Sunday, 20 July 2025

Ruellia tuberosa L.

Ruellia tuberosa L.

roo-EL-ee-uh -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's Botanary
too-ber-OH-suh or tew-ber-OH-suh -- tuberous ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: feverroot, iron root, minnie root, popping pod • Bengali: পটপটি patapati • Malayalam: ശിവകരന്ത shivakarantha • Marathi: रुवेल ruwel • Nepali: बहुमूल bahumool • Tamil: கிரந்திநாயகம் kirantinayakam, பட்டாசுக்காய் pattacukkay • Telugu: చిటపటకాయల chetapatakaayala


botanical names: Ruellia tuberosa L. ... synonyms listed at POWO, retrieved 19 July 2025
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
feverroot, iron root, minnie root, popping pod
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
পটপটি patapati
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
रुवेल ruwel
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
बहुमूल bahumool
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கிரந்திநாயகம் kirantinayakam, பட்டாசுக்காய் pattacukkay
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
చిటపటకాయల chetapatakaayala
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Introduced in India; cultivated as ornamental, occasionally escapes and naturalizes
~~~~~ Created on: 12:17 19-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:09 20-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Acanthaceae perennial herb "Ruellia tuberosa" "minnie root" "iron root" "fever root" feverroot "popping pod"

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Ruellia tuberosa L.

roo-EL-ee-uh -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's Botanary too-ber-OH-suh or tew-ber-OH-suh -- tuberous ... Dave...