Crotalaria walkeri Arn.

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
WAL-ker-ee -- named for Colonel George Warren Walker, Scottish botanist ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: Walker's rattlepod • Kannada:ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ gejje balli • Malayalam: കിലുകിലുക്കി വള്ളി kilukilukki valli • Tamil: கிலுகிலுப்பை வல்லி kilu-kiluppai valli


botanical names: Crotalaria walkeri Arn. ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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Walker's rattlepod

• name given for want of name; derived from the commemorative epithet walkeri -- named for Colonel George Warren Walker, Scottish botanist in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who made extensive collections of plants between 1830 and 1838 ... Wikipedia
• rattlepod is a generic name given to almost all of Crotalaria spp.

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ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ gejje balli

• name given for want of name; ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ gejje = a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; ಬಳ್ಳಿ balli = climber, habit of this plant
• Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with the name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കിലുകിലുക്കി വള്ളി kilukilukki valli

• name given for want of name; കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki = a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; വള്ളി valli = climber, habit of this plant

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கிலுகிலுப்பை வல்லி kilu-kiluppai valli

• name given for want of name; கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai = a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; வல்லி valli = climber, habit of this plant

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