Nice compilation Dinesh ji On Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 4:56:05 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> *Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis* (Roxb. ex Hardw.) Mabb. > [image: Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis (Roxb. ex Hardw.) Mabb.] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109452841> > > ¿ *flo-GO-ah-KAN-thus* ? -- Greek: *phlogos* (flame); *ákantha* (thorn) > ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> > ¿ *thur-SEE-for-miss* ? -- flowers arranged in the form of a thyrse (a > flower cluster with a central spike that has side branches also clustered > with flowers) ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> > > *commonly known as*: Himalayan ruellia, red flame-acanthus • *Ahom*: > titaphul • *Assamese*: ৰঙা বাহক ronga-bahoka, তিতাবাহক titabahak, তিতাফূল > titaphul • *Bengali*: লাল বাসক lal basak • *Bodo*: barshikha bibar goja • > *Chakma*: basakpata • *Garhwali*: kaldona, kawadoni • *Garo*: ellot, > kimchit, verua kain cheit • *Hajong*: chunchuni tita • *Hindi*: चुहाई > chuhai, लाल बासक lal basak • *Jaintia*: jia merembut • *Karbi*: jakan, > jaogan, rambha arong, tadongmiow • *Khasi*: barsiku, baskabomphang, > dieng-soh-ja-buid, dieng-soh-kajut, ja-boit, jathang-heh, soh-ja-jut, > tadang-kakseu • *Kumaoni*: kaldona, kawadoni • *Lepcha*: rheeom, sumcher > • *Manipuri*: ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯡꯈꯥ ꯑꯉꯥꯡꯕꯥ নোঙমাঙখা অঙাঙবা nongmangkha angangba • > *Maring*: shimrim • *Michi*: bashkah • *Mishing*: লাল ভাচাক lal-vasak, > তিতা ভাচাক tita-vasak • *Mizo*: kawldai-par-eng, khumtiangkohha • *Nepali*: > चुवा chuwaa, तिते tite • *Nyishi*: keralang • *Rabha*: chakkai mekha, > khakai par • *Tangkhul*: sipchang • *Tangsa*: phikhip > > > *botanical names*: *Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis* (Roxb. ex Hardw.) Mabb. > ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Justicia thyrsiformis* Roxb. ex Hardw. ... > *heterotypic > synonyms*: *Justicia thyrsiflora* Roxb. • *Justicia thyrsoides* Roxb. ex > Nees • *Phlogacanthus longisepalus* Bremek. • *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* > (Roxb.) Nees ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 09 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 > *Himalayan ruellia* > > - Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus > Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. > > <https://www.researchtrend.net/jnbr/pdf/An%20annotated%20checklist%20of%20Dicotyledonus%20Angiosperms%20in%20Darjeeling%20Himalayas.pdf> > > J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208. > > *red flame-acanthus* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Red%20Flame-Acanthus.html>, > retrieved July 09, 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 > *titaphul* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 09 July 2025 > - the name needs to be rendered in native script > > ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ > written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal > Pradesh, Meghalaya > *ৰঙা বাহক ronga-bahoka, তিতাবাহক titabahak, তিতাফূল titaphul* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Flora of Assam > <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol > III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De > > ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, > Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *লাল বাসক lal basak* > > - Barnali Gogoi, Bibhuti Bhusan Kakoti, Nilutpal Sharma Bora, Ashis > Kr. Goswami - Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of *Phlogacanthus > thyrsiflorus* Nees: A Review > <https://www.globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v23-2/31.pdf> - > Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 23(2), Nov – Dec 2013; nᵒ 31, 175-179 > > ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other names > for this language: Boro > *barshikha bibar goja* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga > > ~~~~~ CHAKMA ~~~~~ > written in: *Chakma* (𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴, *Changhma Bhach* or *Ajha Path*), > Latin, Bengali ... spoken in: *Mizoram*, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, > Assam ... spoken by: the Chakma (or Changhma) people and Daingnet people > *basakpata* > > - Das, Sudipta & Duttachoudhury, Manabendra. (2009). Ethno-Medicobotanical > Observations On Some Tribal Communities Of Tripura State. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215469342> Pleione. 3. 89-95. > > ~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: *Uttarakhand* > *kaldona, kawadoni* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Shri R L Badhwar > and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas > <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/mode/2up> - The Forest > Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun > - the name needs to be rendered in native script > > ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman*, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: > *Meghalaya*, Assam > *ellot* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Flora of Assam > <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol > III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De > > *kimchit* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga > > *verua kain cheit* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Kayang, Highland. > (2007). Tribal knowledge on wild edible plants of Meghalaya, Northeast > India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285631549> Indian J > Trad Knowledge. 6. 177-181. > > ~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~ > written in: *Bengali-Assamese* (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, > Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal > *chunchuni tita* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga > > ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, > *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, > Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* > *चुहाई chuhai* > > - name prevalent in Bihar ... B. Das and P. Saha - A Review on > Antidiabetic Potential of Plant Flavonoids in Acanthaceae Family Edible > Plants of West Bengal > > <https://www.ijpsonline.com/articles/a-review-on-antidiabetic-potential-of-plant-flavonoids-in-acanthaceae-family-edible-plants-of-west-bengal.pdf> > > - Indian J Pharm Sci 2024;86(3):805-817 > - the name rendered in native script needs validation > > *लाल बासक lal basak* > > - Barnali Gogoi, Bibhuti Bhusan Kakoti, Nilutpal Sharma Bora, Ashis > Kr. Goswami - Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of *Phlogacanthus > thyrsiflorus* Nees: A Review > <https://www.globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v23-2/31.pdf> - > Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 23(2), Nov – Dec 2013; nᵒ 31, 175-179 > > ~~~~~ JAINTIA ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Meghalaya*, Assam ... exonyms: > Jaintia, Synteng; endonym: Pnar > *jia merembut* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Kayang, Highland. > (2007). Tribal knowledge on wild edible plants of Meghalaya, Northeast > India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285631549> Indian J > Trad Knowledge. 6. 177-181. > > ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, Meghalaya, > Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng > *jakan, jaogan, rambha arong* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Flora of Assam > <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol > III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De > > *tadongmiow* > > - Dutta, Barnali & Sarma, Jatindra & Borthakur, Sashin. (2016). Diversity > and Ethnobotany of the Genus *Phlogacanthus* Nees in Assam, India. