*Rungia repens* (L.) Nees [image: Rungia repens (L.) Nees] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198976652>
*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> *REE-penz* -- spreading, creeping ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=repens> *commonly known as*: creeping rungia • *Gujarati*: ખડસલીયો khadasaliyo, પીતપાપડો pitpapado • *Hindi*: खरमोर kharmor • *Kannada*: ಕೊಡಗಸಾಲೆ kodagasaale • *Konkani*: घाटी पितपापड ghati pitpapad • *Marathi*: घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada • *Rajasthani*: खरमार kharmar, घाटी पीतपापड़ा ghati pit-papra • *Sanskrit*: पर्पट parpata • *Tamil*: கோடாசரி kotacari, கோடகசாலை kotakacalai • *Telugu*: పాకల వల్లి pakala velli *botanical names*: *Rungia repens* (L.) Nees ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Diapedium repens* (L.) Kuntze • *Dicliptera repens* (L.) Juss. • *Justicia repens* L. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 22 August 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 *creeping rungia* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Creeping%20Rungia.html>, retrieved August 22, 2025 ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *ખડસલીયો khadasaliyo, પીતપાપડો pitpapado* - 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* *खरमोर kharmor* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1825/68a8bb3da5b08925321347df59bc1069> - The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕೊಡಗಸಾಲೆ kodagasaale* - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86> created by V. Krishna - ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ <https://padakanaja.karnataka.gov.in/> ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka ~~~~~ 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 *घाटी पितपापड ghati pitpapad* - name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada* - 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] - The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n547/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rungia>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *खरमार kharmar* - Banswara - Forest Department <https://forest.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/raj/forest/ForestDepartment/PDFs/Department%20Wing/Forest%20Working%20Plan/Sanctioned%20Working%20Plan/text/Banswara_final.pdf> - Rajasthan Government - Mahendra CP, Kotia A. Ethnomedicinal study of some plants of family Acanthaceae of Rajasthan. <https://www.allresearchjournal.com/archives/?year=2018&vol=4&issue=3&part=I&ArticleId=7716> Int J Appl Res 2018;4(3):536-539. *घाटी पीतपापड़ा ghati pit-papra* - Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/content.aspx?id=57> - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017 ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *पर्पट parpata* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1825/68a8bb3da5b08925321347df59bc1069> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *கோடாசரி kotacari, கோடகசாலை kotakacalai* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *పాకల వల్లి pakala velli* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Rungia+repens> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1825/68a8bb3da5b08925321347df59bc1069> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ throughout mainland, including Andaman & Nicobar islands - 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 25.08; last update August 18th, 2025. Last accessed 28/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 16:38 22-08-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:05 31-08-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/08/rungia-repens-l-nees.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/CABSQqC16Q_nAnwtVc4_nTcMCSnQDsw3V%2B96sogNV4G%2BHNU-CnA%40mail.gmail.com.
