Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji. On Monday, July 21, 2025 at 9:00:01 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the > Malayalam name and its English spelling. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Fabulous pic and great works dear Dinesh ji. Both Malayalam and English >> names are correct. >> Regards, Sam. >> >> On Sun, 20 Jul, 2025, 7:43 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Ruellia tuberosa* L. >>> [image: Ruellia tuberosa L.] >>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148878598> >>> >>> *roo-EL-ee-uh* -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's >>> Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Ruellia> >>> *too-ber-OH-suh* or *tew-ber-OH-suh* -- tuberous ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=tuberosa> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: feverroot, iron root, minnie root, popping pod • >>> *Bengali*: পটপটি patapati • *Malayalam*: ശിവകരന്ത shivakarantha • >>> *Marathi*: रुवेल ruwel • *Nepali*: बहुमूल bahumool • *Tamil*: >>> கிரந்திநாயகம் kirantinayakam, பட்டாசுக்காய் pattacukkay • *Telugu*: >>> చిటపటకాయల chetapatakaayala >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Ruellia tuberosa* L. ... *synonyms* listed at POWO >>> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 19 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 >>> *feverroot, iron root, minnie root, popping pod* >>> >>> - Flowers of India >>> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Minnie%20Root.html>, >>> retrieved July 19, 2025 >>> >>> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >>> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *পটপটি patapati* >>> >>> - উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ >>> >>> <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2> >>> >>> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >>> >>> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, >>> Karnataka >>> *रुवेल ruwel* >>> >>> - 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 >>> >>> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, >>> *Assam*, *Sikkim* >>> *बहुमूल bahumool* >>> >>> - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... >>> efloraofindia >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/h4yiHvZ9ZvE/m/9CK9kpmqDQAJ> >>> >>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *கிரந்திநாயகம் kirantinayakam, பட்டாசுக்காய் pattacukkay * >>> >>> - Tamil names of plants of Tamil Nadu >>> >>> <https://roamingowls.com/2021/07/30/tamil-names-of-plants-of-tamil-nadu/> >>> - Roaming Owls - Wildlife tales of Vinod & Mathi >>> >>> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >>> *Telangana*, Puducherry >>> *చిటపటకాయల chetapatakaayala* >>> >>> - Flora Andhrika >>> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Ruellia+tuberosa> - >>> Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >>> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4746/deec839d90992e48f7c632b3141f30ff> >>> >>> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >>> Introduced in India; cultivated as ornamental, occasionally escapes and >>> naturalizes >>> >>> - 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 19/07/2025 >>> (dd/mm/yyyy). >>> >>> ~~~~~ Created on: 12:17 19-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:09 20-07-2025 >>> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Names compiled / updated at >>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/ruellia-tuberosa-l.html >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/52f5b2a6-ad77-44fa-97ce-2b5acfe09e2an%40googlegroups.com.
