Names of Plants in India :: Barleria courtallica Nees

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Dinesh Valke

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Apr 20, 2025, 12:39:38 PMApr 20
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Barleria courtallica Nees

Barleria courtallica Nees

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
core-TAH-lee-kah -- of or from Courtallam region of Tamil Nadu ... IPNI

commonly known as: yellow throated barleria • Konkani: गोटला gotala • Malayalam: കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji • Marathi: कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacharah • Tamil: வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji


botanical names: Barleria courtallica Nees ... heterotypic synonyms: Barleria inaequalis Benth. • Barleria nutans Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 09 April 2025
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
yellow throated barleria
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
गोटला gotala
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni
വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
सहचरः sahacharah
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, *Karnataka, Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Created on: 15:40 09-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 22:05 20-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~






Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/04/barleria-courtallica-nees.html

Regards.
Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 21, 2025, 9:28:13 AMApr 21
to Sam Kuzhalanattu, efloraofindia
Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Will do the correction shortly.
Regards.
Dinesh

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji.
കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji is the correct spelling.
Regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 21, 2025, 9:34:49 AMApr 21
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Malayalam name corrected ...



commonly known as: yellow throated barleria • Konkani: गोटला gotala • Malayalam: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji, വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji • Marathi: कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacharah • Tamil: வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji
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