Nice work and best pic dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct. Regards, Sam.
On Mon, 8 Sept, 2025, 12:49 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Strobilanthes heyneana* Nees > [image: Strobilanthes heyneana Nees] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96671051> > > *stroh-bil-AN-theez* -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Strobilanthes> > *hey-nee-AH-na* -- named for Dr Benjamin Heyne, German botanist at Madras > Presidency ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Heyne> > > *commonly known as*: *karun kurinji* • *Kannada*: ಗುರ್ಗಿ gurgi • *Konkani*: > कारव karaw • *Malayalam*: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji • *Marathi*: अकरा > akra, इटारी itari • *Tamil*: கருங்குறிஞ்சி karunkurinji > > > *botanical names*: *Strobilanthes heyneana* Nees ... *homotypic synonyms*: > *Nilgirianthus heyneanus* (Nees) Bremek. ... and several heterotypic > synonyms at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 7 September > 2025 > *NOTE*: *Strobilanthes heyneanus* is an orthographic variant based on the > original spelling from the works of botanist Nees von Esenbeck, but the > feminine form of the specific epithet, *heyneana*, is now more commonly > used for botanical correctness. > 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 > *karun kurinji* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Karun%20Kurinji.html>, > retrieved September 7, 2025 ... name borrowed from Tamil, for want of name > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* > *ಗುರ್ಗಿ gurgi* > > - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, > Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. > > <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam > (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) > ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat > *कारव karaw* > > - Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild > Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. > > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262059791_Check_List_of_Wild_Angiosperms_of_Bhagwan_Mahavir_Molem_National_Park_Goa_India> > Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep > *കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji* > > - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം > > <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%BF> > ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *अकरा akra* > > - Fernandes, Maria & Sellappan, Krishnan. (2016). Phytochemical > analysis of strobilanthes blume species from Northern Western Ghats of > India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316888973> > International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Review and Research. 8. > 108-111. > > *इटारी itari* > > - for *Nilgirianthus heyneanus* (Nees) Bremek. ... 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] > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, > Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *கருங்குறிஞ்சி karunkurinji* > > - Tamil names of plants and trees found in Tamil Nadu - தமிழ் நாட்டின் > தாவரங்களின் தமிழ் பெயர்கள் > <https://roamingowls.com/2021/07/30/tamil-names-of-plants-of-tamil-nadu/> > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > ***Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, ***Odisha, Tamil > Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed in Sri Lanka > > - 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 25.09; last update Sept. 4th, 2025. Last accessed 07/09/2025 > (dd/mm/yyyy). > - Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of > Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. > > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262059791_Check_List_of_Wild_Angiosperms_of_Bhagwan_Mahavir_Molem_National_Park_Goa_India> > Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. > > *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the > state > ~~~~~ Created on: 19:07 07-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:50 08-09-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/strobilanthes-heyneana-nees.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]. 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