Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston

ek-BOW-lee-um --from the ancient Greek ecbole (throwing out, a digression) ... Wiktionary
VEER-ih-dee -- green ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: green shrimp plant • Assamese: নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha • Bengali: নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Malayalam: കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelambaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha • Marathi: रान अबोली raan aboli • Odia: ଦନ୍ତୀ danti, ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata • Tamil: அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam • Telugu: చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram


botanical names: Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston ... homotypic synonyms: Justicia viridis Forssk. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke • Justicia rotundifolia Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 29 April 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

green shrimp plant

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 29, 2025

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

নীলকণ্ঠ neelakantha

• ৱিকিপিডিয়া - মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

নীলকন্ঠ neelakantha

• Many thanks to Debraj Chakraborty for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬಿಲಿ kappubobbili

• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• or ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni

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

ನೆಲ ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆ nela abbolige

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

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

रान अबोली ran aboli

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

കൊരണ്ട koranda, നീലകരുംകുറുഞ്ഞി neelakarumkurunji, നീലാംമ്പരം neelambaram, ഒടിയ മടന്ത odiya madantha

• Many thanks to Ajayan Sadanandan for help with these names ... facebook
• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for validating the names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

रान अबोली raan aboli

• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ଦନ୍ତୀ danti

• Kumar, Sanjeet & Supriya Devi, Rajkumari. (2020). Report on Floral Diversity of SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402.

ଈଶ୍ୱର ଜଟା ishwara jata

• Chauhan, Monali & Dimri, Rakhee & Kumar, Sanjeet & Pradhan, Ilarani. (2021). Common medicinal plants of Dhenkanal (Odisha), India.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

அடுக்குக் குருங்கு atukkuk kurunku, நீலாம்பரம் neelaamparam, நீலாம்பரி neelampari, பச்சாம்பரம் paccaamparam

• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

చీకటి కూరతుప్ప chikati kuratappa, నక్కతోక nakkathoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachha vaadambaram

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, ¿ Goa ?, Karnataka, Kerala, ¿ Maharashtra ?, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, ¿ West Bengal ?; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 29/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Karnataka :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Odisha :: Kumar, Sanjeet & Supriya Devi, Rajkumari. (2020). Report on Floral Diversity of SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402.

NOTE: Most of the Floras of the states of India have ambiguous listing of Ecbolium species - especially viride and ligustrinum. They have mixed up synonymies of each other. In almost all the earlier Floras, the listed taxon is Ecbolium linneanum Kurz - which is now synonym of Ecbolium ligustrinum var. ligustrinum. For instance, it is doubtful that viride is found growing naturally in Goa, Maharashtra and West Bengal.

~~~~~ Created on: 17:31 29-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 09:44 01-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial herb "Ecbolium viride" "Justicia viridis" "Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium" "Justicia rotundifolia" "green shrimp plant"

Dyschoriste dalzellii (T.Anderson ex Bedd.) Kuntze

dis-kor-RISS-tee -- Greek: dys (with difficulty) and choristos (separated); referring to the valves of the capsules adhering together ... Dave's Botanary
¿ del-ZEL-ee-eye ? -- named for N. A. Dalzell, collaborator with Gibson, of Bombay Flora

commonly known as: rigid snakeherb • Marathi: अचरा achra


botanical names: Dyschoriste dalzellii (T.Anderson ex Bedd.) Kuntze ... synonyms: Calophanes rigida Dalzell ex C.B.Clarke • Calophanes dalzellii T.Anderson ex Bedd. ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 25/04/2025.

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

rigid snakeherb

• name coined, for want of name; rigid = derived from epithet of one of this species' synonyms Calophanes rigida; snakeherb = generic name given to most of Dyschoriste species

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

अचरा achra

• List of the common trees, shrubs and grasses etc. found in the forests of East Nashik Forest Division - Government of Maharashtra Forest Department

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

¿ Andhra Pradesh ?, *Gujarat, *Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 27/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 18:16 27-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:23 29-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic annual herb "Dyschoriste dalzellii" "Calophanes rigida" "Calophanes dalzellii" "rigid snakeherb"

Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees

dye-CLIP-ter-uh -- Greek: diklis (double-folding); pteron (wing) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ boo-plur-OY-deez ? -- resembles plants of the genus Bupleurum

commonly known as: thorowax foldwing • Bengali: লাল ঝাঁটি lal jhanti, লাল শিরা lal sira • Dogri: कालू घा kaalu ghaa • Garhwali: सोरिउल soriul • Hindi: बौना bouna, सोमनी somni • Kashmiri: किरच kirch, सोमनी somni • Kumaoni: कुलड़तोड़े kulartore, कुथ्ही kuthhi, कवगोड़ी kawgori • Kurukh: khaparcha tia • Nepali: खुर्साने khursaane • Pahari: सौंधी saundhi • Punjabi: ਕਿਰਚ kirch, ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ lakshmana, ਸੋਮਣੀ somni


botanical names: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees) C.B.Clarke ... heterotypic synonyms: Dicliptera bupleuroides var. roxburghiana Panigrahi & Dubey • Dicliptera roxburghii T.Anderson ... and more at POWO, retrieved 25 April 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

thorowax foldwing

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 25, 2025

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

লাল ঝাঁটি lal jhanti, লাল শিরা lal sira

• Dr. Debabrata Das - Vegetation Spectrum And Natural Beauty Of Bhadutala Forest In West Bengal, India. - IJSART - Volume 3 Issue 10 – OCTOBER 2017

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

कालू घा kaalu ghaa

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

सोरिउल soriul

• Ravikant, Surbhi Pradhan, Mukesh Kumar, Amar P Garg, A Survey on Potential of Medicinal Plants found in the State of Uttarakhand, J Res Med Dent Sci, 2022, 10(S1): 103-107.
• OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India - CSIR-NEIST

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

बौना bouna

• Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956) by Chopra R. N. ... name prevalent in Simla, Himachal Pradesh

सोमनी somni

• Renu, Bharti, Kumar, D., & Arya, P. (2023). Traditional uses of ethno-medicinal plants for the treatment of skin ailments in district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India. Environment Conservation Journal, 24(3), 47–53.

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur

किरच kirch, सोमनी somni

• Akhtar S, Bachheti RK, Bachheti A, et al. Review of Traditional and Phytochemical Compounds in Herbs, Shrubs, Climbers, and Trees from Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory of Indian Subcontinent Used in Management of Respiratory Disorders. Natural Product Communications. 2025;20(4).

~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

कुलड़तोड़े kulartore, कुथ्ही kuthhi, कवगोड़ी kawgori

• Negi, Chandra. (2021). PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SACRED FOREST OF THAL KE DHAR, DISTRICT PITHORAGARH AS POTENTIAL SITE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE.
• the names rendered in native script need validation

