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hap-LANTH-oh-deez ? -- Greek: 
haplos (single); 
anthos (flower)
ver-ti-si-LAH-tuh -- referring to a whorl ... 
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: spiny bottle brush • 
Gujarati: કાળું કરિયાતું kalu kariyatu • 
Hindi: काला किरियात kala kiriyat, कस्तुला kastula • 
Konkani: काळें किरायतें kalem kiraytem • 
Marathi: जकारा jakara • 
Tamil: ஒட்டு முடி குறிஞ்சி ottu mudi kurinji
botanical names: 
Haplanthodes verticillata (Roxb.) R.B.Majumdar ... 
homotypic synonyms: 
Bremekampia verticillata (Roxb.) Sreem. • 
Eranthemum verticillatum (Roxb.) Spreng. • 
Justicia verticillata Roxb. ... 
heterotypic synonyms: 
Dianthera verticillaris (Nees) Stehlé & M.Stehlé • 
Haplanthus verticillaris Nees ... 
POWO ... and, 
Haplanthus verticillatus (Roxb.) Duthie ... 
Botanical Survey of India
distribution in India: Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, 
endemic to India  ... 
Botanical Survey of India
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
spiny bottle brush
- name coined by Flowers of India; the spike of spiny cladodes alluding to a bottle-brush
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
કાળું કરિયાતું kalu kariyatu
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
काला किरियात kala kiriyat, कस्तुला kastula
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
काळें किरायतें kalem kiraytem
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
जकारा jakara
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
ஒட்டு முடி குறிஞ்சி ottu mudi kurinji
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
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