Names of Plants in India: 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

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~~~~~ 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