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305151474> International > Journal of Life-Sciences Scientific Research. 2. > 10.21276/ijlssr.2016.2.4.25. > > ~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin* (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: > *Meghalaya*, Assam > *barsiku, baskabomphang, dieng-soh-ja-buid, dieng-soh-kajut, ja-boit, > jathang-heh, soh-ja-jut* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Flora of Assam > <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol > III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De > > *tadang-kakseu* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Parkash V. 2021. > Floristic > and ethnic perspective on wild forest plant species of Nongkhyllem Reserve > Forest, Nongpoh, Meghalaya, India. > <https://smujo.id/aje/article/view/9210> Asian J Ethnobiol 4: 93-105. > > ~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* ... spoken in: *Uttarakhand* > *kaldona, kawadoni* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... The Useful Plants > of India > > <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n455/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Phlogacanthus>, > > Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR > - the name needs to be rendered in native script > > ~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~ > written in: *Lepcha* (or Róng), Tibetan ... spoken in: *Sikkim*, West > Bengal > *rheeom* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... The Useful Plants > of India > > <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n455/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Phlogacanthus>, > > Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR > - the name needs to be rendered in native script > > *sumcher* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Shri R L Badhwar > and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas > <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/mode/2up> - The Forest > Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun > - the name needs to be rendered in native script > > ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ > written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: > *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei > *ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯡꯈꯥ ꯑꯉꯥꯡꯕꯥ নোঙমাঙখা অঙাঙবা nongmangkha angangba* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Red%20Flame-Acanthus.html>, > retrieved July 09, 2025 > > ~~~~~ MARING ~~~~~ > written in: *Meitei* (ꯃꯔꯤꯡ) ... spoken in: *Manipur* ... spoken by Maring > people ... not to be confused with the Maring language of New Guinea > *shimrim* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Red%20Flame-Acanthus.html>, > retrieved July 09, 2025 > > ~~~~~ MICHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Idu Azobra*, recently developed, or Latin ... spoken in: > some districts of *Arunachal Pradesh* ... spoken by: Idu Mishmi people > ... other names for this language: Idu Mishmi ... considered endangered > *bashkah* > > - for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Shri R L Badhwar > and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas > <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/mode/2up> - The Forest > Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun > > ~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~ > written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal > Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri > *লাল ভাচাক lal-vasak, তিতা ভাচাক tita-vasak* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 09 July 2025 > > ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other > names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian > *kawldai-par-eng* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Red%20Flame-Acanthus.html>, > retrieved July 09, 2025 > > *khumtiangkohha* > > - Rai, Prabhat. (2011). Ethnomedicinal Plants of India with Special > Reference to an Indo-Burma Hotspot Region: An overview. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274832132> Ethnobotany > Research and Applications. 9. 379-429. 10.17348/era.9.0.379-420. > > ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, > *Assam*, *Sikkim* > *चुवा chuwaa, तिते tite* > > - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... > efloraofindia > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/DTpqOMv3wXk/m/rYIiD3BaCwAJ> > > ~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... spoken > by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names > for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, > Bangni-Bangru, Solung > *keralang* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 09 July 2025 > > ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ > written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, > Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya > *chakkai mekha, khakai par* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga > > ~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin*, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Nagaland > ... spoken by: Tangkhul people > *sipchang* > > - Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga > tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state > <http://hdl.handle.net/10603/55908> - Shodhganga > > ~~~~~ TANGSA ~~~~~ > written in: *Tangsa*, Latin ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... > other names for this language: Tase and Tase Naga ... spoken by: Tangshang > people or Tangsa Naga > *phikhip* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 09 July 2025 > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, > Tripura, Uttarakhand, 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 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 09/07/2025 > (dd/mm/yyyy). > - Assam :: for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... Flora of > Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> > Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De > - Manipur :: Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the > Tangkhul Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state > <http://hdl.handle.net/10603/55908> - Shodhganga > - Meghalaya :: for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... > Kayang, Highland. (2007). Tribal knowledge on wild edible plants of > Meghalaya, Northeast India. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285631549> Indian J Trad > Knowledge. 6. 177-181. > - Mizoram :: Rai, Prabhat. (2011). Ethnomedicinal Plants of India with > Special Reference to an Indo-Burma Hotspot Region: An overview. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274832132> Ethnobotany > Research and Applications. 9. 379-429. 10.17348/era.9.0.379-420. > - Tripura :: Das, Sudipta & Duttachoudhury, Manabendra. (2009). > Ethno-Medicobotanical > Observations On Some Tribal Communities Of Tripura State. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215469342> Pleione. 3. 89-95. > - Uttarakhand :: for *Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus* (Roxb.) Nees ... > Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the > Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/mode/2up> - The > Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun > > ~~~~~ Created on: 12:26 09-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:48 10-07-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/phlogacanthus-thyrsiformis-roxb-ex.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]. 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