I AM IMPRESSED. Actually I peeped into author citations first and found all of them correct and had a smile on my face :). BTW, Wikipedia says COROMANDEL as one of the common names for this plant which is missing from your list. I imagine why they call it so? Thanks for sharing. Regards Pankaj
On Mar 26, 11:02 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2Fdi...> > > [image: Flowers of > India]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcat...>[image: > Discussions at > efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Asys...>[image: > more views in > flickr]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3...>[image: > more views on Google > Earth]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2F...> > > *commonly known as*: Ganges > primrose<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/g...> > , Chinese > violet<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/c...> > , creeping > foxglove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/c...> > • *Gujarati*: > kaligharani<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/...> > • *Kannada*: ಲವಣ ವಲ್ಲಿ lavana > valli<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/l...> > • *Malayalam*: > valli-upu-dali<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam...> > • *Marathi*: लवण वल्ली lavana > valli<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/l...> > • *Tamil*: மிதிகீரை > miti-kirai<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/mit...> > > *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 !!