~~~~~ KURUKH ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कुँड़ुख़), Assamese-Bangla (কুড়ুখ্), Odia (କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍), Kurukh Banna and Tolong Siki ... spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people ... spoken in: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura ... other names for this language: Kurux, Oraon, Uraon, Uranw

khaparcha tia

• Noor N, Satapathy KB. Diversity of medicinally important leafy vegetables used by the tribes in Balasore district of Odisha, India. Plant Science Today. 2022; 9(4): 950–954.
• the name needs to be checked whether it is spelt as one word, and needs to be rendered in any of its native scripts

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

खुर्साने khursaane

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• Flora of Nepal - नेपालका वनस्पति

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

सौंधी saundhi

• OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India - CSIR-NEIST ... name prevalent in Himachal Pradesh

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਕਿਰਚ kirch, ਸੋਮਣੀ somni

• for Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees) C.B.Clarke ... Plants of the Punjab : a descriptive key to the flora of the Punjab, North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir, by Bamber, Charles James ... the names of plants listed in this book are a mix of Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ lakshmana

• for Dicliptera roxburghii T.Anderson ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

throughout (seems doubtful); otherwise: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 25/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 19:55 25-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:41 27-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial herb "Dicliptera bupleuroides" "Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides" "Dicliptera bupleuroides var. roxburghiana" "thorowax foldwing"

Barleria tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
toh-men-TOH-suh -- covered with fine, matted hairs ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: velvety barleria • Kannada: ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate • Marathi: मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti


botanical names: Barleria tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth ... heterotypic synonyms: Barleria paniculata Nees • Barleria racemosa Wall. • Barleria tomentosa var. glandulosa C.E.C.Fisch. • Ruellia paniculata Wall. ex Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 24 April 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

velvety barleria

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 24, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate

• name coined, for want of name; ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು makhamallu = velvet (tomentose leaves appear velvety); ಗೋರಟೆ gorate = generic name given to several species of Barleria

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti

• name coined, for want of name; मखमली makhamali = velvety (tomentose leaves appear velvety); कोरांटी koranti = generic name given to several species of Barleria

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu, *Telangana, ¿ Uttar Pradesh ?; not endemic to India, known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 24/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.
• Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]
• Telangana :: Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. Downloaded on 24 April 2025.
• Uttar Pradesh :: Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. Downloaded on 24 April 2025.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 10:01 24-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 16:12 24-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial shrub "Barleria tomentosa" "Barleria paniculata" "Barleria racemosa" "Barleria tomentosa var. glandulosa" "Ruellia paniculata" "velvety barleria"

