Malayalam names added ...
*commonly known as*: blue pussyleaf • *Ahom*: baghkaniya, udbhedeli • *Bengali*: পারামূল paramula • *Hindi*: बिजनोरी bijnori • *Malayalam*: കോടപ്പുല്ല് kodappullu, മയിൽ പുല്ല് mayil pullu, നീല പൂച്ചയില neela poochayila • *Odia*: ବର ରାସ୍ନା bada rasna • *Santali*: ᱡᱩᱜᱤᱴᱚᱯᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ jugitopa baha Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/nelsonia-canescens-lam-spreng.html Regards. Dinesh On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks very very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, for helping with the > Malayalam names and their English spellings. > This is a great help. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji. >> Malayalam names are *നീല പൂച്ചയില Neela Poochayila (Neela *means blue*, >> Poocha *means pussy or cat,* yila *is ela means leaf*) മയിൽ പുല്ല് Mayil >> Pullu (Mayil *means peacock,* pullu *means grass*) കോടപ്പുല്ല് >> Kodappullu (Koda *means mist, *pullu means* grass*)*, all Malayalam >> names are derived as per it's special hairy charector. >> >> https://identify.plantnet.org/ml/k-world-flora/species/Nelsonia%20canescens%20(Lam.)%20Spreng./data >> Regards, Sam. >> >> On Sat, 5 Jul, 2025, 2:13 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *Nelsonia canescens* (Lam.) Spreng >>> [image: Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng] >>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80698830> >>> >>> ¿ *nel-SON-nee-uh* ? -- for David Nelson, English gardener and >>> botanist, gardener at Kew ... Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae >>> <https://archive.org/details/prodromusfloraen01brow/page/480/mode/2up?q=Nelsonia&view=theater> >>> *kan-ESS-kens* -- grey hair, greyish ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=canescens> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: blue pussyleaf • *Ahom*: baghkaniya, udbhedeli • >>> *Bengali*: পারামূল paramula • *Hindi*: बिजनोरी bijnori • *Odia*: ବର >>> ରାସ୍ନା bada rasna • *Santali*: ᱡᱩᱜᱤᱴᱚᱯᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ jugitopa baha >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Nelsonia canescens* (Lam.) Spreng. ... *homotypic >>> synonyms*: *Justicia canescens* Lam. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Dianthera >>> tomentosa* Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke • *Nelsonia campestris* R.Br. ... and >>> more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 04 July 2025 >>> 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. The bits about the languages of >>> India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> >>> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just >>> enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best >>> prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu >>> amplo*. >>> ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ >>> written and spoken widely, in most parts of India >>> *blue pussyleaf* >>> >>> - Flowers of India >>> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blue%20Pussyleaf.html>, >>> retrieved July 04, 2025 >>> >>> ~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Ahom* ... mainly used by priests and scholars for >>> religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile *Ahom kingdom* >>> (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: >>> Tai-Ahom >>> *baghkaniya, udbhedeli* >>> >>> - Borah, Dipankar & Gogoi, Tridip & Sarma, Jintu & Borah, Punam & >>> Gohain, Bichitra & Mili, Chiranjib & Upadhyaya, Ankur & Basumatary, >>> Jenima >>> & Neog, Kasturi & Wangpan, Tonlong & Tangjang, Sumpam. (2021). Compendium >>> of plants used for preparation of traditional alcoholic beverages by four >>> major ethnic communities of Assam, northeast India. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350578721> Biodiversitas >>> Journal of Biological Diversity. 22. 2019-2031. 10.13057/biodiv/d220451. >>> - the names need to be rendered in their native script >>> >>> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >>> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *পারামূল paramula* >>> >>> - Many thanks to Jayantanath Sarkar for help with this name ... >>> facebook >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2129162047284372&set=gm.1151351906261047&idorvanity=257033239026256> >>> >>> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar >>> Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya >>> Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* >>> *बिजनोरी bijnori* >>> >>> - Sikarwar, Ram Lakhan & Dubey, Praveen & Khanna, K K & Tiwari, >>> Arjun. (2024). Threat Assesment and Utilization of Medicinal Plants >>> of Vindhyan Region, Madhya Pradesh. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383062112> >>> >>> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar >>> Islands >>> *ବର ରାସ୍ନା bada rasna* >>> >>> - Acharya R, Padiya RH, Patel ED, Rudrapa HC, Shukla VJ, Chauhan MG. >>> Pharmacognostical >>> evaluation of leaf of Bada Rasna [*Nelsonia canescens* (Lam.) >>> Spreng.; Acanthaceae]. >>> <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3644758/> Anc Sci Life. >>> 2012 Apr;31(4):194-7. doi: 10.4103/0257-7941.107359. PMID: 23661868; >>> PMCID: >>> PMC3644758. >>> >>> ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), >>> Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*, >>> Odisha >>> *ᱡᱩᱜᱤᱴᱚᱯᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ jugitopa baha* >>> >>> - for *Nelsonia campestris* R.Br. ... A Santali-English dictionary >>> >>> <https://archive.org/details/cu31924096339464/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nelsonia+campestris&view=theater> >>> by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission >>> - for *Nelsonia campestris* R.Br. ... ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ >>> ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ >>> >>> <https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AC_%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9> >>> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >>> >>> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >>> Andaman islands, ***Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, ***Bihar, >>> ***Gujarat, ***Karnataka, ***Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, ***Maharashtra, >>> ***Manipur, >>> ***Meghalaya, ***Mizoram, Odisha, ***Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West >>> Bengal >>> >>> - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist >>> and Distribution of the World Flora. >>> >>> <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> >>> Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 04/07/2025 >>> (dd/mm/yyyy). >>> - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora >>> >>> <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora/page/160/mode/2up?q=Nelsonia+canescens&view=theater> >>> >>> *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the >>> state >>> In all probability, this species has naturalized in India. >>> ~~~~~ Created on: 19:52 03-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 14:05 05-07-2025 >>> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Names compiled / updated at >>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/nelsonia-canescens-lam-spreng.html >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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