Names of Plants in India: 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

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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.