Barleria terminalis Nees

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
term-in-AL-iss -- terminal position ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue barleria • Kannada: ನೀಲಿ ಗೋರಟೆ nili gorate • Konkani: निळी कोरांटी nili koramti • Marathi: निळी कोरांटी nili koranti • Odia: ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti


botanical names: Barleria terminalis Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Barleria strigosa var. terminalis (Nees) C.B.Clarke ... heterotypic synonyms: Barleria polystachya Hook. ex Nees • Barleria strigosa var. polystachya (Hook. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke ... and more at POWO, retrieved 23 April 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

blue barleria

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 23, 2025
• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ನೀಲಿ ಗೋರಟೆ nili gorate

• name coined, for want of name; ನೀಲಿ nili = blue; ಗೋರಟೆ gorate = generic name given to some species of Barleria

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

निळी कोरांटी nili koramti

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name; निळी nili = blue; कोरांटी koramti = generic name given to several species of Barleria

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

निळी कोरांटी nili koranti

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti

• name of sibling species borrowed, for want of name; ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti = given name of Barleria cristata L.; ନୀଳ nila = blue; ଝିଣ୍ଟୀ jhinti = generic name given to several species of Barleria

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha; ¿ not endemic to India; found listed as distributed in Bangladesh ?

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 23/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

~~~~~ Created on: 09:13 23-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:29 23-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial shrub "Barleria terminalis" "Barleria polystachya" "Barleria strigosa var. polystachya" "Barleria strigosa var. terminalis" "blue barleria"

Barleria mysorensis Roth

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
my-sor-EN-sis -- of or from Mysore, India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hairy barleria, Mysore barleria, Mysore prickly purple dye • Kannada: ಚುಳ್ಳಿ ಮುಳ್ಳಿ chulli mulli, ಗುಬ್ಬಚ್ಚಿ ಗಿಡ gubbacchi gida, ಕಾಡುಸುಲ್ಲಿ kaadusulli • Malayalam: ചുള്ളി chulli • Tamil: காட்டுச்சுள்ளி kattu-c-culli • Telugu: బంతులగొబ్బి bantalagobbi, ఎర్ర ములుగోరింట erra mulugorinta, నల్ల ములుగోరింట nalla mulugorinta


botanical names: Barleria mysorensis Roth ... homotypic synonyms: Barleria buxifolia var. mysorensis (Roth) Remadevi ... heterotypic synonyms: Barleria obovata Buch.-Ham. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 22 April 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hairy barleria, Mysore barleria

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 22, 2025

Mysore prickly purple dye

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಚುಳ್ಳಿ ಮುಳ್ಳಿ chulli mulli

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ಗುಬ್ಬಚ್ಚಿ ಗಿಡ gubbacchi gida

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka

ಕಾಡುಸುಲ್ಲಿ kaadusulli

• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ചുള്ളി chulli

• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.
• for unplaced name: Ruellia obovata Blume ex Steud. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

காட்டுச்சுள்ளி kattu-c-culli

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• தமிழ்ப்பேழை - தமிழ் அகரமுதலிகளின் களஞ்சியம் :: Tamil Pelai - Repository of Tamil Dictionaries
• அருங்கலைச்சொல் அகரமுதலி ( ஆங்கிலம் - தமிழ் ) :: DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ( ENGLISH - TAMIL )

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

బంతులగొబ్బి bantalagobbi, ఎర్ర ములుగోరింట erra mulugorinta, నల్ల ములుగోరింట nalla mulugorinta

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

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 22/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 10:17 22-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:18 22-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial shrub "Barleria mysorensis" "Barleria buxifolia var. mysorensis" "Barleria obovata" "hairy barleria" "Mysore barleria" "Mysore prickly purple dye"

Barleria lavaniana S.S.Patil, S.R.Yadav & Lekhak

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
lah-vuh-nee-AY-nuh -- named in honour of Umesh Chandra Lavania ... Flowers of India

commonly known as: Lavania barleria • Marathi: लावण्य कोरांटी lavanya koranti


botanical names: Barleria lavaniana S.S.Patil, S.R.Yadav & Lekhak ... synonyms: no synonym known ... POWO, retrieved 21 April 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Lavania barleria

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 21, 2025

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

लावण्य कोरांटी lavanya koranti

• name coined, for want of name; लावण्य lavanya = beauty; this is a homophonic adjective, it sounds the same as the name "Lavania" of Dr U C Lavania, who is honoured for this new species; कोरांटी koranti = a generic name given to several species of Barleria

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Maharashtra (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Dharashiv, Pune, Satara); endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 21/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 18:28 21-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:31 21-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial endemic herb "Barleria lavaniana" "Lavania barleria"

Barleria courtallica Nees

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
core-TAH-lee-kah -- of or from Courtallam region of Tamil Nadu ... IPNI

commonly known as: yellow throated barleria • Konkani: गोटला gotala • Malayalam: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji, വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji • Marathi: कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacharah • Tamil: வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji


botanical names: Barleria courtallica Nees ... heterotypic synonyms: Barleria inaequalis Benth. • Barleria nutans Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 09 April 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

yellow throated barleria

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 09, 2025

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

गोटला gotala

• Growing in seasonal nallah, wild flower turns out to be rare species | Goa News - The Times of India

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... efloraofindia
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

सहचरः sahacharah

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, *Karnataka, Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 05/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Growing in seasonal nallah, wild flower turns out to be rare species | Goa News - The Times of India

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 15:40 09-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:00 21-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial shrub "Barleria courtallica" "Barleria inaequalis" "Barleria nutans" "yellow throated barleria"

Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson

a-sys-TAH-zee-uh -- Greek: a- (non) and systasia (united, consistent) ... Dave's Botanary
my-sor-EN-sis -- of or from Mysore, India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Mysore asystasia • Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಸೊಪ್ಪು mysuru soppu • Malayalam: മൈസൂരു ചീര mysooru cheera • Marathi: म्हैसूर लवणवल्ली mhaisoor lavanvalli • Rajasthani: मैसूर साग maisoor saag • Telugu: మైసూరు లవణవల్లి maisuru lavanavalli


botanical names: Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson ... homotypic synonyms: Ruellia mysorensis Roth ... heterotypic synonyms: Asystasia schimperi var. grantii C.B.Clarke • Glossochilus parviflorus Hutch. ... POWO, retrieved 06 April 2025
... more synonyms: Asystasia lawiana Dalzell • Ruellia mysurensis Roth • Strobilanthes mysurensis (Roth) Nees ... and more at Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 06/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

NOTE: The name of this species is sometimes mis-spelled as Asystasia mysurensis, based on its publication in Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 9: 524. 1867. However, this name is based on the earlier publication of Ruellia mysurensis in Novae Plantarum Species 303. 1821, and is either a mis-reading or a mis-spelling of that name ... Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. 2025-04-07.

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

Mysore asystasia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 06, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಮೈಸೂರು ಸೊಪ್ಪು mysuru soppu

• name coined, for want of name; ಮೈಸೂರು mysuru (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; ಸೊಪ್ಪು soppu = tufts of leaves, foliage ... leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

മൈസൂരു ചീര mysooru cheera

• name coined, for want of name; മൈസൂരു mysooru (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; ചീര cheera = tufts of leaves, foliage ... leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

म्हैसूर लवणवल्ली mhaisoor lavanvalli

• name coined, for want of name; म्हैसूर mhaisoor (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; लवणवल्ली lavanvalli = name given to Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan

मैसूर साग maisoor saag

• name coined, for want of name; मैसूर maisoor (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; साग saag = tufts of leaves, foliage ... leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

మైసూరు లవణవల్లి maisuru lavanavalli

• name coined, for want of name; మైసూరు maisuru (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; లవణవల్లి lavanavalli = name given to Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Africa, west Asia

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 06/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Rajasthan :: K. L. MEENA - ASYSTASIA MYSORENSIS (ROTH) T. AND.: AN ADDITION TO THE FLORA OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA. - J. Indian Botanical Society - Vol.93(3&4)2014:278-280
• Telangana :: Vijaya, A & Reddy, Vijaya & Paramesh, L.. (2021). ASYSTASIA MYSORENSIS (ACANTHACEAE): AN ADDITION TO THE FLORA OF TELANGANA STATE, INDIA.

