bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ...
Dave's Botanary
term-in-AL-iss -- terminal position ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: blue barleria •
Kannada: ನೀಲಿ ಗೋರಟೆ nili gorate •
Konkani: निळी कोरांटी nili koramti •
Marathi: निळी कोरांटी nili koranti •
Odia: ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti
botanical names:
Barleria terminalis Nees ...
homotypic synonyms:
Barleria strigosa var.
terminalis (Nees) C.B.Clarke ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Barleria polystachya Hook. ex Nees •
Barleria strigosa var.
polystachya (Hook. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke ... and more at
POWO, retrieved 23 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
blue barleria
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ನೀಲಿ ಗೋರಟೆ nili gorate
- name coined, for want of name; ನೀಲಿ nili = blue; ಗೋರಟೆ gorate = generic name given to some species of Barleria
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in:
Devanagari (कोंकणी) /
Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) /
Romi (
Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
निळी कोरांटी nili koramti
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name; निळी nili = blue; कोरांटी koramti = generic name given to several species of Barleria
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
निळी कोरांटी nili koranti
- 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
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti
- name of sibling species borrowed, for want of name; ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti = given name of Barleria cristata L.; ନୀଳ nila = blue; ଝିଣ୍ଟୀ jhinti = generic name given to several species of Barleria
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha; ¿ not endemic to India; found listed as distributed in Bangladesh ?
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Created on: 09:13 23-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:29 23-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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