Monday, 2 October 2023

Trigastrotheca pentaphylla (L.) Thulin

Trigastrotheca pentaphylla (L.) Thulin

¿ tri-gas-troh-THEE-kuh ? -- Greek: tris (three); gastros (stomach, belly); theca (cup, capsule), referring to the three-celled fruit ... Dave's Botanary
pen-tuh-FIL-uh -- Greek: penta (five); phyllum (leaf) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: African chickweed, five-leaved carpetweed • Assamese: পথাৰ সুন্দৰী বন pathara sundarai bana • Bengali: জল পাপরা jul-papra, খেত পাপরা khet-papra • Dogri: पपोड़ी papori • Gujarati: ઝરસ jharas • Hindi: चमस chamas, झरसी jharasi, खेत पापड़ khet papar, त्रियष्टि triyashti • Kannada: ಜರಾಸಿ jaraasi, ಕಾಗೆ ಪುರಳೆ kaage purale, ಪರ್ಪಾಟಕ parpaataka • Khamti: jaluk boon • Konkani: झरसी jharasi, कडवी भाजी kadvi bhaji • Malayalam: പർപ്പടകപ്പുല്ല് parpadakapullu • Marathi: झरसी jharasi • Mizo: va-umim-bung • Mundari: pah-kundla • Nepali: न्याउली nyaaulee • Odia: ପିତା ଗହମ pita-gohun • Rajasthani: चिरमोरा chirmora • Sanskrit: चमस chamas, ग्रीष्मसुन्दर grishmasundara, पर्पटक parpataka, त्रियष्टि triyashti • Tamil: சீரகப் பூண்டு cirakap-poondu, பாவைக்கீரை paavai-keerai • Telugu: వెర్రి చాదరాసి verri chatarasi • Tulu: ಪರ್ಪಾಟೊ parpato • Urdu: چمس chamas, کهيت پاپڙ khet papar, تريشٿي triyashti


botanical names: Trigastrotheca pentaphylla (L.) Thulin ... homotypic synonyms: Mollugo pentaphylla L. • Pharnaceum pentaphyllum (L.) Spreng. ... and more at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
African chickweed
five-leaved carpetweed
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
পথাৰ সুন্দৰী বন pathara sundarai bana
  • for Mollugo pentaphylla L. ... Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
  • for Mollugo pentaphylla L. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand
জল পাপরা jul-papra
খেত পাপরা khet-papra
  • for Mollugo pentaphylla L. ... Many thanks to Dr Tapas Chakrabarty for help with this name ... efloraofindia
  • for Mollugo pentaphylla L. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
  • old nomenclature used in this volume Mollugo stricta L. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
पपोड़ी papori
  • for Mollugo pentaphylla L. ... 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
ઝરસ jharas
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
चमस chamas, खेत पापड़ khet papar, त्रियष्टि triyashti
झरसी jharasi
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಜರಾಸಿ jaraasi
ಕಾಗೆ ಪುರಳೆ kaage purale
ಪರ್ಪಾಟಕ parpaataka
~~~~~ KHAMTI ~~~~~
written in: Lik-Tai [Khamti variation of Burmese (တဲး)ၵမ်းတီႈ / (တဲး)ၵံးတီႈ] ... spoken by: Tai-Khampti people in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Khampti
jaluk boon
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
झरसी jharasi
कडवी भाजी kadvi bhaji
  • WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge
  • कडवी kadvi = bitter; भाजी bhaji = greens ... leaves are cooked and eaten as a pot herb; a bitter flavour ... Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2023-09-28
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
പർപ്പടകപ്പുല്ല് parpadakapullu
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
झरसी jharasi
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
va-umim-bung
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
pah-kundla
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
न्याउली nyaaulee
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ପିତା ଗହମ pita-gohun
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
चिरमोरा chirmora
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
चमस chamas
ग्रीष्मसुन्दर grishmasundara
पर्पटक parpataka
त्रियष्टि triyashti
  • for Mollugo pentaphylla L. ... ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः ... त्रि tri = three; यष्टि yashti = having three stalks; perhaps referring to the stalked inflorescence
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
சீரகப் பூண்டு cirakap-poondu
பாவைக்கீரை paavai-keerai
  • Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... பாவை paavai = bitter-gourd; க்கீரை keerai = greens ... thus "bitter greens" ... ... leaves are cooked and eaten as a pot herb; a bitter flavour ... Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2023-09-28
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
వెర్రి చాదరాసి verri chatarasi
  • WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge
  • variants of the word చాదరాసి chatarasi: చేదరాసి chedarasi, చేతలాసి chetalasi, చేతరాసి chetarasi ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಪರ್ಪಾಟೊ parpato
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
چمس chamas, کهيت پاپڙ khet papar, تريشٿي triyashti
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Daman, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagar Haveli, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal
~~~~~ Last updated: 03/10/2023 ~~~~~
Molluginaceae annual herb "Trigastrotheca pentaphylla" "Mollugo pentaphylla" "Pharnaceum pentaphyllum" "African chickweed" "five-leaved carpetweed"
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