Names of Plants in India: Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.

den-droh-LOH-bee-um -- Greek: dendron (tree, wood); lobos (pod, capsule); referring to woody pods ... Dave's Botanary
try-an-gew-LAIR-ee -- young shoots sharply triangular ... Dave's Botanary • Flora of China

commonly known as: triangular-stemmed horse bush • Assamese: বন লাড়ুঁ bon landu, বন ৰহৰ bon rohor, গহাটী ঝাৰ gohate-jhar, মাখিলতি makhiloti • Garo: sambraphong • Kannada: ಅಂತರಿಕೆ ಗಿಡ antarike gida, ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile, ನಾಗ ತಗರೆ naaga thagare • Karbi: non-chang-pher, non-the • Khasi: kakhang-skei • Koch: ছামৰং-থেপ samrong-thep • Kuki: thing-kani • Lepcha: maniphtyol • Malayalam: കാട്ടൂ മൂവില kattu moovila • Marathi: चिपाटे chipate • Mech: dangshi-khop • Mizo: se-be-hliang • Sanskrit: पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni • Telugu: చేతంద chetanda, చిట్టెంద cittenta • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire

botanical names: Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl. ... homotypic synonyms: Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. • Hedysarum triangulare Retz. ... accepted infraspecifics: Dendrolobium triangulare subsp. triangulare ... heterotypic synonyms: Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... and more at POWO, retrieved August 03, 2026

Bibliography / etymology / notes

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

triangular-stemmed horse bush

the descriptive epithet triangulare is for the sharply triangular shoots of the plant when young ... Flora of China; horse bush is a name given to a very close species - Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth. ... Top Tropicals

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

বন লাড়ুঁ bon landu, গহাটী ঝাৰ gohate-jhar, মাখিলতি makhiloti

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II
Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with these names ... facebook

বন ৰহৰ bon rohor

Many thanks to Ratneswar Kachari for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

sambraphong

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಅಂತರಿಕೆ ಗಿಡ antarike gida

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile = wild three-leaved plant

ನಾಗ ತಗರೆ naaga thagare

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library ... (downloaded: Nov 27, 2020)

~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng

non-chang-pher, non-the

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

kakhang-skei

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II

~~~~~ KOCH ~~~~~

written in: Assamese, Bengali, Roman ... spoken in: Meghalaya, lower Assam, West Bengal, Bihar ... spoken by: Koch people, including Koch-Rajbongshi or Koch-Rajbonshi

ছামৰং-থেপ samrong-thep

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II
ছামৰং (samrong) = wild medicinal shrub / herb (native Sino-Tibetan Koch root); থেপ (thep) = structural modifier denoting tight or angular form. "The Angular/Clustered Medicinal Shrub", a direct nod to the plant's unique sharply triangular young stems and crowded axillary flower clusters. ... compiled from the web.

~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki

thing-kani

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

written in: Lepcha (or Róng), Tibetan ... spoken in: Sikkim, West Bengal

maniphtyol

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... Gamble, James Sykes (1881) - A manual of Indian timbers : an account of the structure, growth, distribution, and qualities of Indian woods ... (accessed: August 03, 2026)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

കാട്ടൂ മൂവില kattu moovila

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
കാട്ടൂ മൂവില kattu moovila = wild three-leaved plant

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

चिपाटे chipate

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा ... (downloaded: Sep 5, 2020)

~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Roman ... spoken by: Mech people (Bodos of north West Bengal)

dangshi-khop

for synonym Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - Flora of Assam - Vol II

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

se-be-hliang

O. P. Singh et. al. - State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016 - Department of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of Mizoram ... (downloaded: Feb 9, 2022)

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
this name shared by several plants; पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni = a small plant with markings on the leaves [↗]

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

చేతంద chetanda, చిట్టెంద cittenta

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy
Many thanks to A. Lalithamba for help with these names ... eFloraofIndia

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire

for synonym Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire = wild three-leaved plant

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, *Bihar, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli, *Goa, *Gujarat, *Haryana, *Himachal Pradesh, *Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, *Odisha, *Pondicherry, *Punjab, *Rajasthan, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, *Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal