Petalidium barlerioides

Petalidium barlerioides (Roth) Nees , Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 82 82 1832. (Syn. Ruellia barlerioides Roth; Ruellia bracteata Roxb.);
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¿ pet-uh-LID-ee-um ?Greek: petalon (a leaf or petal); may refer to the deciduous, leaf-like bracts … Wikipedia
bar-leer-ee-OY-deez — resembling aspects of genus Barleria … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: barleria petal-bush • Hindi: इन्द्रजटा indrajata • Kannada: ರುದ್ರ ಗೋರಂಟಿ rudra goranti • Konkani: गोरांटी goranti • Malayalam: ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവ്വതി chundapparvathy • Marathi: गोरांटी goranti • Odia: ମାଲ୍ପୀ malpi • Telugu: కోడి మురుసు kodi-murusu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/petalidium-barlerioides-bheyne-ex-roth.html
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Petalidium barlerioides:
Petalidium barlerioides
Marathi name: Goranti
At Alibag, Maharashtra



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Petalidium barlerioides:
Seen this shrub at the outskirts of Kudal, Maharashtra.
Bot. name: Petalidium barlerioides
Family: Acanthaceae
Date/Time: 23-03-2012/ 01:00PM



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Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Petalidium barlerioides (Roth) Nees from Maihar Maa Sharda Temple area:
Petalidium barlerioides (Roth) Nees from Maihar Maa Sharda Temple area
pls validate


yes it is Petalidum barlerioides.



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[EfloraofIndia_020212PD03_Petalidium barleriodes_Flora of Odisha]:
sharing images of another interesting species from Ranpur

Name: Petalidium barleriodes
Family: Acanthaceae
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Wild, Moist deciduous forests
Place of collection: Ranpur, Naagarh, Odisha
Altitude: 600 m above msl.
Images:
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Your devotion to provide every detail is extraordinary and worth learning … Thanks again for such superb pics.



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Petalidium barlerioides:
Petalidium barlerioides
Marathi name: Goranti
Today (2.3.13) at Alibag


Superb clarity



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Plant ID pls : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 4 authors.

Location : karta, Jammu Kashmir
Elevation : 3000ft
Habit : herbaceous
Habitat: along meadows
Flower: bell shaped


A member of Acanthaceae.


The Photo of species looks like to be Barleria cristata L. However, for further confirmation specimens are required.


Petalidium barlerioides



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Acanthaceae Fortnight:: Petalidium barlerioides ::NSJ-12: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Petalidium barlerioides (Marathi-Gorantifrom Gopalgad near Guhagar


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Petalidium barlerioides (Roth) Nees
along Virar-Ambadi Road on January 17, 2009

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Seen this shrub at the outskirts of Kudal, Maharashtra.
Bot. name: Petalidium barlerioides
Family: Acanthaceae
Date/Time: 23-03-2012/ 01:00PM



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Petalium barleroides ????????????? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Following description is available for the identification of Petalidium barleroides in the Flora of Raipur, Durg & Rajnandgaon M.P. —

Family Acanthaceae
As per Dicotomos the characters for identification is as —
Herbs or Shrubs
Calyx 5 lobed
Stamens 4, staminodes absent
Corolla lobes in bud is contorted
Flowers 10 – 20 mm across
Flowers in clusters or contracted cymes or spike; anther cells spurred at the base
Flowers 3.0 – 4.0 cm long, white ; bracteoles large, ovate             —  Petalidium
The detail description for Petalidium barleriodes is given as below —-
Straggling shrubs, 0.6 – 1.5 m high with straw – coloured twigs, Leaves on the main stem petioled, broadly ovate, 5 – 10 cm long, crenate – serrate, Bracts absent; Bracteoles ovate – elliptic, Calyx glandular-hairy; Corolla narrowly campanulate, up to 35 mm long, yellowish-white, pale blue or white, Capsules ca 12 mm long.
on the basis of above morphological characters of my photographs, I identified the attached Photographs as Petalidium barleroides, but I am confused with recent discussion on this species. Experts Please coment on or I D my photographs.

Earlier Indiantreepix thread related to Petalidium barleroides


Appears to Petalidium barlerioides only.



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Petalidium barlerioides from Bhimtal Uttarakhand-GS18032022-2: 5 very high res. images.
Petalidium barlerioides photographed from Bhimtal, Nainital Dist. Uttarakhand, 13-4-2012.


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Names of Plants in India :: Petalidium barlerioides (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees: 1 image.
Petalidium barlerioides (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees

¿ pet-uh-LID-ee-um ?Greek: petalon (a leaf or petal); may refer to the deciduous, leaf-like bracts … Wikipedia
bar-leer-ee-OY-deez — resembling aspects of genus Barleria … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: barleria petal-bush • Hindi: इन्द्रजटा indrajata • Konkani: गोरांटी goranti • Marathi: गोरांटी goranti • Odia: ମାଲ୍ପୀ malpi • Telugu: కోడి మురుసు kodi-murusu

botanical namesPetalidium barlerioides (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees … homotypic synonymsRuellia barlerioides B.Heyne ex Roth … heterotypic synonymsRuellia bracteata Roxb. … and more at POWO, retrieved 06 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 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
barleria petal-bush
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: DelhiUttar PradeshBiharChhattisgarhHaryanaJharkhandMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
इन्द्रजटा indrajata
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
गोरांटी goranti
  • Marathi coined-name borrowed, for want of name
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
गोरांटी goranti
  • 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
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
drakappa
  • Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & IFS, Sudeep. (2022). FLORAL WEALTH OF MANDARGIRI HILLS. 10.13140/RG.2.2.16659.35362.
  • the name needs to be rendered in their native script
  • whether the name is indeed in Odia, needs to be validated
ମାଲ୍ପୀ malpi
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra PradeshTelangana, Puducherry
కోడి మురుసు kodi-murusu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout
Recorded / documented in following states:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, *Bihar, *Chhattisgarh, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli, *Daman & Diu, Goa, *Gujarat, *Himachal Pradesh, *Jharkhand, *Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Odisha, *Puducherry, *Punjab, *Rajasthan, *Tamil Nadu, Telangana, *Tripura, *Uttarakhand

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 18:44 06-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:53 08-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Malayalam names are ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവ്വതി Chundapparvathy, കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി Karinkurinji


Many many thanks …, for help with Malayalam name  ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവ്വതി Chundapparvathy  … It is found on the Wikipedia page.
But I was not able to find any link / reference for  കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി Karinkurinji … perhaps some error in AI overview of Google’s search,
For now I am adding only  ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവ്വതി Chundapparvathy


Kannada and Malayalam name added …
commonly known as: barleria petal-bush • Hindi: इन्द्रजटा indrajata • Kannada: ರುದ್ರ ಗೋರಂಟಿ rudra goranti • Konkani: गोरांटी goranti • Malayalam: ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവ്വതി chundapparvathy • Marathi: गोरांटी goranti • Odia: ମାଲ୍ପୀ malpi • Telugu: కోడి మురుసు kodi-murusu

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Updated on July 12, 2025