Names of Plants in India: Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble

mew-say-EN-duh -- Latinized form of Sinhalese name of the plant, මුස්සැන්ද mussaenda ... Dave's Botanary
GLAB-rah-tuh -- somewhat smooth ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: dhobi tree, white flag, wild mussaenda • Hindi: बेदिना bedina • Kannada: ಬೆಲ್ಲೊಟ್ಟಿ bellotti, ಬಿಳಿ ಎಲೆ ಗಿಡ bili yele gida • Konkani: सरवडी sarvadi • Malayalam: വെള്ളില vellila • Malvani: शेरवाड shervaad • Marathi: भूतकेस bhutakesa, सरवड sarvad • Sanskrit: श्रीवाटी shrivati • Tamil: வெள்ளையிலை vellaiyilai, வெள்ளை மடந்தை vellimadandai

botanical names: Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble ... homotypic synonyms: Mussaenda frondosa var. glabrata Hook.f. ... POWO, retrieved 16 October 2023

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

dhobi tree

Indian Medicinal Plants, Phytochemistry And Therapeutics (IMPPAT 2.0) database (released on June 17, 2022)

white flag

Glimpses of Biodiversity in Panaji

wild mussaenda

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

बेदिना bedina

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಲ್ಲೊಟ್ಟಿ bellotti

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
or ಬೆಲ್ಲೊಟ್ಟೆ bellotte ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
or ಬೆಳ್ಳೋತಿ bellothi ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ಬಿಳಿ ಎಲೆ ಗಿಡ bili yele gida

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

सरवडी sarvadi

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
or शरवड sharwad ... Glimpses of Biodiversity in Panaji

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വെള്ളില vellila

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords

शेरवाड shervaad

Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

भूतकेस bhutakesa

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
or भूतकेशी bhutakeshi ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

सरवड sarvad

Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
or सारवड saarvad ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

श्रीवाटी shrivati