Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis

Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis

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
कृतस krats
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
साखिनो saakhino
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
ਮੱਤੂ 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 ~~~~~
Fabaceae Papilionaceae perennial deciduous herbaceous shrub "Indigofera heterantha" "Indigofera gerardiana" "Himalayan indigo" "indigo bush"

2 comments:

  1. Thank you very much, Anil Kumar ji ... will update the name shortly.

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