more names compiled ... *commonly known as*: Chinese violet <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/chinese-violet> , Coromandel foxglove <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/coromandel-foxglove> , creeping foxglove <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/creeping-foxglove> , Ganges primrose <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/ganges-primrose> • *Kannada*: ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana valli <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> ,ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/med-dhe-soppu-meddhe-soppu> , ಮೂಗುತಿ ಗಿಡ mooguthi gida <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/muguti-gida-mooguthi-gida> • *Malayalam*: തുപ്പലംപൊട്ടി tuppalampotti <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/tuppalampeatti-tuppalampotti> , വള്ളി ഉപ്പുതാളി valli upputhali <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/valli-upu-dali> , വേലിപടക്കം velipatakkam <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/velipatakkam-velipatakkam> • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> • *Sanskrit*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை miti-kirai <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/mitikirai-miti-kirai>
Regards. Dinesh On Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 11:19:42 AM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the Tamil name, will put it into the notes. > Very keen on getting the Hindi and Bengali names of this plant. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dinesh ji >> Useful Plants of India (CSIR) mentions Medday keerai as Tamil name. Plus >> following information may be useful >> >> Used as pot-herb; tender leaves good source of thiamine; juice of plant >> administered to children suffering from swellings and rheumatism. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Pankaj ... many thanks for validating the author citations ... am >>> sure there are few pair of eyes who will critically check them ... so there >>> is no harm in attempting to put them along with the common names that are >>> being compiled. >>> >>> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> Coromandel is an English name given to many places ... interestingly, >>> most of them along the sea ... am sure you know, we have Coromandel coast >>> in the south east side of our peninsula. >>> At Wikipedia, in the context [ *Chinese Violet*, *Coromandel*[2] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystasia_gangetica#cite_note-Hawaii-1> or >>> *Creeping Foxglove*[3] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystasia_gangetica#cite_note-SANBI-2> ] it >>> must be an adjective ... thus it would mean either Coromandel Foxglove OR >>> Creeping Foxglove. >>> It also very well suits one of the synonym - *Asystasia coromandeliana* >>> ... meaning Coromandel Asystasia >>> >>> I missed on Coromandel Foxglove !! ... many thanks, will put it in my >>> notes. >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I AM IMPRESSED. Actually I peeped into author citations first and >>>> found all of them correct and had a smile on my face :). >>>> BTW, Wikipedia says COROMANDEL as one of the common names for this >>>> plant which is missing from your list. I imagine why they call it so? >>>> Thanks for sharing. >>>> Regards >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 26, 11:02 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > via Species < >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>> A < >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/a> > >>>> > >>>> > *Asystasia gangetica* >>>> > [image: Asystasia >>>> > gangetica]< >>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi.. >>>> .> >>>> > >>>> > [image: Flowers of >>>> > India]< >>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcat.. >>>> .>[image: >>>> > Discussions at efloraofindia]< >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Asys.. >>>> .>[image: >>>> > more views in flickr]< >>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3.. >>>> .>[image: >>>> > more views on Google >>>> > Earth]< >>>> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2F.. >>>> .> >>>> > >>>> > *commonly known as*: Ganges >>>> > primrose< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/g.. >>>> .> >>>> > , Chinese violet< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/c.. >>>> .> >>>> > , creeping foxglove< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/c.. >>>> .> >>>> > • *Gujarati*: kaligharani< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/.. >>>> .> >>>> > • *Kannada*: ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana >>>> > valli< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/l.. >>>> .> >>>> > • *Malayalam*: >>>> > valli-upu-dali< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam.. >>>> .> >>>> > • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana >>>> > valli< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/l.. >>>> .> >>>> > • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை >>>> > miti-kirai< >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/mit.. >>>> .> >>>> > >>>> > *botanical names*: *Asystasia gangetica* (L.) T. Anderson ... >>>> > *synonyms*: *Asystasia >>>> > coromandeliana* Nees • *Asystasia intrusa* (Forssk.) Blume • *Justicia >>>> > gangetica* L. • *Ruellia intrusa* Forssk. • *Ruellia zeylanica* J. >>>> Koenig ex >>>> > Roxb. >>>> > >>>> > ... *must we wonder* ? >>>> > >>>> > - The Latin name of this plant *Aystasia gangetica* suggests that >>>> the >>>> > plant is to be found along the river Ganges or in the Gangetic >>>> plains ... >>>> > stretching along many regions of India ... yet there seems to be >>>> no name >>>> > known in Hindi or Bengali !! >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
