bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ...
Dave's Botanary
toh-men-TOH-suh -- covered with fine, matted hairs ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: velvety barleria •
Kannada: ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate •
Marathi: मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti
botanical names:
Barleria tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Barleria paniculata Nees •
Barleria racemosa Wall. •
Barleria tomentosa var.
glandulosa C.E.C.Fisch. •
Ruellia paniculata Wall. ex Nees ... and more at
POWO, retrieved 24 April 2025
Bibliography / etymology
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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
velvety barleria
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate
- name coined, for want of name; ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು makhamallu = velvet (tomentose leaves appear velvety); ಗೋರಟೆ gorate = generic name given to several species of Barleria
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti
- name coined, for want of name; मखमली makhamali = velvety (tomentose leaves appear velvety); कोरांटी koranti = generic name given to several species of Barleria
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu, *Telangana, ¿ Uttar Pradesh ?; not endemic to India, known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
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Created on: 10:01 24-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 16:12 24-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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