Cajanus sericeus (Benth. ex Baker) Maesen

kaj-AY-nus -- Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary
ser-IK-ee-us -- silky ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: silky pigeonpea • Gujarati: રેશમી તુવેર reshami tuver • Hindi: रेशमी तुवर reshami tuvar • Kannada: ಅಡವಿ ತೊಗರಿ adavi togari • Konkani: पाट्या तोरी paatyaa tori • Malayalam: പട്ടുതുവര pattutuvara • Marathi: रेशमी तूर reshami tur • Odia: ରେଶମୀ ତୁବର reshami tubara


botanical names: Cajanus sericeus (Benth. ex Baker) Maesen ... synonyms: Atylosia sericea Benth. ex Baker • Cantharospermum sericeum (Benth. ex Baker) Raizada ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

silky pigeonpea

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

રેશમી તુવેર reshami tuver

• name given for want of name; રેશમી reshami = silky; based on descriptive epithet sericeus; તુવેર tuver = generic name in Gujarati, for most of Cajanus spp.

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

रेशमी तुवर reshami tuvar

• name given for want of name; रेशमी reshami = silky; based on descriptive epithet sericeus; तुवर tuvar = generic name in Hindi, for most of Cajanus spp.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಅಡವಿ ತೊಗರಿ adavi togari

• Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar; ಅಡವಿ adavi = wild; ತೊಗರಿ togari = generic name in Kannada, for most of Cajanus spp.

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

पाट्या तोरी paatyaa tori

• name given for want of name; पाट्या paatyaa = silky; based on descriptive epithet sericeus; तोरी tori = generic name in Konkani, for most of Cajanus spp.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

പട്ടുതുവര pattutuvara

• name given for want of name; പട്ടു pattu = silk; based on descriptive epithet sericeus meaning silky; തുവര tuvara = generic name in Malayalam, for most of Cajanus spp.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

रेशमी तूर reshami tur

• Additions to Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of northern Western Ghats by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ରେଶମୀ ତୁବର reshami tubara

• name given for want of name; ରେଶମୀ reshami = silky; based on descriptive epithet sericeus; ତୁବର tubara = generic name in Odia, for most of Cajanus spp.

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