Barleria prattiana Santapau

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
prat-tee-AY-nuh -- named for Dr C A Pratt, London, who helped Santapau with Flora of Khandala ... IPNI

commonly known as: forest barleria, pink barleria • Gujarati: ગુલાબી કાંટાશેળિયો gulabi kantasheliyo • Hindi: गुलाबी झिण्टी gulabi jhinti • Kannada: ಗುಲಾಬಿ ಗೋರಂಟಿ gulabi goranti • Konkani: गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti • Malayalam: മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji • Marathi: गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti, इखरु ikharu


botanical names: Barleria prattiana Santapau ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO, retrieved 08 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

forest barleria

• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar

pink barleria

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 08, 2025

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

ગુલાબી કાંટાશેળિયો gulabi kantasheliyo

• name coined, for want of name; on lines of પીળો કાંટાશેળિયો pilo kantasheliyo = yellow barleria, name given to Barleria prionitis L.; ગુલાબી gulabi = pink
• ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - કાંટાશેળિયો - પ્રાગજી મો. રાઠોડ, બળદેવભાઈ પટેલ

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

गुलाबी झिण्टी gulabi jhinti

• name coined, for want of name; गुलाबी gulabi = pink; झिण्टी jhinti = given name for Barleria cristata L.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಗುಲಾಬಿ ಗೋರಂಟಿ gulabi goranti

• name coined, for want of name; ಗುಲಾಬಿ gulabi = pink; ಗೋರಂಟಿ goranti = generic name for Baleria

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji

• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.
• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti

• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to 500 Flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

इखरु ikharu

• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Rajasthan, *Tamil Nadu; endemic to India

• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 08/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 09:19 29-10-2021 ¦ Last updated: 21:06 08-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial herb "Barleria prattensis" "Barleria prattiana" "forest barleria" "pink barleria"

Barleria montana Nees

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
MON-tah-nuh or mon-TAY-nuh -- of the mountains ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: mountain barleria • Marathi: डोंगरी कोरांटी dongari koranti, कोळिस्ता kolista • Tamil: மேகவண்ணக்குறிஞ்சி mekavanna-k-kurinci • Telugu: అడవి డిసెంబరాలు adavi decembaralu


botanical names: Barleria montana Nees ... synonyms: Barleria morrisiana E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch. • Barleria purpurea G.Lodd. • Ruellia montana Wall. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

mountain barleria

• Flowers of India ... the name derived from literal translation of the botanical name
• or hill barleria ... Flora of Peninsular India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

डोंगरी कोरांटी dongari koranti

• the name derived from literal translation of the botanical name

कोळिस्ता kolista

• Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India
• Additions to Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

மேகவண்ணக்குறிஞ்சி mekavanna-k-kurinci

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

అడవి డిసెంబరాలు adavi decembaralu

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Barleria lupulina Lindl.

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
lup-oo-LEE-nuh or loo-poo-LEE-nuh -- resembling hops ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hop-headed barleria, hophead Philippine violet, snake bush • Bengali: কণ্ট বিসল্যকরনী kanta bishalyakarani, মোচা-শির স্বর্ণমুখী mocha-sira sbarnamukhi • Tamil: செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli, முள்ளு கனகாம்பரம் mullu kanakamparam


botanical names: Barleria lupulina Lindl. ... synonyms: Barleria macrostachya Bojer • Barleria monostachya Bojer ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

hop-headed barleria

• Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• Wikipedia

hophead Philippine violet

• Top Tropicals

snake bush

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

কণ্ট বিসল্যকরনী kanta bishalyakarani

• Medicinal and aromatic plants of Bengal

মোচা-শির স্বর্ণমুখী mocha-sira sbarnamukhi

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli

• Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India

முள்ளு கனகாம்பரம் mullu kanakamparam

• Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Barleria lawii T.Anderson

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honor of John Sutherland Law (1810–85), Indian Civil Servant and amateur botanist ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: large white barleria • Gujarati: કાંટા શેળિયો kanta sheliyo • Hindi: चपरी chapari • Kannada: ಕೆನೆ ಗೋರಟೆ ಮುಳ್ಳು kene gorate mullu • Marathi: ईखरू ikharu, पांढरी कोरांटी pandhari koranti


botanical names: Barleria lawii T.Anderson ... synonyms: Barleria beddomei T.Anderson ex Bedd. ... POWO, retrieved 25 October 2021

