Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd.

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commonly known as: stalked dischead • Angami: gabo • Bengali: তোড়া tora • Dogri: फंडेर phander • Gujarati: કલગી kalagi • Hindi: बिच्छू bicchu • Konyak: yoangshi • Marathi: फूलपगडी phulapagadi • Nepali: गाँठे गोलिया gaanthe goliyaa, गग्लेटो gagleto, गकालेती gakaaletee, गोलीको goliko, काला झार kaalaa jhaar, खोले झार khole jhaar, खोले साग khole saag


botanical names: Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd. ... homotypic synonyms: Procris peduncularis Royle ... heterotypic synonyms: Elatostema oppositifolium Dalzell • Elatostema ovatum Wight • Lecanthus wightii Wedd., nom. superfl. ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

stalked dischead

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ ANGAMI ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Nagaland ... other names for this language: Gnamei, Ngami, Tsoghami, Tsugumi, Monr, Tsanglo, Tenyidie

gabo

• Deb, C. , Khruomo, N. and Paul, A. (2019) Underutilized Edible Plants of Nagaland: A Survey and Documentation from Kohima, Phek and Tuensang District of Nagaland, India. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 162-178. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2019.101014.

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

তোড়া tora

• name coined, for want of name; তোড়া tora = refers to the flowerhead, resembling a bouquet

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

फंडेर phander

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

કલગી kalagi

• name coined, for want of name; કલગી kalagi = refers to the flowerhead; which alludes to an ornament placed on the turban

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

बिच्छू bicchu

• Sikarwar, Ram Lakhan & Tiwari, Arjun. (2020). A review of plants used in ethnoveterinary medicine in Central India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, Vol 19(3), July 2020, pp 617-634

~~~~~ KONYAK ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Nagaland ... spoken by: Konyak people

yoangshi

• Pradheep, Kanakasabhapathi & Longkumer, Soyimchiten & Pandey, A. & Bhatt, Kailash. (2016). Wild edible plants used by Konyak tribe in Mon district of Nagaland: Survey and inventorisation. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources, Vol. 7(1), March 2016, pp. 74-81

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

फूलपगडी phulapagadi

• name coined, for want of name; फूलपगडी phulapagadi = a small, fine, and costly kind of turban ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... named so, as the flowerhead alludes to a ornamental turban

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

गाँठे गोलिया gaanthe goliyaa, गग्लेटो gagleto, गकालेती gakaaletee, गोलीको goliko, खोले झार khole jhaar, खोले साग khole saag

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia

काला झार kaalaa jhaar (prevalent in Sikkim)

• Bharati, Kumar & Sharma, B.. (2012). Plants Used as Ethnoveterinary Medicines in Sikkim Himalayas. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 10. 10.17348/era.10.0.339-356.

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Arunachal Pradesh, *Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, *Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Nagaland, *Rajasthan, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Biological Diversity of Gujarat - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission
• Khanna, K K & Tiwari, Arjun & Shukla, Achuta. (2020). Six taxa of angiosperms as new distributional records for Chhattisgarh, India.
• Panday, Samiran & Sinha, Bk & Karmakar, Prakash. (2020). Thirty-Three New Additions to The Flora of Mizoram, India. Nelumbo. 62. 131-144. 10.20324/nelumbo/v62/2020/153869.
• Ghosh, Ajay & Paul, Tapas & Roychowdhuryist, P. (2022). Enumeration of Flowering Plants of Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. 13. 305-316.
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.1; last update June 16th, 2023. Last accessed 17/07/2023.

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 18:14 29-09-2024 ~~~~~

Urticaceae perennial herb "Lecanthus peduncularis" "Procris peduncularis" "Elatostema oppositifolium" "Elatostema ovatum" "stalked dischead"