*Rungia crenata* T.Anderson [image: Rungia crenata T.Anderson] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107687613>
*RUN-jee-uh* -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Rungia> • Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedlieb_Ferdinand_Runge> *kre-NAY-tuh* or *kre-NAH-tuh* -- scalloped ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=crenata> *commonly known as*: blue-throat rungia, toothed rungia • *Konkani*: पितपापड pitpapad • *Marathi*: शिंप पित्तपापडा shimpa pittapapada *botanical names*: *Rungia crenata* T.Anderson ... *synonyms*: *Diapedium crenatum* (T.Anderson) Kuntze • *Justicia crenatifolia* J.R.I.Wood *nom. nov.* (2014) ... 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 23/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). 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-throat rungia, toothed rungia* - for want of name, names coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blue-Throat%20Rungia.html>, retrieved July 23, 2025 ~~~~~ 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 *पितपापड pitpapad* - 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 - 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. ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *शिंप पित्तपापडा shimpa pittapapada* - name coined, for want of name; on lines of *Justicia procumbens* L. known by the popular name घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada and शिंप shimpa = derived from the epithet *crenata*, meaning scalloped, the array of bracts alluding to scallops (bivalve molluscs) ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Goa, ***Karnataka, ***Kerala, Maharashtra, ***Tamil Nadu; endemic - 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 23/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Kerala, Tamil Nadu :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 11:33 23-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 10:49 24-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/rungia-crenata-tanderson.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/CABSQqC2RE_xffMcc3n3RDtJXrnJf371%3DvUoC8Okj-t-%2BfYUiPw%40mail.gmail.com.
