*Ruellia prostrata* Poir. [image: Ruellia prostrata Poir.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148890315>
*roo-EL-ee-uh* -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Ruellia> *prost-RAY-tuh* -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=prostrata> *commonly known as*: bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia • *Bengali*: ধমনী dhamani • *Dogri*: वन बसूटी van basuti • *Gujarati*: ઢોકળી dhokali, કાળી ધામણ kali dhaman, કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani • *Hindi*: धामिन dhamin • *Kannada*: ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu • *Malayalam*: ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali • *Marathi*: भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel, काळी धावणी kali dhawani • *Rajasthani*: काली घावणी kali ghavani • *Tamil*: போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi • *Telugu*: మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu *botanical names*: *Ruellia prostrata* Poir. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees • *Ruellia patula* var. *prostrata*(Poir.) Chiov. ... *accepted infraspecifics*: *Ruellia prostrata* var. *prostrata* ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Ruellia deccanensis* J.Graham • *Ruellia pallida* Willd. ex Nees • *Ruellia prostrata* var. *dejecta* (Nees) C.B.Clarke • *Ruellia ringens* Roxb. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 16 July 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 <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> 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 *bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bell%20Weed.html>, retrieved July 16, 2025 ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ধমনী dhamani* - Das, Chandan & Mondal, Swarnendu & Basu, Moumita & Biswas, Irani & Chattopadhyay, Pritam & Mukhopadhyay, Sunita. (2024). EX-SITU CONSERVATION OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS IN M.U.C. WOMEN’S COLLEGE, PURBA-BARDHAMAN WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR THREAT STATUS. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387368473> 9. 28-43. ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *वन बसूटी van basuti* - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=416847635009141&set=a.416845261676045> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *ઢોકળી dhokali, કાળી ધામણ kali dhaman * - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) *કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani* - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n189/mode/2up?q=Ruellia&view=theater>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *धामिन dhamin* - Singh, Arvind. (2015). Observations on the Wild Medicinal Flora of Banaras Hindu University Main Campus, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278330147> Int. J. Modern Biol. Med. 2015, 6(1): 1-21 ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu* - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> - ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ <https://padakanaja.karnataka.gov.in/> ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8+%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81> created by V. Krishna ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali* - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel* - Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/WIGDt2a0v1s/m/unkeFJXRzlAJ> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Mr. Akash Shivaji Hire,Mr. Kunal Bharat Khairnar, "INTRODUCTORY PLANTS CHECKLIST OF DHULE TEHSIL, MAHARASHTRA. <https://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2201241>", International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882, Volume.10, Issue 1, pp.c82-c93, January 2022. *काळी धावणी kali dhawani* - Rizwan Younus Khan, N. J. M. Reddy, Mulani R. M., Vijigiri Dinesh, Abrar Baig and Jadhav Arunkumar H. - Campus Flora of Shri Shivaji College, Kandhar, District Nanded, Maharashtra. <https://thinkindiaquarterly.org/index.php/think-india/article/view/17547/12562> - Think India Journal, Vol-22, Special Issue-31 ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *काली घावणी kali ghavani* - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Jain, S & Jain, R & Singh, R. (2009). Ethnobotanical Survey of Sariska and Siliserh Regions from Alwar District of Rajasthan, India. <https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1338&context=ebl> Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 171-88. ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi* - Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/gf85NKRfUPQ/m/Xs5guAhjAQAJ> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n189/mode/2up?q=Ruellia&view=theater>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu* - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Dipteracanthus+prostratus> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, ***Goa, ***Haryana, ***Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, ***Odisha, ***Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, ***Uttarakhand, West Bengal - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 16/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Goa :: Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014] - Odisha :: S.P. Panda - AN ENUMERATION OF ANGIOSPERMS IN AND AROUND THE TAMPARA LAKE OF GANJAM DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA <https://www.plantarchives.org/article/296-%20An%20enumeration%20of%20angiosperms%20in%20and%20around%20the%20Tampara%20Lake%20of%20Ganjam%20District,%20Odisha,%20India.pdf> - Plant Archives Vol. 25, No. 1, 2025 pp. 2041-2046 - Rajasthan :: Kumar, Naveen & Solanki, Yogita & Meena, Archana & Kotia, Amit. (2025). CHECK LIST OF FLOWERING PLANTS OF NAHARGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389676709> 37. 135-155. *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 12:23 16-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:56 18-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/ruellia-prostrata-poir.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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