Saturday, 6 September 2025

Strobilanthes callosa Nees

Strobilanthes callosa Nees

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
kal-OH-sus -- calloused or thick ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: karvyGujarati: કારવી karvi, કેરડી keradi, પાંદડી pandadi • Hindi: मरुआदोना maruadona • Kannada: ಕಾರ್ವಿ karvi • Konkani: कारवी karvi • Marathi: कारवी karvi • Rajasthani: कार्वी karvi


botanical names: Strobilanthes callosa Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia callosa Wall. • Strobilanthes grahamiana Wight ... POWO, retrieved 5 September 2025
NOTE: Strobilanthes callosus is an orthographic variant that was used historically, such as in the initial description by Nees, and is still occasionally found in research papers and some older botanical texts.
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
karvy
  • Flowers of India, retrieved September 5, 2025 ... name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
કારવી karvi
કેરડી keradi
પાંદડી pandadi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
मरुआदोना maruadona
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಾರ್ವಿ karvi
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कारवी karvi
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कारवी karvi
  • for Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek. ... Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
कार्वी karvi
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan; endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 16:46 05-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:07 06-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Acanthaceae perennial plietesial endemic shrub "Strobilanthes callosa" "Strobilanthes callosus" "Carvia callosa" "Ruellia callosa" "Strobilanthes grahamiana" karvy

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Strobilanthes callosa Nees

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary kal-OH-sus -- calloused or thick ... Dave's Botanary commonly known ...