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"