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

large white barleria

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 25, 2025

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

કાંટા શેળિયો kanta sheliyo

• Gujarati Vishwakosh
• Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020]
• word variant - કાંટા શેરિયો kanta sheriyo ... Gujarati Lexicon

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

चपरी chapari

• Nigwal, Mekusingh - Status of tribal agriculture in Dhar district, M P - Shodhganga

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕೆನೆ ಗೋರಟೆ ಮುಳ್ಳು kene gorate mullu

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
• ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

ईखरू ikharu

• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

पांढरी कोरांटी pandhari koranti

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Gujarat, Karnataka, ¿ Kerala ?, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 25/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 23:26 25-10-2021 ¦ Last updated: 14:00 25-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic annual herbaceous shrub "Barleria lawii" "Barleria beddomei" "Law's barleria"

Barleria involucrata var. elata (Dalzell) Clarke

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tuh -- having an involucre ... Dave's Botanary
el-AH-tuh -- tall ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: racemose blue nail dye • Coorgi: ಕುರುಂದ kurunda • Marathi: जांभळी कोरांटी jambhali koranti, मयूरपंख mayurpankh


botanical names: Barleria involucrata var. elata (Dalzell) Clarke ... synonyms: Barleria elata Dalzell ... GBIF

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

racemose blue nail dye

• A Badaga-English Dictionary by Paul Hockings, Christiane Pilot-Raichoor

~~~~~ COORGI ~~~~~

ಕುರುಂದ kurunda

• A Badaga-English Dictionary by Paul Hockings, Christiane Pilot-Raichoor

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

जांभळी कोरांटी jambhali koranti

• Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

मयूरपंख mayurpankh

• Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops, Volume 1 by K. V. Peter

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Barleria grandiflora Dalzell

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
gran-dih-FLOR-uh -- with large flowers ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: grand barleria • Marathi: देव कोरांटी dev-koranti, श्वेत कोरांटी shwet-koranti


botanical names: Barleria grandiflora Dalzell ... synonyms: Barlerianthus grandiflora (Dalzell) Oerst. ... WFO (2021)

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

grand barleria

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

देव कोरांटी dev-koranti

• Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
• Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 443-49, 2009.

श्वेत कोरांटी shwet-koranti

• Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 443-49, 2009.

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Barleria cuspidata F.Heyne ex Nees

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
kus-pi-DAY-tuh -- sharp-pointed ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: lesser yellow nail dye, spiny barleria • Gujarati: પીળો કાટાસેરિયો pilo kataseriyo • Marathi: काटे कोरांटी kate koranti, पिवळी कोरांटी pivali koranti, सुवर्ण कोरांटी suvarna koranti • Tamil: மஞ்சட்செம்முள்ளி mancat-cemmulli, வெள்ளைமுள்ளி vellai-mulli • Telugu: బొబ్బి bobbi


botanical names: Barleria cuspidata F.Heyne ex Nees ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

lesser yellow nail dye

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

spiny barleria

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

પીળો કાટાસેરિયો pilo kataseriyo

• Many thanks to Ashok Korat for help with this name ... facebook
• word variant: કાંટાસળિયો kantasaliyo ... Gujarati Lexicon

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

काटे कोरांटी kate koranti

• Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
• Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India
• कोरांटी koranti is a generic name for many of Barleria species. It has many variants: कोरंटी koranti, कोरांटी koraanti, कोऱ्हांटी korhanti OR कोरंटा koranta, कोरांटा koraanta, कोऱ्हांटा korhanta ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

पिवळी कोरांटी pivali koranti

• Floristic Survey of Institute of Science - website closed
  पिवळी pivali = yellow colour(ed); कोरांटी koranti = generic name for many of Barleria species and some of Amaranth
  ... this name thus refers to yellow flowered plants of these genera

सुवर्ण कोरांटी suvarna koranti

• Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops, Volume 1 by K. V. Peter

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

மஞ்சட்செம்முள்ளி mancat-cemmulli, வெள்ளைமுள்ளி vellai-mulli

