Crotalaria spectabilis Roth

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
speck-TAB-ih-liss -- spectacular ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod • Bengali: ঝুমঝুমো jhumjhumo, পিপুলি ঝুনঝুন pipuli jhunjhun • Hindi: जंगली शण jangli san, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia, शण बिच्छिया shan bichhia • Kannada: ಘಂಟಾರವ ghantaarava, ಕಾಡು ಸೆಣಬು kaadu senabu • Marathi: दयाळी dayali, डिंगळा dingala • Mizo: tum-thang • Nepali: भुवन झार bhuvan jhar • Sanskrit: घण्टारवा ghantarava • Telugu: పెద్ద గిలిగిచ్చ pedda giligitcha


botanical names: Crotalaria spectabilis Roth ... synonyms: Crotalaria alatipes Raf. • Crotalaria leschenaultii Macfad. • Crotalaria lupiniflora Graham • Crotalaria lupinifolia Steud. • Crotalaria macrophylla Weinm. • Crotalaria retzii Hitchc. • Crotalaria sericea Retz. • Crotalaria spectabilis subsp. parvibracteata Niyomdham ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ঘটি ঝুনঝুনি ghati jhunjhuni, ঘুঙরুকাঠি ghungrukathi, পিপলি ঝুনঝুনি pipali jhunjhuni

• Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

जंगली शण jangli san, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia -- a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; also - झनझनियां jhanjhania

शण बिच्छिया shan bichhia

• Many thanks to Promila Chaturvedi for help with the name ... efloraofindia
• शण shan = hemp, jute; बिच्छिया bichhia = toe-rings

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಘಂಟಾರವ ghantaarava

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• for synonym Crotalaria sericea Retz. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಕಾಡು ಸೆಣಬು kaadu senabu

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ಕಾಡು kaadu = wild; ಸೆಣಬು senabu = hemp, jute

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

दयाळी dayali, डिंगळा dingala

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• डिंगळा dingala = morris-bell, jingling ball ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken ... other variants: डिंगळ dingala, डिंगळी dingali

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

tum-thang

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

भुवन झार bhuvan jhar

• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

घण्टारवा ghantarava

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• name given to many of Crotalaria spp. ... ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः ... घण्टा ghanta = bell; रव rava = sound; dried seeds rattling within the pod

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పెద్ద గిలిగిచ్చ pedda giligitcha

• Many thanks to A Lalithamba for help with the name ... efloraofindia ... పెద్ద pedda = large, big; గిలిగిచ్చ giligitcha = rattle toy; a name given to many of Crotalaria spp. ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken

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