Limnophila repens (Benth.) Benth.

lim-no-FIL-uh -- Greek: límnee (pond), philos (friend) ... Dave's Botanary
REE-penz -- spreading, creeping ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: creeping marshweed • Bengali: মাইট্যা কেশরী maitya keshari • Hindi: कपूर kapur • Kannada: ಆಮರಗಂಧಿ amaragandhi, ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari • Malayalam: മാങ്ങനാറി maanganaari • Marathi: सरपट तुरटी sarpat turati • Mundari: उलि अड़आ uli ara • Sanskrit: आम्रगन्धः amragandhah • Tulu: ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari


botanical names: Limnophila repens (Benth.) Benth. ... homotypic synonyms: Stemodia repens Benth. ... heterotypic synonyms: Limnophila camphorata Hook.f. ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

creeping marshweed

• name coined, for want of name; derived from the scientific name; epithet repens = creeping; and marshweed, a generic name for many species of Limnophila

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

মাইট্যা কেশরী maitya keshari

• name prevalent in Bangladesh ... Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

कपूर kapur

• Geetanjali Singh and Jyoti Kumar. Diversity and traditional knowledge on some less known edible wild herbaceous plant resource from district Khunti, Jharkhand, India. International Journal of Bioassays 5.5 (2016): 4557-4562.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಆಮರಗಂಧಿ amaragandhi, ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಆಮರಗಂಧಿ amaragandhi, ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari = smelling of mango, named for the characteristic aroma of this plant

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

മാങ്ങനാറി maanganaari

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... മാങ്ങനാറി maanganaari = smelling of mango, named for the characteristic aroma of this plant
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

सरपट तुरटी sarpat turati

• name coined, for want of name; सरपट sarpat = creeping; तुरटी turati = name given to Limnophila indica

~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~

उलि अड़आ uli ara

• Geetanjali Singh and Jyoti Kumar. Diversity and traditional knowledge on some less known edible wild herbaceous plant resource from district Khunti, Jharkhand, India. International Journal of Bioassays 5.5 (2016): 4557-4562.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

आम्रगन्धः amragandhah

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... आम्रगन्धः amragandhah = smelling of mango, named for the characteristic aroma of this plant

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಮಾಂಗನ್ನಾರಿ maangannaari = smelling of mango, named for the characteristic aroma of this plant

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

*Andhra Pradesh, *Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Nagaland, *Odisha, *Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Telangana, West Bengal

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hazarika, S & Borthakur, Sashin. (2014). Hydrophytic flora of Assam: II. Diversity of aquatic and wetland vascular plants of Nagaon District of Assam, India. 8. 96-108.
• Gollamandala Ravi, Allam Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Banoth Sridevi, Dasari Veeranjaneyulu, 2022. Additions of two angiosperm species to the Flora of Telangana state, India. Bioscience Discovery, 13(1):35-40.
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.3; last update Aug. 5th, 2023. Last accessed 15/08/2023.

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

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Plantaginaceae amphibious tropical annual perennial "variable aquatic" herb "Limnophila repens" "Stemodia repens" "Limnophila camphorata" "creeping marshweed"