Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

dy-kro-STAK-iss or dy-kro-STAY-kiss -- Greek: di (two); chroic (colour); stachys (spike); two-coloured spike ... Dave's Botanary
sin-EER-ee-uh -- ash-colored ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: ashy babool, sickle bush • Assamese: বীৰবৃক্ষ beerbrikshya • Gujarati: મરૂઢ marud, મોરઢુંઢયુ mordhundhayu, વેલતુર veltur • Hindi: खेरी kheri, कुणाली kunali, शमी shami, वेलाटी velati, वीरतरु virataru • Kachchhi: કીની ખેરડી kini kheradi • Kannada: ಎಡತರಿ edatari, ಒದವಿನ odavina, ಶಮಿ shami, ವಡುವಾರದ ಮರ vaduvarada mara • Konkani: सिगम काटी sigam kati • Malayalam: വെടതല vetatala, വീരവൃക്ഷം veeravriksham • Marathi: दुरंगी बाभूळ durangi babhul, सिगम काटी sigam kati • Rajasthani: गोया खैर goya khair • Sanskrit: बहुवारक bahuvaraka, दीर्घमूल dirghamula, महाकपित्थ mahakapittha, वीरतरु virataru, वीरवृक्ष viravriksha • Tamil: ஆனைத்தேர் anai-t-ter, வரித்துலா varittula, வட்டதரி vattatari, வெடுத்தலாம் vetuttalam, வீரதரு vira-taru, விடத்தேரை vitatterai • Telugu: బంతుల bunthula, నల్ల వెలుతురు nalla veluturu, నల్ల వెనుతురు nalla venuturu, నేల జమ్మి nela jammi, సమీరము samiramu, సార తుమ్మ sarathumma, వెలుతురు ఛెట్టు veluturu chettu •Tulu: ಶಮಿ shami


botanical names: Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. ... synonyms: Acacia cinerea (L.) Spreng. • Cailliea cinerea (L.) J.F.Macbr. • Desmanthus cinereus (L.) Willd. • Mimosa cinerea L. • Neptunia cinerea (L.) F.Muell. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

ashy babool

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

sickle bush

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

বীৰবৃক্ষ beerbrikshya

• Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

મરૂઢ marud

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

મોરઢુંઢયુ mordhundhayu

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• or મોરઢુંઢિયું mordhundhiyu ... Gujarati Lexicon

વેલતુર veltur

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

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

खेरी kheri

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

कुणाली kunali

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

शमी shami

• Many thanks to Dr Rakesh Singh for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... though this is a well known given name for Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce, it is prevalent in states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka for Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

वेलाटी velati

• Wikipedia - मध्य प्रदेश के पेड़-पौधे

वीरतरु virataru

• Many thanks to Seema Nishant Parma for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

કીની ખેરડી kini kheradi

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

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಎಡತರಿ edatari

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or ಒಡತರೆ odatare

ಒದವಿನ odavina

• Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• or ವದವಿನ vadavina ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

ಶಮಿ shami

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ವಡುವಾರದ ಮರ vaduvarada mara

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
• or ವಡುವಾರ vaduvar ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

सिगम काटी sigam kati

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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

വെടതല vetatala, വീരവൃക്ഷം veeravriksham

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

दुरंगी बाभूळ durangi babhul

• मायबोली

सिगम काटी sigam kati

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

khoiridya OR koiridgo

• khoiridya ... name to be vaidated ... India Biodiversity Portal
• koiridgo ... name to be vaidated ... Documentation of tribal claims for rheumatism in Odisha, India by Swati S Panda, Sudam C Sahu, Nabin K Dhal

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

गोया खैर goya khair

• Rajasthan Government - Forest Department

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

बहुवारक bahuvaraka, दीर्घमूल dirghamula, महाकपित्थ mahakapittha, वीरतरु virataru, वीरवृक्ष viravriksha

• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

ஆனைத்தேர் anai-t-ter, வரித்துலா varittula, வட்டதரி vattatari, வெடுத்தலாம் vetuttalam, வீரதரு vira-taru

• for ashy babool ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

விடத்தேரை vitatterai

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

బంతుల bunthula, నల్ల వెలుతురు nalla veluturu, నల్ల వెనుతురు nalla venuturu, నేల జమ్మి nela jammi, సమీరము samiramu, సార తుమ్మ sarathumma

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

వెలుతురు ఛెట్టు veluturu chettu

• A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION ~~~~~

• Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh ... ILDIS World Database of Legumes

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