Barleria courtallica Nees, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1529 1850. (Syn: Barleria inaequalis Benth.; Barleria nutans Nees); . bar-LEER-ee-uh — name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier … Dave’s Botanary core-TAH-lee-kah — of or from Courtallam region of Tamil Nadu … IPNI . commonly known as: yellow throated barleria • Konkani: गोटला gotala • Malayalam: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji, വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji • Marathi: कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacharah • Tamil: வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/04/barleria-courtallica-nees.html . Subshrubs, branchlets glabrous. Leaves 15-20 x 6-8 cm, elliptic, apex acuminate, base attenuate, glabrous, nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 1-4 cm long. Spike 3-10 cm long; bracts and bracteoles similar, 5 mm long, lanceolate. Flowers closely packed; outer sepals 18-20 x 6.5 mm, elliptic, acuminate, pubescent; inner sepals 15 mm long, linear, acuminate, hairy; corolla 4-5 cm long, tube and throat yellow or white; lobes 1.5 cm long, obovate, blue; filaments villous at base. Capsule 2.3 x 0.9 cm, elliptic, glabrous; seeds 4, 5 x 5 mm, orbicular, hairy, brown. Flowering and fruiting: January-May Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests Western Ghats Peninsular India (Endemic) (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .                     Acanthaceae fortnight ANMAR01/20 Barleria courtallica : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (20) Family: Acanthaceae very nice Thank you ma’am. While we were trekking through the forest and found this herb, the forest guard told us that this was the point of transition from a deciduous to a semi evergreen forest. He mentioned this in passing. After I came back home and identified this plant, I read that this plant is in fact found at the confluence of the above two types of forest! Very nice when something like that is practically observed. what a nice story of human interest along with biology/botany lesson, thanks … indeed its encouraging to think that the guard knew this titbit, may he is an educated person (if book learning, fine, if personal reading and knowledge accumulating the better, i.e. a self taught individual that’s even better) … nice that you met him… did you take his pictures, would be handy when you grow up and write your memories of trekking and personalities you met while trekking hiking exploring etc. or even in some papers or essays while young That is a lovely idea ma’am. Will do that when I meet him next (which is soon). He is a terrific person. Knows the forests there inside out. He is in charge of keeping a vigil throughout the night on alternate days in the sanctuary throughout the year. The purpose is to light fires which drive away the elephants that approach the river at the border of the sanctuary to cross over to the village beyond the river. good, look forward to such botany lessons from you and Biju and much more life learning sounds very interesting
Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Barleria courtallica :: North Karnataka :: PKA-MAR53/53: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Its a small Shrub seen en-route Jog Falls (Karnataka).
Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Barleria courtallica ::Anshi- North Karnataka :: PKA-MAR56/56: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Barleria courtallica seen at Anshi Ghat. very nice, … am glad to see new cases being still found in your files. love it
Makutta Ghat Karnataka Date: 24 FEB 2017 … Elevation range: ~ 87 – 263 m (288 – 865 ft) asl Barleria courtallica Nees … (family: Acanthaceae) .               251 ID wild plant Strobilanthes: 14 correct images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Dist. Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 14.01.2022, 01.35pm Habitat: wild, moisture, shady, streamside, facing waterfalls Plant habit: small shrub, erect, obliquely, branches, semi hard noded stem 07mm base diameter, roots above base, perennial Height: 03 feet Leaves: opposite, ovate, oblong, apex, projected veins either sides, size:17×7cm Flower: terminal racemose, diameter:32mm, violet with yellow shade, non fragrant Fruit: Seed: Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s Please check Barleria ! Yes, it is Barleria courtallica, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant, . Requesting a shrub id_03032023: 1 high res. image. What species could this be? Kanithadam Forest, Agasthymalai southern Western ghats. Kerala Barleria courtallica Nees. Any other images ? Any other images to confirm and see the leaves and inflorescence? Thanks, … I think you may be right as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/2015/03/20/barleria-courtallica/ . Names of Plants in India :: Barleria courtallica Nees: bar-LEER-ee-uh — name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier … Dave’s Botanary core-TAH-lee-kah — of or from Courtallam region of Tamil Nadu … IPNI commonly known as: yellow throated barleria • Konkani: गोटला gotala • Malayalam: കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji • Marathi: कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacharah • Tamil: வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji botanical names: Barleria courtallica Nees … heterotypic synonyms: Barleria inaequalis Benth. • Barleria nutans Nees … and more at POWO, retrieved 09 April 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 yellow throated barleria
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat गोटला gotala
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni
വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars सहचरः sahacharah
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ *Andhra Pradesh, Goa, *Karnataka, Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 15:40 09-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 22:05 20-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji is the correct spelling. Malayalam name corrected … commonly known as: yellow throated barleria • Konkani: गोटला gotala • Malayalam: കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurinji, വെൺകുറിഞ്ഞി venkurinji • Marathi: कोर्ताली कोरांटी kortali koranti • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacharah • Tamil: வெண்குறிஞ்சி venkurunji
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Barleria courtallica
Updated on April 30, 2025