Sunday 6 August 2023

Leucas lanata Benth.

Leucas lanata Benth.

LOO-kus -- from the Greek leukos (white) ... Dave's Botanary
la-NA-tuh -- woolly ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: woolly leucas • Assamese: দোৰোণ doron • Bengali: দ্রোণ dron • Dogri: पहाड़ी फुम्मन pahari phumman • Hindi: बिसखपरा bis-khapra, धुरलू घास dhurlu ghaas, गुमा guma • Kannada: ದ್ರೋಣಪುಷ್ಪಿ dronapushpi • Malayalam: പെരുന്തുമ്പ perumthumpa • Marathi: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi • Sanskrit: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi • Tamil: சதும்பை catumpai


botanical names: Leucas lanata Benth. ... heterotypic synonyms: Leucas collina Dalzell • Leucas lanata var. nagpurensis C.B.Clarke ex Haines • Marrubium mollissimum D.Don ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
woolly leucas
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
দোৰোণ doron
  • Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. by V. Singh
  • or দ্ৰোণ dron ... XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
দ্রোণ dron
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
पहाड़ी फुम्मन pahari phumman
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
बिसखपरा bis-khapra
धुरलू घास dhurlu ghaas, गुमा guma
  • Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. by V. Singh
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ದ್ರೋಣಪುಷ್ಪಿ dronapushpi
  • name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name; ದ್ರೋಣ drona = cup, vessel; ಪುಷ್ಪಿ pushpi = flower; a generic name given to most species of Leucas, of which the flower alludes to cup-like structure, especially the calyx
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
പെരുന്തുമ്പ perumthumpa
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi
  • name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name; द्रोण drona = cup, vessel; पुष्पी pushpi = flower; a generic name given to most species of Leucas, of which the flower alludes to cup-like structure, especially the calyx
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi
  • Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. by V. Singh
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
சதும்பை catumpai
  • name borrowed of the Malabar catamint, Anisomeles malabarica, for want of name; சதும்பை catumpai = a very soft woolly plant; தும்பை tumpai = a generic name given to most of Leucas species ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~
Assam, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, *Rajasthan, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
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Lamiaceae Labiatae "hardy perennial" shrub herb "Leucas lanata" "Leucas collina" "Marrubium mollissimum" "woolly leucas"

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