*Verbascum coromandelianum* (Vahl) Hub.-Mor. [image: Verbascum coromandelianum (Vahl) Hub.-Mor.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77305963>
*ver-BASK-um* -- corruption of the Latin *barbascum*, meaning with a beard ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> *kor-oh-man-del-ee-AY-num* -- of or from the Coromandel coast, India ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=coromandelianum> *commonly known as*: Chinese mullein • *Bengali*: কুকসিমা kukshima • *Dogri*: जंगली तम्हाकू jungali tamhaku • *Gujarati*: કલહાર kalhar, કુલાહલ kulahal, કુટકી kutki • *Hindi*: गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku, कोखिमा kokhima, कुकशिम kukshim, कुलाहल kulahal • *Kachchhi*: અડબાઉ મૂરી adbau muri • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu • *Marathi*: कुटकी kutki • *Odia*: କୁଳାହକ kulahaka, ପୋକଶୁଂଘା poka sungha • *Sanskrit*: भूतकेशी bhutakeshi, कुलाहक kulahaka, कुलाहल kulahala • *Tamil*: ஆற்றுமேலழகி arrumelalaki • *Urdu*: کلاهل kulahal *botanical names*: *Verbascum coromandelianum* (Vahl) Hub.-Mor. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl • *Verbascum coromandelicum* Kuntze ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Celsia chinensis* (L.) Druce • *Scrophularia chinensis* L. • *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 15 January 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 <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> 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 *Chinese mullein* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Mullein.html>, retrieved January 15, 2025 ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *কুকসিমা kukshima* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Many thanks to Dr Tapas Chakrabarty for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/gqCgX-fNYsQ/m/ndgI0e6OAQAJ> - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n683/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Verbascum>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Salve, Savita Deorao and Bhuktar, A. S. - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Marathwada Region I <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/75629/10/10_chapter%203.pdf> - Shodhganga - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 - or কোকসিমা kokshima ... for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... BENGAL PLANTS <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *जंगली तम्हाकू jungali tamhaku* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/search/posts?q=Verbascum%20chinense&filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3I6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImF1dGhvclwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiMTAwMDAwNTE3MjQ0MDY4XCJ9In0%3D> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *કલહાર kalhar, કુલાહલ kulahal, કુટકી kutki* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Biological Diversity of Gujarat <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission - name variants of કલહાર kalhar: કલાર kalar, કલ્હાર kalhar ... for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/aa3a098a261996311cf0c82ab8a31bd4/12ec1e9044e928cd58ac5f9f2882d3c3> - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Salve, Savita Deorao and Bhuktar, A. S. - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Marathwada Region I <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/75629/10/10_chapter%203.pdf> - Shodhganga - there is some ambiguity whether the first part of this name has to be gidar = jackal, OR gadar = sheep | the name transcribed in English is found to be written as gadar or gadari on quite a few sites - perhaps relating to sheep's wool or of woolly appearance, however does not seem to fit in context of this plant *कोखिमा kokhima* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Salve, Savita Deorao and Bhuktar, A. S. - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Marathwada Region I <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/75629/10/10_chapter%203.pdf> - Shodhganga *कुकशिम kukshim* - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 *कुलाहल kulahal* - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region of Gujarat *અડબાઉ મૂરી adbau muri* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/jJxtbkjsx88/m/Hn0VRpN7DQAJ> - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236020734_Study_of_the_Angiospermic_flora_of_Kachchh_district_Gujarat_India> Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768. ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/aa3a098a261996311cf0c82ab8a31bd4/12ec1e9044e928cd58ac5f9f2882d3c3> - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Mandayam Digital Library ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *कुटकी kutki* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/aa3a098a261996311cf0c82ab8a31bd4/12ec1e9044e928cd58ac5f9f2882d3c3> - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *କୁଳାହକ kulahaka, ପୋକଶୁଂଘା poka sungha* - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *भूतकेशी bhutakeshi, कुलाहल kulahala* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/aa3a098a261996311cf0c82ab8a31bd4/12ec1e9044e928cd58ac5f9f2882d3c3> - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database <https://www.medicinalplants.in/searchpage/showdetails/xplant_id/a2f93928283eebce4a07933d8f360cc4> *कुलाहक kulahaka* - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... Learn Sanskrit <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/> - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ஆற்றுமேலழகி arrumelalaki* - for *Verbascum chinense* (L.) Santapau ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/aa3a098a261996311cf0c82ab8a31bd4/12ec1e9044e928cd58ac5f9f2882d3c3> - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka *کلاهل kulahal* - for *Celsia coromandeliana* Vahl ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ throughout - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.01; last update January 12th, 2025. Last accessed 15/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). *NOTE*: Distribution "throughout" India seems doubtful. ~~~~~ Created on: 10:16 15-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 10:14 16-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/verbascum-coromandelianum-vahl-hub-mor.html Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/verbascum-coromandelianum-vahl-hub-mor.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Saturday, 2 September 2017 at 07:23:48 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks, Dinesh ji >> >> On 01-Sep-2017 11:07 PM, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> update ... >>> >>> • *Kachchhi*: અડબાઉ મૂરી adbau muri >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kachchhi/adaba-u-muri-adbau-muri> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:53 PM, J.M. 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