Eranthemum capense L.

er-RANTH-ee-mum -- beautiful flower ... Dave's Botanary
ka-PEN-see or ka-PEN-say -- of or from the Cape ... Dave's Botanary ... in context of this species, "Cape" refers to Cape Comorin of erstwhile British India, otherwise known as Kanyakumari since ancient times

commonly known as: Konkan eranthemum • Kannada: ಕುಳಿಕ್ಕೀಲ kulikkila • Konkani: कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham • Marathi: कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham • Tamil: குருங்கு kurungu


botanical names: Eranthemum capense L. ... synonyms: Daedalacanthus capensis (L.) Druce • Eranthemum capense var. concanensis (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Santapau • Justicia montana Roxb. ... and more at Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 30/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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

Konkan eranthemum

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 30, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕುಳಿಕ್ಕೀಲ kulikkila

• P S Udayan - Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India - Shodhganga
• the name rendered in native script needs validation

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham

• name coined, for want of name; कोंकणी konkani = of or from Konkan region; गुलशाम gulsham = name given to close species Eranthemum purpurascens Wight ex Nees

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

कोंकणी गुलशाम konkani gulsham

• name coined, for want of name; कोंकणी konkani = of or from Konkan region; गुलशाम gulsham = name given to close species Eranthemum purpurascens Wight ex Nees

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

குருங்கு kurungu

• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
• தமிழ்ப்பேழை - தமிழ் அகரமுதலிகளின் களஞ்சியம் :: Tamil Pelai - Repository of Tamil Dictionaries
• அருங்கலைச்சொல் அகரமுதலி ( ஆங்கிலம் - தமிழ் ) :: DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ( ENGLISH - TAMIL )

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

*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Odisha, Tamil Nadu, *West Bengal (cultivated); not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 30/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.
• Karnataka :: P S Udayan - Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India - Shodhganga
• West Bengal :: Biodiversity Information System of West Bengal

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

~~~~~ Created on: 21:12 30-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:21 03-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perrenial herb "Eranthemum capense" "Daedalacanthus capensis" "Eranthemum capense var. concanensis" "Eranthemum capense var. concanense" "Justicia montana" "Konkan eranthemum"