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

బొబ్బి bobbi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Barleria cristata L.

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
kris-TAY-tuh -- crested ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: bluebell barleria, crested Philippine violet, crested purple nail dye • Assamese: বাগী ফুল baagi phula, জিন্তি ফুল jinti phula • Bengali: ঝিন্টি jhinti • Gujarati: ઝીંટી jhinti • Hindi: झिण्टी jhinti, नील झिण्टी nil jhinti, तदरेलु tadrelu • Kannada: ಝಿಂಟೆ jhinte, ಕುರುವಕ kuruvaka, ಸೈರೀಯಕ sairiyaka, ಸ್ಫಟಿಕದ ಹೂವು sphatikada hoovu • Malayalam: കരിംകുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, നീലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി nilakkurinni • Marathi: गोकर्ण gokarna, निळी कोरांटी nili koranti • Nepali: भेडे कुर्रो bhede kurro, कटसरैया katasaraiyaa, लारी फूल laaree phool, निलमणि nilamani • Odia: ଡିସେମ୍ବର ଫୁଲ december phula • Punjabi: ਤਦਰੇਲੂ tadrelu • Sanskrit: आर्तगलः artagalah, बाण bana, दासी कुरण्टकः dasi kurantakah, झिण्टी jhinti, ककुभ kakubha, कुरण्टकः kurantakah, कुरवकः kuravakah, महासह mahasaha, नीलम्लाइन्दुकः nilamlaainduka, सैरीयकः sairiyakah, सहचरः sahacharah, सुभग subhaga • Santali: ᱵᱟᱱᱴᱤᱥᱤ bantishi • Tamil: செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli, மிதுரி mituri, நீலச்செம்முள்ளி nila-c-cemmulli, ஊதாமுள்ளி uta mulli, வெள்ளைநீலாம்பரம் vellai-nilamparam • Telugu: డిసెంబర్ పువ్వులు december puvvulu, గొబ్బి gobbi, కోడి కన్ను kodi kannu, నీరు గోరింట niru goranta, పెద్ద గోరింట pedda gorinta, తెల్ల నీలాంబరి tella nilambari • Tibetan: ས་ཧ་ཙ sa-ha-tsa • Tulu: ಪಟಿಕಥ ಪು patikatha pu • Urdu: جهنٿي jhinti


botanical names: Barleria cristata L. ... synonyms: Barleria alba G.Lodd. • Barleria chegosa Wall. • Barleria ciliata Roxb. • Barleria cristata var. lactea Desf. ex Nees • Barleria dichotoma Roxb. • Barleria indica L. ex T.Anderson • Barleria laciniata Wall. • Barleria lactea Desf. ex Steud. • Barleria napalensis Nees • Barleria nuda Nees • Barleria prinoides Nees • Barleria venulosa Nees • Lepidagathis laciniata Wall. ex Nees ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

bluebell barleria

• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

crested Philippine violet

• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) ... or simply Philippine violet

crested purple nail dye

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• Telangana Forest Department

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

বাগী ফুল baagi phula

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

জিন্তি ফুল jinti phula

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ঝিন্টি jhinti

• Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 8(2), 2009, pp.167-171 Some abortifacient plants used by the tribal people of West Bengal by S Mitra1 and Sobhan Kr Mukherjee

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ઝીંટી jhinti

• Society for Research & Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies & Institutions

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

झिण्टी jhinti

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts ... also नील झिण्टी nil jhinti

तदरेलु tadrelu

• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಝಿಂಟೆ jhinte

• A Kannada-English school-dictionary : chiefly based on the labours of the Rev. Dr. F. Kittel
• ENVIS - FRLHT

ಕುರುವಕ kuruvaka

• ENVIS - FRLHT

ಸೈರೀಯಕ sairiyaka

• Yoga Vidya

ಸ್ಫಟಿಕದ ಹೂವು sphatikada hoovu

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• or ಸ್ಫಟಿಕದ ಹೂ sphatikada hoo ... • 1) Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar • 2) Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കരിംകുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurunni

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• also found written as കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karikurunni ... for some of Strobilanthes spp. ... Wikipedia

നീലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി nilakkurinni

• A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

गोकर्ण gokarna

• ENVIS - FRLHT

निळी कोरांटी nili koranti

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• or simply कोरांटी koranti ... Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar ... this is a generic name for many of Barleria species

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

भेडे कुर्रो bhede kurro, कटसरैया katasaraiyaa, लारी फूल laaree phool, निलमणि nilamani

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia.

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ଡିସେମ୍ବର ଫୁଲ december phula

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਤਦਰੇਲੂ tadrelu

• The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

