Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br.

lee-on-OH-tis -- lion's ear ... Dave's Botanary
nep-eh-ti-FOH-lee-uh -- having leaves like Nepeta (catnip)... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: annual lion's ear, Christmas candlestick •Assamese: যাঠি তুলসী jathi tuloshi • Bengali: ভুতভৈরব bhutabhairaba, গ্রন্থিকা granthika, খেজুরছড়ি khejurachari, মধুচুষি madhuchushi • Gujarati: લાલ ગુમા lal guma, માટીજેર matijer, માટીશૂળ matishul • Hindi: बड़ा गूमा bara guma, लाल गूमा lal guma, महाद्रोण mahadrona • Kannada: ದೀಪ ಶೂಲೆ deepa shoole, ದೆವ ತುಂಬೆ deva tumbe, ಗೋವಗೆಡ್ಡೆ govagedde, ಕಾಡು ತುಂಬೆ ಗಿಡ kaadu tumbe gida, ಪೃಥುಬೀಜ pruthubeeja, ರಣಭೇರಿ ranabheri • Konkani: दीपमाळ dipmal • Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥിപർണ്ണി granthhiparnni • Marathi: दीपमाळ dipamaal, माती सूळ maati sul • Nepali: उडुसमारा udusamaaraa • Odia: କଣ୍ଟାସିଧ kantasidha • Sanskrit: ग्रन्थिपर्णी granthiparni • Tamil: இரணபேரி ranaperi • Telugu: హనుమంతబీర hanumanthabeera, మగబీర magabura, ములుగొలిమిడి mulugolimidi, రణచెట్టు ranabheri, రణ చెట్టు rana chettu


botanical names: Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br. ... homotypic synonyms: Leonurus globosus Moench, nom. illeg. • Leonurus nepetifolius (L.) Mill. • Phlomis nepetifolia L. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

annual lion's ear, Christmas candlestick

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

যাঠি তুলসী jathi tuloshi

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

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ভুতভৈরব bhutabhairaba

• Flora - Mehedi Voice

গ্রন্থিকা granthika

• Many thanks to Debdulal Banerjee for help with this name ... facebook

খেজুরছড়ি khejurachari, মধুচুষি madhuchushi

• Many thanks to Debdulal Banerjee for help with this name ... facebook
• Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

લાલ ગુમા lal guma, માટીશૂળ matishul

• Many thanks to Kiratsinh Zala for help with these names ... efloraofindia

માટીજેર matijer

• Biological Diversity of Gujarat - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बड़ा गूमा bara guma, लाल गूमा lal guma

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

महाद्रोण mahadrona

• Many thanks to Nayan Singh Dungriyal for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ದೀಪ ಶೂಲೆ deepa shoole, ದೆವ ತುಂಬೆ deva tumbe

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

ಗೋವಗೆಡ್ಡೆ govagedde (or ಗೋವಗಡ್ಡೆ govagadde), ಪೃಥುಬೀಜ pruthubeeja

• Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

ಕಾಡು ತುಂಬೆ ಗಿಡ kaadu tumbe gida

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ರಣಭೇರಿ ranabheri

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

दीपमाळ dipmal

• Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ഗ്രന്ഥിപർണ്ണി granthhiparnni

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with coining this name ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

दीपमाळ dipamaal, माती सूळ maati sul

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

उडुसमारा udusamaaraa

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

କଣ୍ଟାସିଧ kantasidha

• Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

ग्रन्थिपर्णी granthiparni

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

இரணபேரி ranaperi

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Sivapalan, Sri Ranjani Sivapalan & Sanmugarajah, Vinotha. (2019). Dictionary of Medicinal Plants. 10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-89246-90-2.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

హనుమంతబీర hanumanthabeera, మగబీర magabura, ములుగొలిమిడి mulugolimidi, రణచెట్టు ranabheri, రణ చెట్టు rana chettu

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~

almost throughout

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.2 (July 19th, 2023). Last accessed 27/07/2023.

~~~~~ Variant Spellings ~~~~~

• nepetifolia = nepetæfolia, nepetaefolia, nepaetifolia (incorrectly used)

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Lamiaceae Labiatae annual herb subshrub "Leonotis nepetifolia" "Leonurus globosus" "Leonurus nepetifolius" "Phlomis nepetifolia" "annual lion's ear" "Christmas candlestick"