Names of Plants in India :: Strobilanthes pavala (Roxb.) J.R.I.Wood

[Dinesh Valke]

Strobilanthes pavala (Roxb.) J.R.I.Wood

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
PUH-vah-lah -- most probably refers to the plant's small, coral-coloured flowers; pavala is Tamil word for coral

commonly known as: shade-loving coneflower • Dogri: मोरनी बूटी moranee bootee • Kannada: ಮೂರಿಕೊಟಿ moorikoti • Konkani: मोरपंखी morpankhi • Marathi: मोरपंखी morpankhi • Nepali: कांगराइतो फूल kaangaraaito phool • Odia: ବାରଙ୍ଗ ଫୁଲ bareng phul


botanical names: Strobilanthes pavala (Roxb.) J.R.I.Wood ... homotypic synonyms: Hemigraphis pavala (Roxb.) Kurz • Ruellia pavala Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 15 September 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

shade-loving coneflower

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 15, 2025

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

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

मोरनी बूटी moranee bootee

• for Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಮೂರಿಕೊಟಿ moorikoti

• for Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees ... Yashpal Kshirsagar IFS, Sonal Vrishni IFS - Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag - Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KaMPA)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

मोरपंखी morpankhi

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

मोरपंखी morpankhi

• for Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees ... name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

कांगराइतो फूल kaangaraaito phool

• Flowers of India, retrieved September 15, 2025

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ବାରଙ୍ଗ ଫୁଲ bareng phul

• for Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral Diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha
• for Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees ... Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
• the name rendered in native script needs validation

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

almost throughout; not endemic to India; distributed globally in n-Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.09; last update Sept. 4th, 2025. Last accessed 15/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 20:43 15-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:13 18-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/strobilanthes-pavala-roxb-jriwood.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Vibrant picture and great work dear Dinesh ji,

Regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

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

[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.