Justicia betonica L., Sp. Pl. 15 1753. ;
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commonly known as: rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort, squirrel’s tail, white shrimp plant • Hindi: ¿ हाड़पात ? hadpat, ¿ मोकंदर ? mokander, ¿ प्रमेहःहराती ? pramehaharati • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಕನಕಾಮ್ಬರ kaadu kanakaambara • Malayalam: വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി vellakurunji • Marathi: गुलाबी अडुलसा gulabi adulasa • Sanskrit: श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah • Tamil: வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil • Telugu:తెల్ల రంతు tella rantu
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J. trinervia and J. betonica are two distinct species: the former is generally a low-lying procumbent herb with narrow leaves, whereas the latter species is a taller, erect herb/subshrub/shrub reaching 2 m high, with ovate-lanceolate leaves. (nevertheless, the bracts are similar-looking: scarious with green nerves in both the species);
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Acanthaceae for id 200411MK2: Please help to id this common shrub found on roadsides. I saw this plant densely in the campus of IIT-M, Chennai and also in Erode district of TN. Date/Time- 17-04-2011 / 05:00 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPca.450asl; Coimbatore dist., TN Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- roadside Plant Habit-shrub Height/Length- 1 – 1.5 m Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 10 x 5 cm Inflorescence Type/ Size- raceme; 10 cm longer Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- white; 1.5 cm across Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- c.1 x 0.4 cm … Justicia betonica … please wait for comments Justicia betonica Acanthaceae week: Justicia betonica: Justicia betonica [image: Justicia betonica]
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commonly known as: rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort, squirrel’s tail, white shrimp plant • Coorgi: madd toppu• Hindi: ¿ हाड़पात ? hadpat, ¿ मोकंदर ? mokander, ¿ प्रमेहःहराती ? pramehaharati • Kannada: ¿ ಆತಿ ? ಸೊಪ್ಪು aati soppu •Malayalam: vellakurunji • Marathi: गुलाबी अडुलसा gulabi adulasa • Sanskrit: श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah • Tamil:வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil • Telugu: tellarantu
botanical names: – Justicia betonica • synonym: Nicoteba betonica . Acanthaceae Week: Squirrel’s tail – Justicia betonica, a native weed plant: Squirrel’s tail – Hill Justicia, Justicia betonica, a native weed plant of India
While Scanning through my wasp photo collection, I soon realized this particular flowering plant ..Squirrel’s tail – Justicia betonica.. (Thanks to Dr. .. for the ID help.,) had attracted at least a dozen kind of wasps ( few
bees too). Dreaming of a wasp garden in my home, I collected few young one’s with roots along with few other wasp plants & planted them in my home ground. A week later.. I found all of them breathing. Still Alive…. Three weeks later .. the squirrel tails had disappeared altogether. My sightings suggests they are found along the canal & lake edge habitat. These plants start emerging just before the South West Monsoon commences and are in found in abundance in this habitat till the spring ends. Chandagal village, Krishnarajanagar, Mysore district. Weed plant Habitat: along the canal and lake edges Few of my South Indian wasp pictures, http://picasaweb.google.com/earthsublime/WorldOfWasps Birds, reptiles, mammals and insects – I have a tremendous liking for all of them. These wasp photographs have been taken in their natural habitats mainly on the village outskirts and a few in the forests as well. (collection started from 2004 onwards). I love these creatures for they are beautiful with true colour combinations and patterns , beautiful pair of antenna and for the way they keep their steps with elegance, graceful pivoting around the flowers, moving its feelers, flying from one flower to another and feeding on nectar. They have very interesting behaviour – choosing the thatched roof for building nests, collecting clay from nearby waterbodies, Buzzing and flying into home from the window/open doors, nest building skills (of certain wasps), flying with larvaes into nests and sometimes paralysing spiders and dragging into nests, closing the entrance of the nest…. Though, there are many stories on wasp attacks among villagers 9mainly when disturbed), I thank them for allowing me always to take few pictures in close proximities. I an in total awe… we ( I ) generally run far from wasps ( I have allergic reactions to some wqaasp and bee stings)… Extremely beautiful pictures ……i am a regular reader of National geographic magazine since 1998. i am sure your clicks are more than just comparable. I have a Nikon D40, 18-55mm lens, 70-300mm Nikkor VR and Panasonic Lumix FZ3 (12x). Camera equipment and the accessories are coming anew daily and just like mobile phones, you buy something in morning and it is outdated by evening. though in case of cameras it takes a few days at least. there are people who are still using the so called “completely outdated” film role cameras to click photos and give results worth dying for. but what i think is that its the ingenuity and ideas of the person behind the camera which is important. but yeah surely the equipment can contribute to to the patience, inventiveness, viewpoint and importance of the shot which are very very important for the photographs which you had posted. … names of Justicia betonica in Kannada and Coorgi: Please help in providing valid words for names of *Justicia betonica* in Kannada and Coorgi. An extract from a post in Kodaga Community web site:
“Madd Toppu” (Justicia betonica) as it is called in Kodava parlance (“Aati Soppu” in Kannada). … Link Thus,
… would madd be: 1) ಮಡ್ಡ 2) ಮದ್ದ 3) yet different than the above … would toppu be:
1) ಟೊಪ್ಪು 2) ತೊಪ್ಪು 3) yet different than the above … would aati be:
1) ಆಟಿ 2) ಆತಿ 3) yet different than the above Just made a small study on Justicia betonica in Kannada and Kodavas – There is no such word aati in any of the Kannada dictionaries I refered.
