via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > A <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/a> > *Asystasia gangetica* [image: Asystasia gangetica]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F504438441%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd5IMJfab3bBAyKcRXI0pA4Uvxwfw>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FGanges%2520Primrose.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdNFVbUus73I8YlUVotz4BPBp7wxQ>[image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Asystasia%20gangetica>[image: more views in flickr]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DAsystasiagangetica%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcdFdLVaOfSFNXXz5dDfgTEDQi8XQ>[image: more views on Google Earth]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2F%26tags%3DAsystasia%2520gangetica%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdthUwCFkr2LZJsmtt7ih_8zxzGiw> *commonly known as*: Ganges primrose<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/ganges-primrose> , Chinese violet<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/chinese-violet> , creeping foxglove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/creeping-foxglove> • *Gujarati*: kaligharani<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/kaligharani> • *Kannada*: ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana valli<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> • *Malayalam*: valli-upu-dali<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/valli-upu-dali> • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana valli<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/lavana-valli-lavana-valli> • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை miti-kirai<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/mitikirai-miti-kirai> *botanical names*: *Asystasia gangetica* (L.) T. Anderson ... *synonyms*: *Asystasia coromandeliana* Nees • *Asystasia intrusa* (Forssk.) Blume • *Justicia gangetica* L. • *Ruellia intrusa* Forssk. • *Ruellia zeylanica* J. Koenig ex Roxb. ... *must we wonder* ? - The Latin name of this plant *Aystasia gangetica* suggests that the plant is to be found along the river Ganges or in the Gangetic plains ... stretching along many regions of India ... yet there seems to be no name known in Hindi or Bengali !!
