Eranthemum roseum

Eranthemumroseum (Vahl) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 477 1810 (Syn:Amphiscopiarosea Nees; Daedalacanthusroseus (Vahl) T.Anderson; Ecboliumroseum (Nees) Kuntze);
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er-RANTH-ee-mum — beautiful flower … Dave’s Botanary
RO-zee-um — rosy … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: blue eranthemum, rosy eranthemum • Gujarati: દશમૂળી dashmuli • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham, नील वासक nil vasak • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni • Konkani: दशमूली dashamuli, रान अबोली ran aboli • Marathi: दशमूली dashamuli, रान आबोली ran aboli • Tamil: நீலமுள்ளி nila-mulli • Tulu: ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/10/eranthemum-roseum-vahl-rbr-ex-roem.html
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Keys:

Bracts white with green nerves

Bracts elliptic, cuspidate, glabrous and spikes upto 7.5 cm…E. pulchellum Andr.

Bracts obovate, mucronate, strigose and spikes longer than 7.5 cm….E. roseum (Vahl.) R. Br.

Bracts green

The bracts many nerved, white ciliate on margins…E. purpurascens Nees
The bracts few nerved, viscous hairy………………….E. capens L. var. concanense (T. And. C. B. Cl.) Sant.
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Taken at SGNP, Mumbai:
This picture was taken at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Yeoor.

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– These are Eranthemum roseum, blooming right now in the forest of Mumbai. .. Did you by any chance get any smell from these flowers?

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– Posting my pics of the same plant taken at the south end of the forest this month.The red coloured  are the older ones.

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– A strong smell is emitted from the inflorescence (bracts) and not from flowers.

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– .. would like to update you with regards to my curiosity of  Eranthemum roseum smell– it so happened that last year I had read in floras and books I generally refer to that there is a strong smell emitting from flowers, bracts of Eranthemum. When I saw them a plenty at Aarey road, Mumbai, CEC land and elsewhere, I could  not get any smell from any part. I got all my friends  during nature trails to smell the same and they could not get any smell too. We tried old and new flowers, bract, leaves but no smell. But there was one response on ITP saying that there is a smell. The plant that you saw most probably did not have any strong smell too, otherwise you would have got it !! But do try the bracts as informed by .. and verify if poossible.
   I must also share the experience I had yesterday when I had been one of the resource persons for the trails at CEC (south end of the forest in Mumbai) wih children of VIIth and VIIth standards and adults, a group of 20. Interestingly one of them could get smell from the dried flowers, one from fresh flower, but none from bracts ! So the research is open !

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Blue Eranthemum aroma:
The flowers of Blue Eranthemum [Eranthemum roseum] have a faint aroma, but the bracts have an oily feel which leaves a lingering unpleasant strong odour. Sending a few photographs taken at my farm today.

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Sinhaghad flora #1 Eranthemum roseum: Sinhaghad flora #1 Eranthemum roseum
Height 0.4 meter, corolla blue, forest floor Sinhaghad, Pune 05 Feb 2011

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Acanthaceae Week – Eranthemum roseum:
|Acanthaceae Week – Eranthemum roseum

Height 0.4 meter,  corolla blue, forest floor
Sinhaghad, Pune
05 Feb 2011

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Acanthaceae week: Eranthemum roseum:
via Species‎ > ‎E‎ > Eranthemum roseum
[image: Dasmuli (Marathi: दसमुळी)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/315815819/>

commonly known as: blue eranthemum, rosy eranthemum • Gujarati: દસમૂળી dasmuli • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham, नील वासक nil vasak • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Marathi: दशमूली dashamuli, दसमूळी dasmuli, रान आबोली ran aboli •Tamil: நீலமுள்ளி nila-mulli

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Dear ..:  one name intrigued me… neel basak…or neel vasak…
my question …. did you get to photograph the leaves….? and why do local people call it neel vasak?
secondly,   i thought dashmuli was the ayurvedic asparagus…. confusing?

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About neel vasak. … not sure of the actual reasoning.
… neel (blue) and vasaka (Justicia adhatoda) alludes to blue version of some aspect of Justicia adhatoda … makes me think of some loose similarity in inflorescence structure of Justicia adhatoda and Eranthemum roseum … but that is just my imagination … it is best that Hindi-knowing friends give us the correct reasoning.
About dashmuli and Asparagus:
dashmuli … dash (ten) and muli (root) … best implies a plant’s root bearing 10 branched root
shatmuli … shat (hundred) and muli (root) … 100 branched root
Asparagus racemosus, is popularly known as shatmuli … found a good picture at Tradeindia
It is possible that it could be known as dash-shat-muli (from Sanskrit : sahasra muli) meaning root with 1000 branches.
Please do let me know if you get to recollect the reference which has dashmuli for Asparagus.

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As dark blue as Lord Krishna’s hue – Flower from Mudigere 02Mar2012AR03:
As dark blue as Lord Krishna’s hue – Flower ID from Mudigere 02Mar2012AR03

Request for Flower ID-081211SC1:  Posting a photo for Id of flower

Date / Time – 02.12.2011 / 11.01 am.