– Kodavas use Kannada words while speaking in their language. Based on that I think.
Madd means Medicinal ) (In Kannada its Madd, (Madh), Maddu, ) – (Tokku ) Soppu (meaning Green leaves)
So, Madd Tokku translates to Medicinal green leaves. Not the exact species.
Justicia Betonica is indeed a medicinal plant as per the link you have mentioned. Here is a link, frlht mentions Betonica justicia as Kaadu kanakambara. (Forest(Wild) crossandra.
More acceptable. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1256 As per KB Sadananda (Rtd. Deputy Editor-Kannada Encyclopedia, University of Mysore) and K Sampathkumar (lecturer, Davanagere PU college), in kodava langauage .. with the information you cited in context of *Justicia wynaadensis*, would like to know if the spellings in native (Kannada) script used by the Kodaga, put here are correct.
ಮದ್ದೆ ಟೊಪ್ಪು madde toppu Shrub 5 for identification: This shrub was clicked at Chennai, South India by the road side. There were about a 100 plants in the area, all growing in a tight group just at this one spot. Does this plant attract butterflies? Also what are the good cameras (within the budget of about 25 K, for plant photography, especially for the flowers where images would be sharp through out the picture. These images were taken in Canon 1000D. Image 4 in portrait mode and image1 in TV mode with flash around 7.30 a.m.
Looks like J. betonica. Were bract of all the plants green or you could see some individuals with white bracts (a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence)?
Hesperidae butterflies were seen foraging most of the Acanthaceae plants.
Yes .. Justicia betonica
[EfloraIndia_211211PD02_Justicia betonica_Flora of Odisha]: please find the images of Justicia betonica taken from Ranpur Name of the species; Justicia betonica
Family; Acanthaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, nayagarh, Odisha
Habit: Herb
habitat: wild, Under the canopy of moist deciduous forests Here is link for news item published in state newspaper on this species focused on my work. justicia trinervia: 4 images.
justicia trinervia, last week at kates point, mahabeleshwar
Yes, but the current accepted name is J. betonica http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100073 It is good that brought this up because
I did see that they are synonyms and that J.betonica is the current accepted name, and I should have mentioned it. but the images at Flowers of india and elsewhere were different.
I agree with the treatments followed in flowersofindia website. Justicia betonica: second pink flower i found after Euphorbia parvifoila is Justicia betonica (Acanthaceae) गुलाबी अडुळसा On 28/11/2012 At yeoor,Thane (SGNP) Herb ID request – RK85 – 8-Jan-2013: Requesting identification of this herb from Tungareshwer. It is around 5 feet tall and is flowering and fruiting now. The stem is swollen at the nodes. … the white shrimp plant OR the rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort … Justicia betonica (family: Acanthaceae). 180212 BRS315: Pl. find the attached file contain photo for id. request. Date: 17.02.2012
Location: Kodungarai River, Anaikatti, Coimbatore
Habitat: Stream
Habit: Herb. A species of Rungia of Acanthaceae family. This appears Justicia betonica of Acanthaceae Yes you are correct …, it is Justicia betonica L. of Acanthaceae family. My id was wrong. Thanks for correcting me. the hollow stems are used in religious rituals. Even this doesn’t appear to be Justicia betonica. The characteristic whitish bracts with green nerves suggest it is Justicia betonica. Please ID this shrub with white flowers. Photo is from Sri Lanka taken in Jan 2013. Justicia betonica, I suppose. Justicia betonica var. ramosissima? Bangalore 6th May Justicia betonica L. [Acanthaceae], a diffuse herb or undershrub. Justicia betonica var. ramosissima
BND 23 2/11/14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Please ID this herbaceous ornamental/medicinal plant with white flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in March 2013. Justicia betonica L. Fwd: Acanthaceae if from Bangladesh SM 194 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Habitat- wild, flowering-January Looks like Justicia betonica Acanthaceae fortnight SN03 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Justicia betonica L., erect under shrub near villages, common Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Justicia betonica :: near Koraigad :: DVMAR57/68 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Justicia betonica L.
near Lion’s Point on October 15, 2010
near Koraigad on October 8, 2011 Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Justicia betonica :: Satara, Sajjangad :: ARKMAR-32/45 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Attached are pictures of Justicia betonica captured at Satara, Sajjangad in October 2014.
