Sunday 9 July 2023

Lagenandra ovata (L.) Thwaites

Lagenandra ovata (L.) Thwaites

¿ 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
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Malayan sword
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕೋಮಣ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ komana gedde
ನೀರ್ ಕೂವೆ neeru koove
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
वत्सनाभ vatsanabh
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
അണ്ടവാഴ andavaazha
കരിന്പോള karinpola
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
நீர் கூவை neer koovai
  • Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for coining this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ನಿರ್ಕೂವೆ neerkoove
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Araceae perennial gregarious aquatic herb "Lagenandra ovata" "Arisarum ovatum" "Arum ovatum" "Caladium ovatum" "Cryptocoryne ovata" "Lagenandra insignis" "Malayan sword"

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