Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling. Regards. Dinesh
On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ... 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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/CABSQqC0h2Wi-O3fUxRvh1apbg0EiPwZUN2PYgrm5sAm-_308BA%40mail.gmail.com.