Location – Place – Bondala Wildlife Sanctuary, Goa
Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Wild

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look like Eranthemum roseum

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Oh,this is that जंगली अबोली !

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I think yes Eranthemum roseum

Dear members:
Eranthemum roseum (Acanthaceae) दशमुळी, जंगली अबोली , Taken at mama bhanje hills(yeoor range), Thane ,Maharashtra on 15/11/2012 

Eranthemum roseum: Sinhagad Valley Pune:
Eranthemum roseum
Sinhagad Valley Pune Nov 2011.
Acanthaceae.
Obovate bracts seen.

Plant for ID:
This is a small wild plant found at my farm. Please help identify.

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Look likes Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br.
Family Acanthaceae
Please confirm it at once.

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Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen (?) collected from Kamrup district, Assam :  6 images. 3 posts by 3 authors.

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Eranthemum roseum of Acanthaceae. Not Ecbolium ligustrinum

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Agree with …. This is Blue Eranthemum. efi thread

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ID shrub / flower – 10022013MS-001 : 6 images. 4 posts by 4 authors.
Pls help with ID of this shrub with blue flowers.

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Eranthemum roseum

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Eranthemum roseum. Name is roseum but flowers are blue!

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Eranthemum roseum. The flowers turn red on drying so the name.

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Scrophulariaceae fortnight :: Buchnera hispida – Karnala Bird Sanctuary MN2 : 3 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Karnala Bird Sanctuary. September 2012

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This is Eranthemum roseum. Acanthaceae

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Eranthemum roseum—for sharing and validation : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).

Pic of Blue Roseum, taken at ambyvalley rd., lonavala, pune in nov12

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Acanthaceae Fortnight:: Eranthemum roseum – NSJ-06 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Eranthemum roseum (Marathi-Dashmuli) from Matheran

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Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Eranthemum roseum :: Karnala & Tungareshwar :: DVMAR41/52 : 4 posts by 3 authors. 2 images.

Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br.

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Excellent upload …

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Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Eranthemum roseum :: SGNP :: ARKMAR-35/47 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Eranthemum roseum :: Aarey Milk Colony :: ARKMAR-36/48 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

Attached are pictures of Eranthemum roseum captured at Aarey Milk Colony in December 2014.

Acanthaceae Fortnight : Eranthemum roseum : Mahabaleshwar : 31MAR15 : AK-58 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)

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ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: Eranthemum roseum for validation from Chakrata:: NS MARCH 05/05 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

69-TSP-ID-24MAY2016-1:A herb @ Sargod,Chikmagalur for ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

Kindly identify this plant..

Habit: Herb.

Habitat: Wild, Semi-evergreen forest.

Sighting: Sargod, Chikmagalur, Karnataka about 1000 msl

Date: 10-12-2014

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Eranthemum sp. ..

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I think it matches with  Eranthemum roseum …. Acanthaceae.

Eranthemum roseum : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Eranthemum roseum

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Names of Plants in India :: Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br. : 2 posts by 2 authors.

via Species‎ > ‎E‎ > Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br. … family: Acanthaceae

er-RANTH-ee-mum — beautiful flower … Dave’s Botanary
RO-zee-um — rosy … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: blue eranthemum, rosy eranthemum • Gujarati: દશમૂળી dashmuli • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham, नील वासक nil vasak • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli • Marathi: दशमूली dashamuli, रान आबोली ran aboli • Tamil: நீலமுள்ளி nila-mulli • Tulu: ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni
botanical names: Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br. … synonyms: Amphiscopia rosea Nees • Daedalacanthus roseus (Vahl) T.Anderson • Ecbolium roseum (Nees) Kuntze • Justicia rosea Vahl … status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
December 18, 2009 … Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) 

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13/3/08- in Bandhavgarh;  at the base of Kanheri caves, in SGNP-Mumbai- Nov..’08; Aarey road, Mumbai on 22 Nov.’09; Kanha National Park- Mar’10?; in dry regions of Satyamangalam RF, at altitude of 450 msl: 20 Jan 2010; at Kanakeshwar, Alibag- 9/12/10;

At kanakeshwar – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Another flower from Kanha NP, Madhya Pradesh – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Eranthemum roseum – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Eranthemum roseum – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Blue is beautiful – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Blue flower in Bandhavgarh Ntl Pk – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Erunthemum roseum – Dasmuli – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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Need help with purple flower id : 1 image.
Black soil; bhopal; 24/11/2020

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Acanthaceae member, Eranthemum sp. only,
Could be E. pulchellum,

I guess correct ID !

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I think Eranthemum roseum rather than Eranthemum pulchellum as per images and details herein.

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Yes, Agree with …

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Seen this Eranthemum in a village near coastal Devgad, MH in the last week of December 2020.

Am confused between E. pubescens and E. roseum. These look a bit different from the ones I have posted earlier.

Had earlier posted E. pubescens from the same area.
Requested to please ID.

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I guess it is E. roseum !

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Eranthemum roseum R.Br.: 1 high res. image.

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