Was posted on the forum earlier and identified. Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID validation – Justicia :: ARKOCT-19 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Requesting to please validate ID of this Justicia sp. captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014.
Is this Justicia betonica? yes it is Justicia betonica Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Justicia betonica :: Yeoor Hills :: DVMAR58/69 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.
Justicia betonica L.
at Yeoor Hills on November 14, 2009 Superb..!! thanks … Acanthaceae Fortnight :: ID please :: Coorg :: DVMAR59/70 : 4 posts by 3 authors.
¿ Justicia / Lepidagathis ?
Not sure whether this plant is any species of Justicia. Growing along road side, the plant resembles much to J. wynaadensis, but the flower seems different, the bracts remind me of J. betonica. ID please.
at Kodagu Valley on March 30, 2011 efi pages on Justicia wynaadensis, Justicia betonica & Justicia trinervia
Lepidagathis species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) Yes … The scarious and green-nerved bract is characteristic to Justicia betonica. Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Justicia betonica ?? :: Harishchandragad:: PKA-MAR107/107: : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Is this Justicia betonica ?? ( Location: Harishchandragad). Yes …, no doubts … it is Justicia betonica. . Names of Plants in India :: Telugu name of Justicia betonica : 3 posts by 1 author.
Dear friends, please help in providing the Telugu name tellarantu (or thellarantu) for Justicia betonica, in native script. Reference : ENVIS – FRLHT From the dictionary, I could find తెల్ల = white / pale … a prefix quite often used to describe a white / pale form of some aspect of the plant. But I am not confident with the latter part of the name “rantu”. It is written as తెల్ల రంతు Rantu means way/road in telugu because of white veins seen as roads on the bract it may be called TELLA RANTU Thank you very much … for the name and etymology. Great help. Justicia trinervia : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Justicia trinervia hopefully kaas plateau
third week of october 2016
I think it should be Justicia betonica as per keys at efi thread & details at Justicia betonica and Justicia trinervia Acanthaceae For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 28JAN17 : AK-13 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Cultivated plants in Lalbagh. Pictures taken in the first week of this month (Jan’2017) Justicia Species?
Is it Justicia betonica? Pl. Check at EFI site. There is another similar confusing species. Yes, this is Justicia betonica with its typical green-veined scarious bracts. Justicia betonica :: Bhagamandala – Thalacauvery Road :: 22 FEB 2017 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.
Bhagamandala – Thalacauvery Road Karnataka
Date: 22 FEB 2017 … Altitude range: ~ 907 – 1122 m (2976 – 3683 ft) asl
Justicia betonica L. … (family: Acanthaceae)
Justicia betonica—-for sharing and validation : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Pics taken at Aambyvalley Rd., Lonavala, Pune in Oct.16.
YES Thanks, … To me also appear close to images at Justicia betonica :: Yercaud :: 24 JAN 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
Yercaud … (literally, lake forest), Tamil Nadu … along ghat road near Gundur … Date: January 24, 2018 … Altitude: about 1,623 m (5324 feet) asl
Justicia betonica L. … (family: Acanthaceae)
Requesting id 18112010 asp 02 herb – efloraofindia | Google Groups Presenting for ID
Location : Javadhu hills, Eastern Ghats
Elevation : 3600 feet
Habitat : Forest roadside
Taken on 12.02.2020 Justicia betonica!
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Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, Kerala PIN:686671 Date:. 04.03.2021, 08.30am, 04.45pm Altitude: 1700fsl Habitat: wild moisture Plant habit: erect/creeping weak stem annual Height: 01.5 feet Leaves: opposite oval oblong apex Flower: diameter: 06mm, white non fragrant Justicia sp. Please find more images. I think close to images and details at Justicia betonica I am happy to share images of Justicia betonica from another location.
Altitude: 1800fsl Location: Velliyamattom, Idukki Dt., Kerala, PIN: 685591
Date: 07.12.2020, 05.20pm
6 images.
, Justicia betonica ??
Justicia trinervia … images in FOI are of Justicia betonica as per images and details herein.
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Justicia Species for ID : Nasik : 11DEC21 : AK – 12: 4 images. Seems to be Justicia Species.
Justicia betonica L.! High resolution images would hep better ! I can post high resolution images if required. Please cross verify the ID if correct ! . References:
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