Names of Plants in India: Crotalaria juncea L.

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
JUN-kee-uh -- rush-like ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: brown hemp, false hemp, Indian hemp, sunn hemp • Assamese: আঁউচ aous • Bengali: শণ shan • Gujarati: શણ shan • Hindi: बिछुआ bichua, दीर्घपल्लव dirghpallav, जनब janab, मातुलानी matulani, पटसन patsan, सन san, सनई sanai • Kaachchhi: સણ san • Kannada: ಪುಂಡಿ pundi, ಸೆಣಬು senabu • Konkani: धाकटी घागरी dhakati ghagari, सन san, सोणबु ಸೊಣಬು sonabu • Malayalam: ചണം chanam, ചണക chanak • Manipuri: ঊ হৱাঈ oo hawai • Marathi: धाकटी घागरी dhakti ghagari, सन san, ताग tag • Mizo: tum-thang • Nepali: छिनछिने chhinchhine, सनई sanai • Odia: ଅତସୀ atasi, ଛଣପଟ chhanapata, ସମ୍ବତ୍ sambat, ଶଣ shana, ଶନପୁଷ୍ପୀ shanapushpi, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ଶବ୍ଦା swalpa shabda • Punjabi: ਸਣ san, ਸੱਨੀ sanni • Sanskrit: अतसी atasi, दीर्घपल्लव dirghapallava, मदगन्धा madagandha, माल्यपुष्प malyapuspa, मातुलानी matulani, सामान्य शणपट्ट samanya shanapatta, शण shana • Santali: ᱥᱟᱺᱪᱤ ᱥᱳᱱ saci son, ᱠᱳᱱ ᱡᱟᱹᱲᱤ san jari, ᱥᱳᱱ ᱠᱩᱫᱨᱩᱢ son kudrum • Sindhi: سِڻي • Tamil: சணல் canal, சடம்பு catampu, கோனிப்பூடு koni-p-putu, குத்திரம் kuttiram, குத்து kuttu, மஞ்சி manci, நணந்தம் nanantam, நண்பன் nanpan, உமாதசி umataci, உத்திராபன்னி uttirapanni, வாக்குன்னார் vakkunnar • Telugu: గిలకచెట్టు gilaka-chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha, శణము shanamu • Tulu: ತಲಂಬು talambu • Urdu: بچهوا bichua, جنب janab, ماتلاني matulani, سن san

popular trade names: Banares hemp (Benares hemp), Bengal hemp, Bombay hemp (Salsette hemp), Itarsi hemp, Konkani (Conkanee hemp), Jubbulpur hemp (Jubbalpore hemp), Madras hemp (Chennai hemp), Pilibhit hemp, Seoni hemp, Travancore flax, Warangel hemp

botanical names: Crotalaria juncea L. ... synonyms: Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. • Crotalaria fenestrata Sims • Crotalaria porrecta Wall. • Crotalaria sericea Willd. • Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. ex Hornem. • Isotropis argentea Ewart & Morrison ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

brown hemp

Wikipedia
not to be confused with brown Indian hemp or Indian brown hemp, a name known for Hibiscus cannabinus L. ... Dave's Garden | Philippine Medicinal Plants

false hemp

there was a wonderful informative web page - SUNN, or INDIA HEMP (Crotalaria juncea) - it has simply gone off the internet. The name will yet remain compiled here, justified for the fact that this plant though fibre-yielding, it is not related to Cannabis family.

Indian hemp

Wikipedia ... it is generally considered to have originated in India
or Indian flax ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
this species is probably native to India, though it has never been found in a truly wild state, ... it is cultivated nearly all over, frequently naturalised ... ENVIS - FRLHT
an important fibre crop, widely cultivated in India, giving rise to many varieties. Most of them are known by the places from where they are produced. Thus, there are host of trade names: Banares hemp (Benares hemp), Bengal hemp, Bombay hemp (Salsette hemp), Itarsi hemp, Konkani hemp (Conkanee hemp), Jubbulpur hemp (Jubbalpore hemp), Madras hemp (Chennai hemp), Pilibhit hemp, Seoni hemp, Travancore flax, Warangel hemp

sunn hemp

ENVIS - FRLHT | Wikipedia
popular Hindi name of this plant - सन san or sun; शण sann or sunn, derived from Sanskrit शण shana ... ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

আঁউচ aous

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
Many thanks to Ranjan Hazarika (facebook friend) for help with this name in native script

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

শনপাট shanpat

Wikipedia

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

શણ shan

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बिछुआ bichua, दीर्घपल्लव dirghpallav, जनब janab, मातुलानी matulani (OR मातुला matula OR मातुली matuli)

A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

पटसन patsan

A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
or पटशण patashana ... ENVIS - FRLHT

सन san

ENVIS - FRLHT
other variants: सण sunn / sann | शण shunn / shann | शन shan ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

सनई sanai

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

સણ san

PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಪುಂಡಿ pundi

ENVIS - FRLHT
or ಪುಂಡಿನಾರು pundinaaru ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಸೆಣಬು senabu

ENVIS - FRLHT ... also ಅಪ್ಸೆಣಬು apsenabu
Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar ... also ಅಪ್ಸೆಣಬು apsenabu

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

धाकटी घागरी dhakati ghagari, सन san

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

सोणबु ಸೊಣಬು sonabu

Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ചണം chanam

ENVIS - FRLHT
A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert ... also ചണക chanak

കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa

ENVIS - FRLHT ... generic name for most of Crotalaria spp. meaning rattlebox

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ঊ হৱাঈ oo hawai

Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

धाकटी घागरी dhakti ghagari

ENVIS - FRLHT
धाकटी dhakti = smaller; घागरी ghagari = morris bell or jingling ball (as of a child's girdle, or as worn on the toes by dancing girls &c.) ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken

सन san

ENVIS - FRLHT
A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... also शण shan
सन san or शण shan = kind of hemp, fibre ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

ताग tag

ENVIS - FRLHT
The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
ताग tag = a plant from which a kind of hemp is obtained ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

tum-thang

State Medicinal Plants Board - Mizoram
Studies on non timber forest products ntfps of plant origin and livelihood strategies in northern Mizoram India - Shodhganga ... thesis by J Lalremruata

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

छिनछिने chhinchhine, सनई sanai

Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ଅତସୀ atasi, ଛଣପଟ chhanapata, ସମ୍ବତ୍ sambat, ଶଣ shana, ଶନପୁଷ୍ପୀ shanapushpi, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ଶବ୍ଦା swalpa shabda

Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਸਣ san, ਸੱਨੀ sanni

The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

अतसी atasi, दीर्घपल्लव dirghapallava, मदगन्धा madagandha, माल्यपुष्प malyapuspa, मातुलानी matulani, शण shana

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सामान्य शणपट्ट samanya shanapatta

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सामान्य samanya = common; शणपट्ट shanapatta = hemp fabric; Crotalaria juncea is widely cultivated in India since olden times

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱥᱟᱺᱪᱤ ᱥᱳᱱ saci son, ᱠᱳᱱ ᱡᱟᱹᱲᱤ san jari, ᱥᱳᱱ ᱠᱩᱫᱨᱩᱢ son kudrum

A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~

سِڻي

A Sindhi-English dictionary by Parmanand Mewaram

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

சணல் canal, சடம்பு catampu, கோனிப்பூடு koni-p-putu, குத்திரம் kuttiram, குத்து kuttu, மஞ்சி manci, நணந்தம் nanantam, நண்பன் nanpan, உமாதசி umataci (or உமதகி umataki), உத்திராபன்னி uttirapanni (or simply பன்னி panni)