Names of Plants in India :: Barleria prattensis Santapau

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Dinesh Valke

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Barleria prattensis Santapau ... family: Acanthaceae

Barleria prattensis Santapau

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bar-LEER-ee-uh -- named for French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
¿ prat-TEN-sis ? -- named for Dr C A Pratt, London, who helped Santapau with Flora of Khandala ... IPNI


commonly known as: forest barleria, pink barleria • Malayalam: മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji • Marathi: गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti, इखरु ikharu


botanical names: Barleria prattensis Santapau ... synonyms: no synonym recorded ... The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.





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Lovely image.
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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/10/barleria-prattensis-santapau.html

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Barleria prattensis Santapau

Barleria prattensis Santapau

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
prat-TEN-sis -- named for Dr C A Pratt, London, who helped Santapau with Flora of Khandala ... IPNI

commonly known as: forest barleria, pink barleria • Malayalam: മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji • Marathi: गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti, इखरु ikharu


botanical names: Barleria prattensis Santapau ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
forest barleria
  • Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar
pink barleria
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti
इखरु ikharu
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Dinesh Valke

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Apr 8, 2025, 12:10:29 PM4/8/25
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Epithet correction made | some regional names coined ...


Barleria prattiana Santapau

Barleria prattiana Santapau

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
prat-tee-AY-nuh -- named for Dr C A Pratt, London, who helped Santapau with Flora of Khandala ... IPNI

commonly known as: forest barleria, pink barleria • Gujarati: ગુલાબી કાંટાશેળિયો gulabi kantasheliyo • Hindi: गुलाबी झिण्टी gulabi jhinti • Kannada: ಗುಲಾಬಿ ಗೋರಂಟಿ gulabi goranti • Konkani: गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti • Malayalam: മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji • Marathi: गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti, इखरु ikharu


botanical names: Barleria prattiana Santapau ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO, retrieved 08 April 2025
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
forest barleria
  • for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar
pink barleria
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ગુલાબી કાંટાશેળિયો gulabi kantasheliyo
  • name coined, for want of name; on lines of પીળો કાંટાશેળિયો pilo kantasheliyo = yellow barleria, name given to Barleria prionitis L.; ગુલાબી gulabi = pink
  • ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - કાંટાશેળિયો - પ્રાગજી મો. રાઠોડ, બળદેવભાઈ પટેલ
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
गुलाबी झिण्टी gulabi jhinti
  • name coined, for want of name; गुलाबी gulabi = pink; झिण्टी jhinti = given name for Barleria cristata L.
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಗುಲಾಬಿ ಗೋರಂಟಿ gulabi goranti
  • name coined, for want of name; ಗುಲಾಬಿ gulabi = pink; ಗೋರಂಟಿ goranti = generic name for Baleria
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മധുരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി madhurakurinji
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
गुलाबी कोरांटी gulabi koranti
  • for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to 500 Flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
  • for Barleria prattensis Santapau ... Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.
इखरु ikharu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andhra Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Rajasthan, *Tamil Nadu; endemic to India
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Created on: 09:19 29-10-2021 ¦ Last updated: 21:06 08-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Apr 8, 2025, 12:13:35 PM4/8/25
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Fabulous picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 8, 2025, 12:16:32 PM4/8/25
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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
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Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 9, 2025, 4:41:13 AM4/9/25
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Thanks Dinesh ji for all useful information.
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