ver-BASK-um -- corruption of the Latin barbascum, meaning with a beard ... Dave's Botanary
kor-oh-man-del-ee-AY-num -- of or from the Coromandel coast, India ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Chinese mullein, Coromandel mullein • Bengali: কুকসিমা kukshima • Dogri: जंगली तम्हाकू jungali tamhaku • Gujarati: કલહાર kalhar, કુલાહલ kulahal, કુટકી kutki • Hindi: गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku, कोखिमा kokhima, कुकशिम kukshim, कुलाहल kulahal • Kachchhi: અડબાઉ મૂરી adbau muri • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu • Marathi: कुटकी kutki • Odia: କୁଳାହକ kulahaka, ପୋକଶୁଂଘା poka sungha • Rajasthani: गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku • Sanskrit: भूतकेशी bhutakeshi, कुलाहक kulahaka, कुलाहल kulahala • Tamil: ஆற்றுமேலழகி arrumelalaki • Urdu: کلاهل kulahal
botanical names: Verbascum coromandelianum (Vahl) Hub.-Mor. ... homotypic synonyms: Celsia coromandeliana Vahl • Verbascum coromandelicum Kuntze ... heterotypic synonyms: Celsia chinensis (L.) Druce • Scrophularia chinensis L. • Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... POWO, retrieved 15 January 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
Chinese mullein, Coromandel mullein
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Flowers of India, retrieved January 16, 2025
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
কুকসিমা kukshima
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Many thanks to Dr Tapas Chakrabarty for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Salve, Savita Deorao and Bhuktar, A. S. - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Marathwada Region I - Shodhganga
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
- or কোকসিমা kokshima ... for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
जंगली तम्हाकू jungali tamhaku
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
કલહાર kalhar, કુલાહલ kulahal, કુટકી kutki
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission
- name variants of કલહાર kalhar: કલાર kalar, કલ્હાર kalhar ... for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Salve, Savita Deorao and Bhuktar, A. S. - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Marathwada Region I - Shodhganga
- there is some ambiguity whether the first part of this name has to be gidar = jackal, OR gadar = sheep | the name transcribed in English is found to be written as gadar or gadari on quite a few sites - perhaps relating to sheep's wool or of woolly appearance, however does not seem to fit in context of this plant
कोखिमा kokhima
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Salve, Savita Deorao and Bhuktar, A. S. - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Marathwada Region I - Shodhganga
कुकशिम kukshim
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
कुलाहल kulahal
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
અડબાઉ મૂરી adbau muri
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768.
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कुटकी kutki
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
କୁଳାହକ kulahaka, ପୋକଶୁଂଘା poka sungha
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku
- Many thanks to Devendra Bhardwaj for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
भूतकेशी bhutakeshi, कुलाहल kulahala
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database
कुलाहक kulahaka
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ஆற்றுமேலழகி arrumelalaki
- for Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
کلاهل kulahal
- for Celsia coromandeliana Vahl ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.01; last update January 12th, 2025. Last accessed 15/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
NOTE: Distribution "throughout" India seems doubtful.
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Created on: 10:16 15-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:29 16-01-2025
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