Names of Plants in India: Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight & Arn.

sood-ARTH-ree-uh -- from Greek pseudes (false) and anthron (joint); referring to the pods ... Dave's Botanary
VIS-kid-ah -- sticky ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: sticky desmodium, viscid pseudarthria • Bengali: আঠালোপর্ণী athaloparni • Gujarati: ચપકણો વેલો chapakno velo • Hindi: चपकनो chapakno • Kannada: ಅಂಟುಬೆಳೆ ಗಿಡ antubele gida, ಅಂಟುಪರ್ಣಿ antuparni, ಮೂವಿಲೆ moovile • Konkani: चिकटा chikta • Malayalam: മൂവില moovila, ശലപർണി shalaparni • Marathi: चिकटा chikta • Odia: ଶାଳପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ shaalaparnni • Sanskrit: पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni, शालपर्णी shaalaparni • Tamil: கொடி ஒட்டை koti ottai, மூவிலை பச்சிலை muvilai-paccilai, மூவிலைப்புன்னை muvilai-p-punnai, நீர்மல்லி neermalli • Telugu: మూయక muyak, ముయ్యాకు పొన్న muyyakuponna, నయాకు పొన్న nayakuponna • Tulu: ಮೂಜಿರೆ moojire

botanical names: Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight & Arn ... synonyms: ... several listed at POWO, retrieved 21 May 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

sticky desmodium, viscid pseudarthria

Flowers of India, retrieved May 21, 2024

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

আঠালোপর্ণী athaloparni

name coined, for want of name; আঠালো athalo = sticky, viscid; পর্ণী parni = leaved ... thus, sticky-leaved

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

ચપકણો વેલો chapakno velo

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

चपकनो chapakno

name borrowed from Gujarati, for want of name

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅಂಟುಬೆಳೆ ಗಿಡ antubele gida

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
ಅಂಟುಬೆಳೆ antubele = sticky fruit; ಗಿಡ gida = plant ... thus, sticky pod bearing plant

ಅಂಟುಪರ್ಣಿ antuparni

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅಂಟುಪರ್ಣಿ antuparni = sticky-leaved

ಮೂವಿಲೆ moovile

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಮೂವಿಲೆ moovile = three leaved or trifoliolate

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

चिकटा chikta

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name; चिकटा chikta = sticky ... referring to the plant's sticky nature

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

മൂവില moovila

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

ശലപർണി shalaparni

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

चिकटा chikta

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
चिकटा chikta = sticky ... referring to the plant's sticky nature

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ଶାଳପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ shaalaparnni

Kumar, Sanjeet & Supriya Devi, Rajkumari. (2020). Report on Floral Diversity of SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni, शालपर्णी shaalaparni

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

கொடி ஒட்டை koti ottai

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

மூவிலை பச்சிலை muvilai-paccilai

தமிழ் மூலிகை அருஞ்சொற்பொருள் - Tamil Herb Glossary
Tamil names of plants and trees found in Tamil Nadu - தமிழ் நாட்டின் தாவரங்களின் தமிழ் பெயர்கள்
மூவிலை muvilai = three-leaved; பச்சிலை paccilai = greens or fresh-leaved

மூவிலைப்புன்னை muvilai-p-punnai

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

நீர்மல்லி neermalli

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

మూయక muyak

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

ముయ్యాకు పొన్న muyyakuponna, నయాకు పొన్న nayakuponna

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಮೂಜಿರೆ moojire