Names of Plants in India: Centaurium pulchellum var. meyeri (Bunge) Omer

sen-TAR-ee-um -- referring to the Centaur Chiron ... Dave's Botanary
pul-KEL-um -- pretty ... Dave's Botanary
MY-er-eye -- named for K A von Meyer, German, Russified botanist and explorer ... Dave's Botanary • Wkipedia

commonly known as: field centaury, pink centaury • Gujarati: ઝીણકું કરિયાતું jhinku kariyatu • Hindi: बारीक चिरायता barik chirayata, खेत चिरायता khet chirayata • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಕೆಂಪು ಜೀರಿಗೆ kaadu kempu jeerige • Malayalam: തീപ്പെരുപ്പൻ പുല്ല് theepperuppan pullu • Marathi: लहान किरायत lahan kirayat, लुंटक luntak • Odia: ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ghumna, ପିତା ଶାଗ pita saga

botanical names:

Centaurium pulchellum var. meyeri (Bunge) Omer ... synonyms: Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce • Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce • Erythraea meyeri Bunge ... Flora of Pakistan
Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 1917. ... synonyms: Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) Babu • Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri • Centaurium roxburghii (D.Don) Druce • Erythraea meyeri Bunge • Erythraea roxburghii G.Don ... Indian Gentianaceae: A Check-list by Sunita Garg

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

field centaury, pink centaury

Flowers of India

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ઝીણકું કરિયાતું jhinku kariyatu

Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बारीक चिरायता barik chirayata, खेत चिरायता khet chirayata

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
चिरायता = चिराएता ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಾಡು ಕೆಂಪು ಜೀರಿಗೆ kaadu kempu jeerige

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Erythraea roxburghii G.Don ... Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

തീപ്പെരുപ്പൻ പുല്ല് theepperuppan pullu

thuporuppenpullu ... for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

लहान किरायत lahan kirayat

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT

लुंटक luntak

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce ... Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to 500 Flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
for synonym Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
the Warli community of Vikramgad taluka refers to this plant as लंटक lantak.... comment from Viplav Gangar at efloraofindia