आर्तगलः artagalah, बाण bana, दासी कुरण्टकः dasi kurantakah, झिण्टी jhinti, ककुभ kakubha, कुरण्टकः kurantakah, कुरवकः kuravakah, महासह mahasaha, नीलम्लाइन्दुकः nilamlaainduka, सैरीयकः sairiyakah, सहचरः sahacharah, सुभग subhaga

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~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱵᱟᱱᱴᱤᱥᱤ bantishi

• Some abortifacient plants used by the tribal people of West Bengal by S Mitra and Sobhan Kr Mukherjee - Explorer: Research Paper, Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 8(2), 2009, pp.167-171
• Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli, மிதுரி mituri, நீலச்செம்முள்ளி nila-c-cemmulli, வெள்ளைநீலாம்பரம் vellai-nilamparam

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• for the popular name crested purple nail dye ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

ஊதாமுள்ளி uta mulli

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• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

డిసెంబర్ పువ్వులు december puvvulu, గొబ్బి gobbi, కోడి కన్ను kodi kannu, నీరు గోరింట niru goranta, పెద్ద గోరింట pedda gorinta, తెల్ల నీలాంబరి tella nilambari

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• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• also: ఎర్ర పూల పెద్ద గోరింట erra pula pedda gorinta, నల్ల పెద్ద గోరింట nalla pedda gorinta

~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~

ས་ཧ་ཙ sa-ha-tsa

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಪಟಿಕಥ ಪು patikatha pu

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

جهنٿي jhinti

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

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Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

buh-KOH-puh -- Latinized form of the South American aboriginal name ... EOL / from the Sanskrit ब्राह्मी (brahmi) ... Dave's Botanary
mon-ee-ER-ee -- named for Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: herb of grace, Indian pennywort, moneywort, Monnier's bacopa, thyme-leaved gratiola, water hyssop • Assamese: ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi • Bengali: ব্রাহ্মী brahmi • Bodo: thiphu maigong • Gujarati: બામ baam, જલબ્રાહ્મી brahmi, જલનેવરી jalanevari, કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni • Hindi: बाम baam, ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, जलनीम jalnim, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, पानब्राह्मी panbrahmi, सफेद चमनी safed chamani • Kachchhi: કડવી નેવરી kadavi nevari • Kannada: ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi, ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi, ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi, ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi • Konkani: ब्राह्यी ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ brahmi • Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മി brahmi • Manipuri: ꯕ꯭ꯔꯥꯍꯃꯤ ꯁꯥꯛ brahmi-sak • Marathi: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलब्राह्मी jalabrahmi, नीर ब्राह्मी nir brahmi • Nepali: मेधा गिरी medha giree • Odia: ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ brahmi, ପୃଶ୍ନି ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ prusni parnni • Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮੀ brahami • Rabha: mee-brami • Rajasthani: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi • Sanskrit: ऐन्द्री aindri, ब्राह्मी brahmi, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, सरस्वती saraswati, तिक्तलोणिका tiktalonika • Tamil: நீர்ப்பிரமி nir-p-pirami, பிரமி pirami, பிரமியம் piramiyam, தராய் taray • Telugu: చిలకఆకు chilaka aaku, జలబ్రహ్మి jalabrahmi, నీటిబ్రాహ్మీ nitibrahmi, సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku • Tulu: ನೀರಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ nirbrahmi


botanical names: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. ... synonyms: listed at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

herb of grace

• Wikipedia

Indian pennywort

• Wikipedia
• GBIF

moneywort

• popular trade name, found listed in various aquarium and plant-related commercial websites

Monnier's bacopa

• literal translation of the scientific name - Bacopa monnieri; Bacopa = genus name, Latinized form of the aboriginal name of plants used by the people of French Guiana ... EOL; monnieri = commemorative epithet, honouring Monnier, most likely - Louis Guillame Le Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor of botany at the Jardin des plantes in Paris ... Dave's Botanary

thyme-leaved gratiola

• Wikipedia
• name derived from one of the synonyms - Gratiola monnieri (L.) L.; and for the leaves resembling to those of thyme

water hyssop

• Wikipedia
• ENVIS - FRLHT
• also coastal water hyssop ... GBIF

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi

• XOBDO
• or ব্ৰাহ্মী শাক brahmi shaak ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

আধাবিরানি adhabirani