~~~~~ Created on: 21:03 06-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:01 07-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae annual herb "Asystasia mysorensis" "Ruellia mysorensis" "Asystasia schimperi var. grantii" "Glossochilus parviflorus" "Asystasia mysurensis" "Asystasia lawiana" "Ruellia mysurensis" "Strobilanthes mysurensis" "Mysore asystasia"

Thalictrum platycarpum Hook.f. & Thomson

tha-LIK-trum -- from the Greek name of this plant ... Dave's Botanary
plat-ee-KAR-pum -- broad fruit ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: broadfruit meadow-rue • Dogri: बीनी beeni • Pahari: ममीरी mamiri • Punjabi: ਮਮੀਰਾ mamira


botanical names: Thalictrum platycarpum Hook.f. & Thomson ... homotypic synonyms: Thalictrum cultratum subsp. platycarpum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Brühl

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

broadfruit meadow-rue

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 05, 2025

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

बीनी beeni

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

ममीरी mamiri

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਮਮੀਰਾ mamira

• for want of name, name borrowed of sibling species Thalictrum foliolosum DC.

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, *Sikkim, Uttarakhand

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 05/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 12:18 05-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:14 05-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Ranunculaceae perennial herb "Thalictrum platycarpum" "Thalictrum cultratum subsp. platycarpum" "broadfruit meadow-rue"