Description:
Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) »
Barleria cristata bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier kris-TAY-tuh -- meaning, crested commonly known as: bluebell barleria, crested Philippine violet, crested purple nail dye • Bengali: ঝিন্টি jhinti • Gujarati: ઝીંટી jhinti • Hindi: झिण्टी jhinti, नील झिण्टी nil jhinti, तदरेलु tadrelu • Kannada: ಝಿಂಟೆ jhinte, ಕುರುವಕ kuruvaka, ಮುಳ್ಳುಗೋರಣ್ಟ mullugoranta, ಸೈರೀಯಕ sairiyaka • Malayalam: കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി karimkurunni • Marathi: गोकर्ण gokarna, कोरांटी koranti • Nepali: भेंडे कुर्रो bhende kurro, कटसरैया katsaraiya • Oriya: saireyaka • Punjabi: ਤਦਰੇਲੂ tadrelu • Sanskrit: आर्तगलः artagalah, बाण bana, दासी कुरण्टकः dasi kurantakah, झिंटी jhinti, ककुभ kakubha, कुरण्टकः kurantakah, कुरवकः kuravakah, महासह mahasaha, नीलम्लाइन्दुकः nilamlaainduka, सैरीयकः sairiyakah, सहचरः sahacharah, सुभग subhaga • Tamil: செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli, மிதுரி mituri, நீலச்செம்முள்ளி nila-c-cemmulli, ஊதாமுள்ளி uta mulli, வெள்ளைநீலாம்பரம் vellai-nilamparam • Telugu: గొబ్బి gobbi, కోడి కన్ను kodi kannu, ములుగోరంట mulu goranta, నీరు గోరంట niru goranta, పెద్ద గోరింట pedda gorinta • Tibetan: sa ha ra ca Native to: India and southeast Asia References:
Flowers of India •
PIER species info •
ENVIS - FRLHT •
DDSA. Date: 14 January 2007, 15:24. Source:
White Phillipine violet. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
19° 07′ 37.96″ N, 72° 53′ 50.44″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 19.127212; 72.897344.