Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation. Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.) 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