• Wikipedia
• this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere

ব্রাহ্মী brahmi

• Flora - Mehedi Voice
• or ব্রাহ্মীশাক brahmi-shaak ... Wikipedia

ধূপকামিনী dhupakamini

• Wikipedia
• this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere

মালঞ্চ malancha

• Wikipedia ... this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere for Bacopa monnieri
• name apt for Alternanthera philoxeroides, and perhaps for some other leafy vegetable(s)

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

thiphu maigong

• Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam by Dipali Deka
• Wild edible aquatic and marshland angiosperms of Baksa district, BTC area, Assam, India by Namita Deka and Nilakshee Devi

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

બામ baam

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

જલબ્રાહ્મી jalabrahmi

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

જલનેવરી jalanevari

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni

• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
• वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बाम baam

• for ब्राह्यी brahmi, popular ayurvedic name for Bacopa monnieri as well as Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
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ब्राह्मी brahmi

• Wikipedia
• ENVIS - FRLHT

जलबूटी jalbuti

• ENVIS - FRLHT

जलनीम jalnim

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
• ENVIS - FRLHT

नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi

• ENVIS - FRLHT

पानब्राह्मी panbrahmi

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सफेद चमनी safed chamani

• Wikipedia
• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

કડવી નેવરી kadavi nevari

• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 ... also નેવરી nevari

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi

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• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• ಜಲ jala = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi = smaller brahmi; named so, due to its relatively smaller size, compared to other plant source of brahmi - Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
• Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• ನೀರು niru = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

ब्राह्यी ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ brahmi

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ബ്രഹ്മി brahmi

• Wikipedia
• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯕ꯭ꯔꯥꯍꯃꯤ ꯁꯥꯛ brahmi-sak

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

ब्राह्मी brahmi

• वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar
• ENVIS - FRLHT

जलब्राह्मी jalabrahmi

• वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar

नीर ब्राह्मी nir brahmi

• वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar
• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

मेधा गिरी medha giree

• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ brahmi

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

ପୃଶ୍ନି ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ prusni parnni

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮੀ brahami

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~

mee-brami

• Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam by Dipali Deka

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

ब्राह्मी brahmi

• Floral diversity of Thar desert of western Rajasthan, India by P D Charan and K C Sharma

जलबूटी jalbuti

• Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi

नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi

• Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

ऐन्द्री aindri

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ब्राह्मी brahmi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar

नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

सरस्वती saraswati

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

तिक्तलोणिका tiktalonika

• वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

நீர்ப்பிரமி nir-p-pirami

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Wikipedia

பிரமி pirami

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• ENVIS - FRLHT

பிரமியம் piramiyam

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• ENVIS - FRLHT

தராய் taray

• for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

చిలకఆకు chilaka aaku

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

జలబ్రహ్మి jalabrahmi

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

నీటిబ్రాహ్మీ nitibrahmi

• Wikipedia

సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ನೀರಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ nirbrahmi

• ನೀರ nir = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

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