roo-EL-ee-uh -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's Botanary
prost-RAY-tuh -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia • Bengali: ধমনী dhamani • Dogri: वन बसूटी van basuti • Gujarati: ઢોકળી dhokali, કાળી ધામણ kali dhaman, કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani • Hindi: धामिन dhamin • Kannada: ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu • Malayalam: ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali • Marathi: भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel, काळी धावणी kali dhawani • Rajasthani: काली घावणी kali ghavani • Tamil: போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi • Telugu: మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu
botanical names: Ruellia prostrata Poir. ... homotypic synonyms: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees • Ruellia patula var. prostrata(Poir.) Chiov. ... accepted infraspecifics: Ruellia prostrata var. prostrata ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia deccanensis J.Graham • Ruellia pallida Willd. ex Nees • Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta (Nees) C.B.Clarke • Ruellia ringens Roxb. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 16 July 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
bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia
- Flowers of India, retrieved July 16, 2025
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ধমনী dhamani
- Das, Chandan & Mondal, Swarnendu & Basu, Moumita & Biswas, Irani & Chattopadhyay, Pritam & Mukhopadhyay, Sunita. (2024). EX-SITU CONSERVATION OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS IN M.U.C. WOMEN’S COLLEGE, PURBA-BARDHAMAN WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR THREAT STATUS. 9. 28-43.
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
वन बसूटी van basuti
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ઢોકળી dhokali, કાળી ધામણ kali dhaman
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
धामिन dhamin
- Singh, Arvind. (2015). Observations on the Wild Medicinal Flora of Banaras Hindu University Main Campus, India. Int. J. Modern Biol. Med. 2015, 6(1): 1-21
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel
- Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... Mr. Akash Shivaji Hire,Mr. Kunal Bharat Khairnar, "INTRODUCTORY PLANTS CHECKLIST OF DHULE TEHSIL, MAHARASHTRA.", International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882, Volume.10, Issue 1, pp.c82-c93, January 2022.
काळी धावणी kali dhawani
- Rizwan Younus Khan, N. J. M. Reddy, Mulani R. M., Vijigiri Dinesh, Abrar Baig and Jadhav Arunkumar H. - Campus Flora of Shri Shivaji College, Kandhar, District Nanded, Maharashtra. - Think India Journal, Vol-22, Special Issue-31
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
काली घावणी kali ghavani
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... Jain, S & Jain, R & Singh, R. (2009). Ethnobotanical Survey of Sariska and Siliserh Regions from Alwar District of Rajasthan, India. Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 171-88.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi
- Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
- for Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, *Goa, *Haryana, *Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, *Odisha, *Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, *Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 16/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
- Goa :: Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
- Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]
- Odisha :: S.P. Panda - AN ENUMERATION OF ANGIOSPERMS IN AND AROUND THE TAMPARA LAKE OF GANJAM DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA - Plant Archives Vol. 25, No. 1, 2025 pp. 2041-2046
- Rajasthan :: Kumar, Naveen & Solanki, Yogita & Meena, Archana & Kotia, Amit. (2025). CHECK LIST OF FLOWERING PLANTS OF NAHARGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA. 37. 135-155.
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Created on: 12:23 16-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:56 18-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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