Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth.

jim-no-STAY-kee-um -- Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) ... Dave's Botanary
feb-ri-FEW-gum -- Greek: febri (fever); driving away fever ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: fever gymnostachyum • Kannada: ಅಗ್ರದ ಬೇರು agrada beru, ಚಿಟಿಕಿ ಗಡ್ಡೆ chitiki gadde, ಜ್ವರಹರ ಸೊಪ್ಪು jwarahara soppu, ನಾರುಂಬೇಳಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು narumbeli soppu, ನೆಲಮುಚ್ಚಳ nelamuchchala • Malayalam: നാവുനീട്ടി naavuneetti, നിലമുച്ചാള nilamuchchala • Tulu: ಚಿಟಿಕಿ chitki


botanical names: Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth. ... heterotypic synonyms: Cryptophragmium febrifugum Kuntze • Gymnostachyum alatum Wight • Gymnostachyum febrifugum var. bracteatum ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

fever gymnostachyum

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಅಗ್ರದ ಬೇರು agrada beru

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅಗ್ರದ ಬೇರು agrada beru = thrush root ... root extract in lime juice is applied for thrush in tongue
• Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with this name ... efloraofindia

ಚಿಟಿಕಿ ಗಡ್ಡೆ chitiki gadde

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಚಿಟಿಕಿ chitiki = characteristic cracking sound produced by the flower buds; ಗಡ್ಡೆ gadde = tuber

ಜ್ವರಹರ ಸೊಪ್ಪು jwarahara soppu

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• or ಜ್ವರಹರ ಬೇರು jwarahara beru ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಜ್ವರಹರ jwarahara = fever; ಬೇರು beru = root; ಸೊಪ್ಪು soppu = leaves, greens, potherb ... named so, for the plant's therapeutic efficacy against fever

ನಾರುಂಬೇಳಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು narumbeli soppu

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ನೆಲಮುಚ್ಚಳ nelamuchchala

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ನೆಲ nela = ground; ಮುಚ್ಚಳ muchchala = cover ... thus meaning ground-cover

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

നാവുനീട്ടി naavuneetti, നിലമുച്ചാള nilamuchchala

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಚಿಟಿಕಿ chitki

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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Acanthaceae "acanthus family" "ruellia family" endemic "scapigerous herb" Cryptophragmium Gymnostachyum "Gymnostachyum febrifugum" "Cryptophragmium febrifugum" "Gymnostachyum alatum" "Gymnostachyum febrifugum var bracteatum" "fever gymnostachyum"