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Names of Plants in India :: Strobilanthes lupulina Nees

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 4, 2024, 11:59:52 PM10/4/24
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Strobilanthes lupulina Nees

Strobilanthes lupulina Nees

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
lup-oo-LEE-nuh or loo-poo-LEE-nuh -- resembling hops ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hop coneflower • Kannada: ಕರುಙಕುರಿಂಜಿ karunkurinji • Konkani: अकरा akra • Malayalam: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karinkurinji • Marathi: अकरा akra • Tamil: கருங்குறிஞ்சி karunkurinji


botanical names: Strobilanthes lupulina Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Nilgirianthus lupulinus (Nees) Bremek. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia involucrata Vahl ... and more at POWO, retrieved 03 October 2024
NOTE: orthographical variant: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees
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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
hop coneflower
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕರುಙಕುರಿಂಜಿ karunkurinji
  • name borrowed from Tamil, for want of name
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
अकरा akra
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karinkurinji
  • name of Strobilanthes heyneanus Nees (orth. var. of Strobilanthes heyneana Nees) shared, for want of name ... name shared, as both species are morphologically quite similar
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
अकरा akra
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கருங்குறிஞ்சி karunkurinji
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
!*Andhra Pradesh, !*Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, !*Odisha, Tamil Nadu
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
! distribution doubtful
~~~~~ Created on: 19:15 03-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 08:40 05-10-2024 ~~~~~





Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 5, 2024, 9:25:37 AM10/5/24
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Vibrant picture and excellent work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 5, 2024, 10:20:16 AM10/5/24
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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names / English spellings.
Regards.
Dinesh
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