall.) R.Br. • Klugia notoniana (Wall.) A.DC. • Wulfenia notoniana Wall. ... heterotypic synonyms: Klugia glabra Gardner • Klugia scabra Dalzell • Rhynchoglossum scabrum Dalzell ... POWO, retrieved 23 June 2024

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

south Indian klugia, south Indian tongue-lip

• Flowers of India, retrieved June 23, 2024

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

नील neel

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കല്ലു താളി kallu thaali

• Indian Medicinal Plants

കിളനീലി kilaneeli

• name coined, for want of name ... many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook ... many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for coining the name ... കിള kila = wall; നീലി neeli = blue-coloured ... named so, for the herb with blue-coloured flowers found growing on the walls

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

नील neel

• 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

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

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.3; last update June 16th, 2024. Last accessed 23/06/2024.

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

~~~~~ Last updated: 21:43 16-07-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/rhynchoglossum-notonianum-wall-blburtt.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji.  Both Malayalam and English names are correct.  This plant is growing in my property near by streaming, regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names / English spellings.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Great Contribution Dinesh ji.