Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar

¿ hap-LANTH-oh-deez ? -- Greek: haplos (single); anthos (flower)
¿ ten-tak-yoo-LAH-tuh ? -- referring to the tentacle-like spikes

commonly known as: tentacled haplanthodes • Gujarati: નીલ જકારા nil jakara • Konkani: व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem • Marathi: फिकट निळा जकारा fikat nila jakara


botanical names: Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar ... homotypic synonyms: Bremekampia tentaculata (L.) Sreem. • Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees • Ruellia tentaculata L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia aciculata B.Heyne ex Roth ... POWO ... same as Haplanthodes tentaculatus (L.) R.B. Majumdar var. tentaculatus ... Botanical Survey of India

distribution in India: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, endemic to Western Ghats ... Botanical Survey of India

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

tentacled haplanthodes

• name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name; derived from the descriptive epithet tentaculata

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

નીલ જકારા nil jakara

• Many thanks to Kiratsinh Zala for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• व्हडलें vhadlem = larger; काळें kalem = black; किरायतें kiraytem = generic name given to small medicinal herbs

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

फिकट निळा जकारा fikat nila jakara

• this name built on निळा जकारा nila jakara, a name coined by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, author of Flowers of Sahyadri, for Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar
• फिकट fikat = pale (esp. colour); निळा nila = blue colour; जकारा jakara = a dense bush, in this context, referring to the spike of cladodes

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Botanical Survey of India
• Distribution doubtful, not listed in ... ENVIS - Plants of Tamil Nadu database
• Distribution doubtful, not listed in ... The Tamil Nadu Forest Department - Plants of Tamil Nadu

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Acanthaceae endemic annual herb Bremekampia Haplanthodes Ruellia "Haplanthodes tentaculata" "Bremekampia tentaculata" "Haplanthus tentaculatus" "Ruellia tentaculata" "Ruellia aciculata" "tentacled haplanthodes"