in-dee-GO-fer-uh -- bearing indigo ... Dave's Botanary
het-er-AN-thuh -- differing flower ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Himalayan indigo, indigo bush • Dogri: कत्थी katthi • Hindi: काली काथी kali kathi, सकिना sakina • Kashmiri: क॑छ़ू॒ kanhchu, कृतस krats • Nepali: साखिनो saakhino • Punjabi: ਮੱਤੂ mattu
botanical names: Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis ... homotypic synonyms: Indigofera gerardiana Graham ex Baker ... and more at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Himalayan indigo
indigo bush
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
कत्थी katthi
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
काली काथी kali kathi
- Himalayan Wild Food Plants
- or simply काथी kathi ... A Pictorial Field Guide: Floral Gallery of Himalayan Valley of Flowers and Adjacent Areas by K R Keshava Murthy
- or simply काथी kathi ... Many thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Thakur for help with this name, via comment in ... Names of Plants in India ... this name prevalent in some parts of Himachal Pradesh
सकिना sakina
- A Pictorial Field Guide: Floral Gallery of Himalayan Valley of Flowers and Adjacent Areas by K R Keshava Murthy
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
क॑छ़ू॒ kanhchu
- A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson
कृतस krats
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
साखिनो saakhino
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- or साकिनों sakino ... Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
ਮੱਤੂ mattu
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh ... also spelt as ਮੱਟੂ mattu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in states of India ~~~~~
*Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, *Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand ... 1000-3000 m.
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 10-04-2024 ~~~~~
काथी in Himachal
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Anil Kumar ji ... will update the name shortly.
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