Names of Plants in India: 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

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~~~~~ 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) ~~~~~