Pavetta siphonantha Dalzell

pa-WET-tah -- genus name derived from the Tamil name of plant - pavattai (பாவட்டை)
¿ sy-foh-NAN-tha ? -- from the Greek siphon (tube) and anthos (flower) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: tubeflower pavetta • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಾಪಟೆ dodda paapate • Konkani: व्हडली फापटी vhadli phapti • Malayalam: വലിയ പാവട്ട valiya paavatta • Marathi: मोठी पापटी mothi papati • Tamil: பெரிய பாவட்டை periya paavattai


botanical names: Pavetta siphonantha Dalzell ... homotypic synonyms: Pavetta hispidula var. siphonantha (Dalzell) Hook.f. ... POWO, retrieved 24 March 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

tubeflower pavetta

• name coined, derived from the binomial, for want of name

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಾಪಟೆ dodda paapate

• name coined, for want of name; ದೊಡ್ಡ dodda = larger; ಪಾಪಟೆ paapate = name given to Pavetta indica L.

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

व्हडली फापटी vhadli phapti

• name coined, for want of name; व्हडली vhadli = larger; फापटी phapti = name given to Pavetta indica L.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വലിയ പാവട്ട valiya paavatta

• name coined, for want of name; വലിയ valiya = larger; പാവട്ട paavatta = name given to Pavetta indica L.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

मोठी पापटी mothi papati

• name coined, for want of name; मोठी mothi = larger; पापटी papati = name given to Pavetta indica L.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

பெரிய பாவட்டை periya paavattai

• name coined, for want of name; பெரிய periya = larger; பாவட்டை paavattai = name given to Pavetta indica L.

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

Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.2; last update March 18th, 2024. Last accessed 24/03/2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 24-03-2024 ~~~~~

Rubiaceae shrub "Pavetta siphonantha" "Pavetta hispidula var siphonantha" "tube-flowered pavetta"