Names of Plants in India: Strobilanthes integrifolia (Dalzell) Kuntze

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
in-teg-ree-FOH-lee-uh OR in-teg-rih-FOH-lee-uh -- leaves entire (undivided) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: entire-leaf coneflower • Kannada: ಗುರ್ಗಿ gurgi, ಗುರಿಕೆ gurike, ಕೂರಿಗೆ koorige • Konkani: वायटी wayti • Malayalam: പൂമാലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി poomaalakkurinji, തൊട്ട്കുറിഞ്ഞി thottukurinji • Marathi: वायटी wayti

botanical names: Strobilanthes integrifolia (Dalzell) Kuntze ... homotypic synonyms: Endopogon integrifolius Dalzell • Leptacanthus integrifolius (Dalzell) M.R.Almeida • Mackenziea integrifolia (Dalzell) Bremek. ... heterotypic synonyms: Leptacanthus alatus Wight • Strobilanthes perfoliata T.Anderson ... and more at POWO, retrieved 9 September 2025

NOTE: Strobilanthes integrifolius 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

entire-leaf coneflower

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 9, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಗುರ್ಗಿ gurgi

ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka

ಗುರಿಕೆ gurike, ಕೂರಿಗೆ koorige

for Mackenziea integrifolia (Dalzell) Bremek. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

वायटी wayti

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

പൂമാലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി poomaalakkurinji, തൊട്ട്കുറിഞ്ഞി thottukurinji

C. Pramod | VC Balakrishnan | Rajesh KP | Palot Muhamed | Pradeep A.K. (2017). An updated checklist of flowering plants of Madayipara, Kannur district, Kerala. Malabar Trogon. 15. 14-34.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

वायटी wayti

for Mackenziea integrifolia (Dalzell) 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

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

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra; endemic

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.09; last update Sept. 4th, 2025. Last accessed 09/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 22:36 09-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 16:04 10-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~