Eranthemum pubescens Roth

er-RANTH-ee-mum -- beautiful flower ... Dave's Botanary
pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens -- downy, short haired ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Ratnagiri eranthemum • Marathi: रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli


botanical names: Eranthemum pubescens Roth ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 02 May 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Ratnagiri eranthemum

• name coined, for want of name; currently this species is known to be distributed only in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli

• name coined, for want of name; रत्नागिरी ratnagiri = Ratnagiri, currently this species is known to be distributed only in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra; दशमूली dashamuli = ayurvedic name given to Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

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

Maharashtra (Ratnagiri district); endemic

• Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. Downloaded on 2 May 2025.

~~~~~ Created on: 13:17 02-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:46 02-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perrenial herb "Eranthemum pubescens" "Ratnagiri eranthemum"