Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 229 1931. (Syn: Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Ecbolium viride var. chandrasekariana Remadevi & Binojk.); . ek-BOW-lee-um –from the ancient Greek ecbole (throwing out, a digression) … Wiktionary VEER-ih-dee — green … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Malayalam: കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelambaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha • Marathi: रान अबोली raan aboli • Odia: ଦନ୍ତୀ danti, ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata • Tamil: அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam • Telugu: చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram . Habit: An erect subshrub, upto 1m. Flower- In terminal or axillary spikes; bluish-green. Flowering throughout the year. Fruit – An ovoid capsule, compressed; seeds 2, orbicular, tuberculate. Fruiting throughout the year. Field tips- Branchlets 4-angular. Bracts leafy, green. Leaf Arrangement- Opposite-decussate Leaf Type- Simple Leaf Shape- Elliptic-ovate to obovate Leaf Apex- Acute Leaf Base- Attenuate Leaf Margin- Entire Found in the scrub jungles as an understory plant from plains to 1000m. Common. Africa, India, Sri Lanka to Malesia. Attributions- Keystone Foundation) .
Ecbolium viride : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston, Fam: Acanthaceae wild herb, Krishnagiri out skirt, flowering
Please identify this plant details of which are as follows: Date : 08.06.14 Location : Idumban Sacred Grove, Vellimalai Reserved forest, Pottapatti, Kottampatti Madurai dt Altitude :approx 750 ft Habitat :sacred grove/ wild Habit :shrub Height :1 to 2 ft Another local name seems to be” Pachambaram“. Yes, it is Ecbolium viride. Also called ‘Pachai kanagaambaram’ in Tamil.
Plant for ID, Pakkamalai Tamil Nadu NAW-OCT-22 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5). Nice photographs, … The plant was growing right in the middle of the path and though the path is very rarely visited, battered by the passers-by. That explains the rather crumpled leaves and petals in the photographs. Thank you for the identification.
Acanthaceae fortnight SN 02 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Thanks, …, Pl. submit details about the place, time, habit & habitat etc. Place – Uttan, Bhayandar, Mumbai Two Ecbolium species in efi with images Ecbolium viride
Acanthaceae For ID : Nakhal Springs,Oman : 18DEC16 : AK-33 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) This plant has been identified by …, from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, as Ecbolium viride.
Ecbolium sp. for ID confirmation : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please see the attached image. Is this Ecbolium viride chandrasekariana? Location: Ottapalam, Kerala Date/Time: 2011-Apr-08 Habitat Type: Urban Plant Habit: Shrub Yes, the yellow flowers indeed suggest it is Ecbolium viride var. chandrasekariana. This name however is treated as a synonym of E. viride (Cat. of Life; The Plant List; India Biodiversity Portal). . Ecbolium spp AND cultivars of Crossandra infundibuliformis : 2 posts by 2 authors. Image search results for green ice crossandra, green shrimp plant, turquoise crossandra are quite intriguing. They show up pictures of plants what we identify as Ecbolium spp. however on visiting the sites, they are labelled as cultivars of Crossandra infundibuliformis. Not sure whether I am mistaking 🙂 Your thoughts please. Yes. Toptropicals also show Ecbolium viride as syn. of Crossandra infundibuliformis . Names of Plants in India :: Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston: 1 image. Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston ek-BOW-lee-um –from the ancient Greek ecbole (throwing out, a digression) … Wiktionary VEER-ih-dee — green … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Malayalam: കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelammbaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha • Marathi: रान अबोली raan aboli • Odia: ଦନ୍ତୀ danti, ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata • Tamil: அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam • Telugu: చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram botanical names: Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston … homotypic synonyms: Justicia viridis Forssk. … heterotypic synonyms: Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke • Justicia rotundifolia Nees … and more at POWO, retrieved 29 April 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 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 green shrimp plant
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili
ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni
ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat रान अबोली ran aboli
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelammbaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka रान अबोली raan aboli
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ଦନ୍ତୀ danti
ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, ¿ Goa ?, Karnataka, Kerala, ¿ Maharashtra ?, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, ¿ West Bengal ?; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental
NOTE: Most of the Floras of the states of India have ambiguous listing of Ecbolium species – especially viride and ligustrinum. They have mixed up synonymies of each other. In almost all the earlier Floras, the listed taxon is Ecbolium linneanum Kurz which is now synonym of Ecbolium ligustrinum var. ligustrinum. For instance, it is doubtful that viride is found growing naturally in Goa, Maharashtra and West Bengal. ~~~~~ Created on: 17:31 29-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:39 30-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/04/ecbolium-viride-forssk-alston.html neelambaram is correct spelling, Will make the correction shortly. English spelling of one Malayalam name corrected … commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Malayalam: കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelambaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha • Marathi: रान अबोली raan aboli • Odia: ଦନ୍ତୀ danti, ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata • Tamil: அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam • Telugu: చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram |
Ecbolium viride
Updated on May 5, 2025