Crotalaria verrucosa L.

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
ver-oo-KO-suh -- wart-like ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue-flowered crotalaria, blue-flower rattlepod, purple popbush, shack-shack, tooth-leaf rattlepod • Bengali: বনশণ bansan, কুদুক ঝুনঝুনি kuduk jhunjhuni • Gujarati: ખુળખુળા khulakhula, શણપુષ્પી shanapushpi • Hindi: बनशण banshan, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia • Kannada: ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ gijigiji gida • Konkani: भाट घागरी bhat ghagari • Malayalam: കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki, കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa • Marathi: भाट घागरी bhat ghagari, खुळखुळा khulkhula, सागर ताग sagar tag, तिरत tirat • Odia: ବାଳୀଝୁମୁକା balijhumuka • Sanskrit: बृहत्पुष्पी brihatpuspi, शणपुष्पी shanapuspi • Tamil: சங்குநிதி cankuniti, கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai • Telugu: గజ్జెలాకు gejjilaaku, గిలక చెట్టు gilaka chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha, గిలిగింత giliginta • Tulu: ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ದೈ gijigiji dai


botanical names: Crotalaria verrucosa L. ... synonyms: Anisanthera versicolor Raf. • Crotalaria caerulea Jacq. • Crotalaria coerulea Bedd. • Crotalaria flexuosa Moench • Crotalaria hastata Steud. • Crotalaria mollis Weinm. • Phaseolus bulae Blanco • Quirosia anceps Blanco ... and more synonyms listed at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

blue-flowered crotalaria

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

blue-flower rattlepod, purple popbush, shack-shack, tooth-leaf rattlepod

• PIER species info
• or simply blue rattlepod ... Flowers of India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

বনশণ bansan, কুদুক ঝুনঝুনি kuduk jhunjhuni

• Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ખુળખુળા khulakhula, શણપુષ્પી shanapushpi

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

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बनशण banshan, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia

• ENVIS - FRLHT ... another variant: झनझनियां jhanjhania
• बन ban = of forest, wilderness; शण shan = jute, hemp, flax or fibre
• झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia -- a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ gijigiji gida

• ENVIS - FRLHT ... ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ gijigiji = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; ಗಿಡ gida = plant
• also ಗಿಲಗಂಚಿ ಗಿಡ gilaganchi gida ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• also ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಕಾಯಿ gijigiji kaayi / ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು gijigiji soppu ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ಕಾಯಿ kaayi = greens; ಸೊಪ್ಪು soppu = greens

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

भाट घागरी bhat ghagari

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• भाट bhat ... 1 -- a place in the sea or a river which appears at low water; a shoal, shallow, sand-bank; 2 -- the level along the banks of creeks and rivers. Being generally rich with alluvial soil, it is used for gardens and plantations; 3 -- an elevated and level spot occurring in arable land; dry therefore and fit only for the inferior grains; 4 -- ground prepared for sugarcane: also a plantation of sugarcane
  घागरी ghagari (घर्घरी, in Sanskrit) -- a bell or jingling ball (as of a child's girdle, or as worn on the toes by dancing girls &c.) ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken.
  Reference: A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki

• Many thanks to Dr Giby Kuriakose for help with the name ... efloraofindia
• കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken

കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

भाट घागरी bhat ghagari

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• भाट bhat ... 1 -- a place in the sea or a river which appears at low water; a shoal, shallow, sand-bank; 2 -- the level along the banks of creeks and rivers. Being generally rich with alluvial soil, it is used for gardens and plantations; 3 -- an elevated and level spot occurring in arable land; dry therefore and fit only for the inferior grains; 4 -- ground prepared for sugarcane: also a plantation of sugarcane
  घागरी ghagari (घर्घरी, in Sanskrit) -- a bell or jingling ball (as of a child's girdle, or as worn on the toes by dancing girls &c.) ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken.
  Reference: A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

खुळखुळा khulkhula

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• खुळखुळा khulkhula = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken

सागर ताग sagar tag

• Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
• सागर sagar = sea, ocean; ताग tag = plant from which a kind of hemp or cordage is obtained ... suggestive of this plant's habitat by sea-side, and being capable of yielding fibre

तिरत tirat

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ବାଳୀଝୁମୁକା balijhumuka

• Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

बृहत्पुष्पी brihatpuspi, शणपुष्पी shanapuspi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• बृहत् brihat = large, great, big; शण shana = hemp. jute, fibre; पुष्पी puspi - flower

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

சங்குநிதி cankuniti, கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... also சங்கநிதி cankaniti
• கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai = a rattle toy ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

గజ్జెలాకు gejjilaaku, గిలక చెట్టు gilaka chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

గిలిగింత giliginta

• A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ದೈ gijigiji dai

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
• ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ gijigiji = rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken ; ದೈ dai OR ದಯಿ dayi = herb, plant

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