Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz [image: Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194504601>
*ryn-uh-KANTH-us* -- Greek *rhinus* (nose); *ákantha* (thorn) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> *NAW-suit-us* -- long-nosed ... Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nasutus> *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 <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 10 July 2025 *NOTE*: Orthographic variant: *Rhinacanthus nasuta* (L.) Kurz 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 *dainty spurs* - Top Tropicals <https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/rhinacanthus_nasutus.htm> - 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 <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras *snake jasmine* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinacanthus_nasutus> - The Free Encyclopedia - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [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 <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - 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 <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/RP6oauORpMk/m/W6r9eC_B5JQJ> - BENGAL PLANTS <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> 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 <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (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 <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> 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 <https://journal.ijresm.com/index.php/ijresm/article/view/241>”, 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 <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus <https://alar.ink/> created by V. Krishna ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*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. <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> 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 <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2> ... 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 <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gundert/> 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 <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014] *नागमल्ली nagamalli* - for *Justicia nasuta* L. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> 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 <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_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 <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=Rhinacanthus&dir=au> - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः *यूथिकापर्णी yuthikaparni* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1801/a84f5ebdc2b867c0c6fabebe6c47fd3d> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *கலிகை kalikai, நாகமல்லி nagamalli* - for *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras *உரகமல்லி uragamalli* - for ringworm root ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [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 <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> 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) <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/348/mode/2up?view=theater&q=nasuta> 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 <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ throughout - 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 25.07; 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 -- 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 view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1ncxgajqDsuoOZa5%2BimyTJnsdxSbe-XW4cV1NS2T5ygA%40mail.gmail.com.
