Names of Plants in India :: Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd.

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Dinesh Valke

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Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd.

Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd.

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
GRASS-il-is -- graceful; slender ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: slender coneflower • Malayalam: മരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി marakurinji, തോക്കകുറിഞ്ഞി thokakurinji • Tamil: மரம்குறிஞ்சி maramkurunji


botanical names: Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd. ... homotypic synonyms: Mackenziea gracilis (Bedd.) Bremek. ... heterotypic synonyms: Strobilanthes beddomei T.Anderson ... POWO, retrieved 7 September 2025
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
slender coneflower
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി marakurinji
തോക്കകുറിഞ്ഞി thokakurinji
  • PARIVESH - THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY, [Part II — Sec. 3(II)] - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification, New Delhi, the 28th December, 2020
  • Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name via Facebook Messenger
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
மரம்குறிஞ்சி maramkurunji
  • name borrowed from Malayalam, for want of name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 11:40 07-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 10:43 08-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~






Gurcharan Singh

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Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.
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