Eranthemum pubescens Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 1 1821.; . W. India as per POWO; . er-RANTH-ee-mum — beautiful flower … Dave’s Botanary pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens — downy, short haired … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Ratnagiri eranthemum • Marathi: रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/eranthemum-pubescens-roth.html ..
Acanthaceae Fortnight :: ID Request – Eranthemum :: Devgad :: ARKMAR-37/49 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Devgad, Konkan Maharashtra in May 2014. Was posted on the forum earlier here. Could this be E. capens var. concanense based on the key provided here efi page on Eranthemum capense Bracts and spike look very different in – Thank you I agree …, the bracts and spikes do look different…. I wonder then, what this could be… I do not have any idea … Please check the KEY provided by …- efi thread. Thanks … for the key link…..Using this key, the plant appears to be E. pubescens (Bracts densely pubescent). 1.Flowers reddish -pink——-E. cinnabarinum 1.Flowers blue——–2 2. Bracts densely pubescent——E. pubescens 2. Bracts glabrous or faintly hairy——–3 3. Bracts white with green veins, obovate, obtuse, with a short reflexed mucro—-4 4. Plants with many erect branches springing from a common base—E. wattii 4. Plants with single stem, branched above, not in clumps—5 5. Flowers 3-4 cm across —- E. roseum 5. Flowers upto 2.5 cm across—–E. roseum var. parviflorum 3. Bracts greeen, elliptic, ovate, acuminate—-6 6. Flowers in dense, usually solitary, uninterrupted spikes; bracts exceeding 2 cm long—E. purpurascens 6. Flowers in interrupted usually paniculate spikes; bracts less than 1 cm long—7 7. Leaves elliptic—- E. fastigiatum 7. Leaves ovate—E. pulchellum Looks matching with images from Eranthemum pubescens Roth from efi ! .
Konkan, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this shrub :: 12JUN014 :: ARK-25: 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4). Requesting to please ID this shrub captured near Devgad, Maharashtra in May 2014. Is it some Eranthemum species? Though not clear yet white mark on bracts can be visible in the first and last pic. This directs to Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R.Br. I think … is right, E. roseum, characterized by long (longer than 7 cm) narrower spikes, obovate mucronate bracts mottled green and white. Doubtful. Somehow the floral arrangement point towards Stachytarpheta sps. But not sure. I doubt if any species of Stachytarpheta has that large bracts. Thank you … However, I do not think that the bracts are white, rather they do not seem to have any white…but they are extremely hairy…am attaching a cropped pic of the bracts. Looks like Acanthaceae species. Eranthemum roseum ? (दसमुळी ?) When posted under the Acanthaceae fortnight here, the keys suggested E. pubescens. Would appreciate expert opinion on whether this is E. pubescens or E. roseum. Thanks, …, I also think closer to Eranthemum pubescens Roth as per comparative images at Eranthemum Thank you … for validating. .
Acanthaceae week: Eranthemum purpurascens: [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<> [image: more views in flickr]<> [image: more views on Google Earth]<> commonly known as: purple eranthemum • Gujarati: દશમૂલી dashmuli • Hindi: गुलशाम gulsham • Marathi: गुलशाम gulsham botanical names: current – Eranthemum purpurascens • synonyms: Daedalacanthus purpurascens, Justicia pulchella I feel it may be Eranthemum pubescens Roth as per images and keys herein. Thanks …, I will update notes at flickr accordingly. .
Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Eranthemum purpurascens :: Guhagar :: DVMAR40/51 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Wonderful images … I feel it may be Eranthemum pubescens Roth as per images and keys herein. Many thanks, … It could be Eranthemum pubescens Roth I see it looks close to plant in … post. I will shortly update notes in flickr.
Konkan, MH :: Eranthemum for ID :: ARK2021-022 : 5 images. Am confused between E. pubescens and E. roseum. Had earlier posted E. pubescens from the same area. Requested to please ID. I guess Eranthemum pubescens looks correct ID according to your earlier post but I agree as per images and keys at Eranthemum pubescens Roth . Eranthemum pubescens Roth :: Guhagar, Maharashtra :: Mar 6, 2011 · JUN23 DV469: 2 images. Eranthemum pubescens Roth Guhagar, Maharashtra :: Mar 6, 2011 · 10:18 AM IST :: about 10 m (30 ft) asl Many thanks to Garg ji for suggesting the ID at efloraofindia; many thanks to Siddarth Machado and Bharat Godambe for validating the ID at iNaturalist . Names of Plants in India :: Eranthemum pubescens Roth: 1 image. er-RANTH-ee-mum — beautiful flower … Dave’s Botanary pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens — downy, short haired … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: Ratnagiri eranthemum • Marathi: रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli botanical names: Eranthemum pubescens Roth … synonyms: no known synonyms … POWO, retrieved 02 May 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 Ratnagiri eranthemum
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka रत्नागिरी दशमूली ratnagiri dashamuli
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Maharashtra (Ratnagiri district); endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 13:17 02-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:46 02-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
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Eranthemum pubescens
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