Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy

ar-GY-ree-uh -- from the Greek argyro, (silver), referring to the leaf margin color ... Dave's Botanary
ee-LIP-tih-kuh -- elliptical, about twice as long as wide ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: elliptic-leaved silverweed, oval-leaved silverweed • Kannada: ಉಗನಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ugani balli • Konkani: बोंडवेल bondvel, केदारी kedari • Malayalam: അടന്പു adambuvalli • Marathi: बोंडवेल bondvel • Tamil: ஊனான் unan, உன்னாயங்கொடி unnayankoti • Telugu: కప్పతీగ kappatiga • Tulu: ಎರ್ಮೆಕ್ಕುಲವು ermekkulavu


botanical names: Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy ... synonyms: Argyreia laurifolia (Roxb.) Voigt • Argyreia strigosa subsp. obovata (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi & Murti • Convolvulus ellipticus (Roth) Spreng. • Convolvulus laurifolius Roxb. • Ipomoea laurifolia (Roxb.) Sweet • Lettsomia elliptica (Roth) Wight ex C.B.Clarke • Mouroucoa elliptica (Roth) Kuntze ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

elliptic-leaved silverweed

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

oval leaved silverweed

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಉಗನಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ugani balli

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... also ಉಗನಿ ಹಂಬು ugani hambu
• this name shared with:
  • Argyreia aggregata (Roxb.) Choisy ... synonym of Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Sant. & Patel ... ENVIS - FRLHT
  • Menispermum glabrum Burm. fil. ... synonym of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

बोंडवेल bondvel

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

केदारी kedari

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

അടന്പു adambuvalli

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
• this name shared with:
  • Convolvulus pes-caprae L. ... synonym of Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
  • Spatholobus parviflorus (DC.) Kuntze ... Kerala Plants ... also അടുന്പു adumbuvalli

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

बोंडवेल bondvel

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
• this name shared with:
  Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Sant. & Patel ... Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants, Volume 1 by T. Pullaiah
• This name is apt for Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

ஊனான் unan

• elliptic-leaved silverweed ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

உன்னாயங்கொடி unnayankoti

• Lettsomia elliptica (Roth) Wight ... synonym of Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• this name shared with:
  Lettsomia setosa Roxb. ... synonym of Argyreia setosa (Roxb.) Choisy ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

కప్పతీగ kappatiga

• Lettsomia elliptica (Roth) Wight ... synonym of Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy ... ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಎರ್ಮೆಕ್ಕುಲವು ermekkulavu

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ಎರ್ಮೆ erme = buffalo; ಕುಲವು kulavu = generic name for Merremia spp. ... this plant used as fodder for buffalos

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