¿ lag-en-AN-druh ? -- from the Greek lagenos (flask) and andros (man) ... Dave's Botanary
oh-VAY-tuh -- ovate in shape ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Malayan sword • Kannada: ಕೋಮಣ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ komana gedde, ನೀರ್ ಕೂವೆ neeru koove • Konkani: वत्सनाभ vatsanabh • Malayalam: അണ്ടവാഴ andavaazha, കരിന്പോള karinpola • Marathi: वत्सनाभ vatsanabh • Sanskrit: हल्लकम् hallakam • Tamil: நீர் கூவை neer koovai • Tulu: ನಿರ್ಕೂವೆ neerkoove
botanical names: Lagenandra ovata (L.) Thwaites ... homotypic synonyms: Arisarum ovatum (L.) Raf. • Arum ovatum L. • Caladium ovatum (L.) Vent. • Cryptocoryne ovata (L.) Schott ... heterotypic synonyms: Lagenandra insignis Trimen ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Malayan sword
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕೋಮಣ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ komana gedde
ನೀರ್ ಕೂವೆ neeru koove
- Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ನೀರ್ ಕೂವೆ neeru koove = water arrowroot, named so due to its aquatic habit and resemblance with Maranta and Curcuma species.
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
वत्सनाभ vatsanabh
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
അണ്ടവാഴ andavaazha
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
കരിന്പോള karinpola
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Caladium ovatum (L.) Vent. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
वत्सनाभ vatsanabh
- Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
हल्लकम् hallakam
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- हल्लकम् hallakam = the red lotus ... word entry found in ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
நீர் கூவை neer koovai
- Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for coining this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ನಿರ್ಕೂವೆ neerkoove
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ನಿರ್ಕೂವೆ neerkoove = water arrowroot, named so due to its aquatic habit and resemblance with Maranta and Curcuma species.
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
- Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.1; last update June 16th, 2023. Last accessed 05/07/2023.
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