Names of Plants in India: Medicago sativa L.

med-DIK-ah-go -- from the ancient Greek medike - meaning medic grass ... Dave's Botanary • PlantUse English
sa-TEE-vuh -- cultivated ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: alfalfa, buffalo herb, lucerne, purple medic • Gujarati: ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas, લચકો lachko, રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas, વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi • Hindi: अल्फाल्फा alfalfa, लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka • Kachchhi: રીંજકો rinjako • Kannada: ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha, ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu • Kashmiri: बेरसीन् baerseen • Konkani: लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen • Ladakhi: Yarkandi ole • Malayalam: അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen • Marathi: लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat • Nepali: लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa • Punjabi: ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha, ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਲੂਸਣ lusana, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi • Rajasthani: रिज़का rijka • Sanskrit: अश्वाबला ashvabala • Tamil: குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal • Telugu: అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha • Urdu: برسیم bersim

botanical names: Medicago sativa L. ... accepted infraspecifics: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

alfalfa, lucerne

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

buffalo herb (or buffalo grass), purple medic

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

લચકો lachko

Patel, Mayur & Punjani, Bhasker. (2021). A study of angiosperm diversity in Bayad taluka of Aravalli district, Gujarat. International Journal of Botany. 6. 709-718.
Biological Diversity of Gujarat - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission

રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas

ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - ગુજરાતી ભાષાનો સર્વપ્રથમ વિશ્વકોશ (એન્સાઈક્લોપીડિયા)

વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi

FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

अल्फाल्फा alfalfa

विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश

लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

રીંજકો rinjako

FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha

ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ

ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir

बेरसीन् baerseen

Many thanks to Shakir Ahmad for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: Ladakh

Yarkandi ole

this name needs to be put in the native script
Ahmad, Suheel, J. P. Singh and Deepak Kumar Verma. "Inventory of Important Fodder Plants of Ladakh Himalaya." (2020).

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala

അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen