Names of Plants in India :: Strobilanthes heyneana Nees

[Dinesh Valke]

Strobilanthes heyneana Nees

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
hey-nee-AH-na -- named for Dr Benjamin Heyne, German botanist at Madras Presidency ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: karun kurinji • Kannada: ಗುರ್ಗಿ gurgi • Konkani: कारव karaw • Malayalam: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji • Marathi: अकरा akra, इटारी itari • Tamil: கருங்குறிஞ்சி karunkurinji


botanical names: Strobilanthes heyneana Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Nilgirianthus heyneanus (Nees) Bremek. ... and several heterotypic synonyms at POWO, retrieved 7 September 2025

NOTE: Strobilanthes heyneanus is an orthographic variant based on the original spelling from the works of botanist Nees von Esenbeck, but the feminine form of the specific epithet, heyneana, is now more commonly used for botanical correctness.

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

karun kurinji

• Flowers of India, retrieved September 7, 2025 ... name borrowed from Tamil, for want of name

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಗುರ್ಗಿ gurgi

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

कारव karaw

• Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

अकरा akra

• Fernandes, Maria & Sellappan, Krishnan. (2016). Phytochemical analysis of strobilanthes blume species from Northern Western Ghats of India. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Review and Research. 8. 108-111.

इटारी itari

• for Nilgirianthus heyneanus (Nees) Bremek. ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

கருங்குறிஞ்சி karunkurinji

• Tamil names of plants and trees found in Tamil Nadu - தமிழ் நாட்டின் தாவரங்களின் தமிழ் பெயர்கள்

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

*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Odisha, Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed in Sri Lanka

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.09; last update Sept. 4th, 2025. Last accessed 07/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 19:07 07-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:50 08-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/strobilanthes-heyneana-nees.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice work and best pic dear Dinesh ji,

both Malayalam and English names are correct.

Regards, Sam.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.