Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct. Regards, Sam.
On Fri, 18 Jul, 2025, 12:38 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *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. 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/CADkXgDQ81ZN6KQvvj%2B%3DejA3DVoEW%3DRSkX9qMN07CYpGJe_qy7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
