Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, for helping with the Malayalam names and their English spellings.
But, Google Search do not yield any results for these words " *പുനകപുല്ല്* " and " *തവളതുമ്പ* " You may please cite reference for these names, that will further help with bibliography. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice picture and excellent efforts dear Dinesh ji. > The Malayalam name for *Rungia crenata* is *പുനകപുല്ല് > Punakapullu, തവളതുമ്പ Thavalathumba.* > Regards, Sam. > > On Thu, 24 Jul, 2025, 12:19 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *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. 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