Names of Plants in India :: Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews

[Dinesh Valke]

Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews

er-RANTH-ee-mum -- beautiful flower ... Dave's Botanary
pul-KEL-um -- pretty ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue eranthemum, blue sage • Bengali: কালো বাসক kaala baasak • Dogri: नीली बरहैंकड़ neeli braihnkad • Haryanvi: गुलशाम gulsham • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham • Nepali: निल गाठे nil gaathe • Odia: ଖଇର khaira • Tamil: நீலமுள்ளி neelamulli • Telugu: నల్ల నీలాంబరి nalla neelaambari, వాడంబరము vaadambram


botanical names: Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews ... homotypic synonyms: Pseuderanthemum pulchellum (Andrews) Merr. • Upudalia pulchella (Andrews) Raf. ... heterotypic synonyms: Daedalacanthus nervosus (Vahl) T.Anderson • Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. • Eranthemum scabrum Wall. ex T.Anderson • Justicia nervosa Vahl ... and more at POWO, retrieved 02 May 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

blue eranthemum, blue sage

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

কালো বাসক kaala baasak

• উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

नीली बरहैंकड़ neeli braihnkad

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi

गुलशाम gulsham

• Haryana Forest Flora - A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

गुलशाम gulsham

• Chauhan, Indu & Sood, S.K.. (2024). TRADITIONAL HERBAL REMEDIES USED FOR TREATING CUTS AND WOUNDS BY LOCAL INHABITANTS OF TEHSIL RAJGARH, DISTRICT SIRMAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH (INDIA). International Journal of Advanced Research. 12. 519-526. 10.21474/IJAR01/18911.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

निल गाठे nil gaathe

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ଖଇର khaira

• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

நீலமுள்ளி neelamulli

• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... தமிழ்ப்பேழை - தமிழ் அகரமுதலிகளின் களஞ்சியம் :: Tamil Pelai - Repository of Tamil Dictionaries
• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... அருங்கலைச்சொல் அகரமுதலி ( ஆங்கிலம் - தமிழ் ) :: DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ( ENGLISH - TAMIL )

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

నల్ల నీలాంబరి nalla neelaambari, వాడంబరము vaadambram

• for Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ... FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database

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

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, ¿ Rajasthan ?, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 02/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 17:02 02-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 08:23 03-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/eranthemum-pulchellum-andrews.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Dogri name added ...

commonly known as: blue eranthemum, blue sage • Bengali: কালো বাসক kaala baasak • Dogri: नलेंकड़ी nalenkadi, नीली बरहैंकड़ neeli braihnkad • Haryanvi: गुलशाम gulsham • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham • Nepali: निल गाठे nil gaathe • Odia: ଖଇର khaira • Tamil: நீலமுள்ளி neelamulli • Telugu: నల్ల నీలాంబరి nalla neelaambari, వాడంబరము vaadambram

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/eranthemum-pulchellum-andrews.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very good compilation Dinesh ji.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

Very good compilation Dinesh ji.

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