Names of Plants in India: Scleropyrum pentandrum (Dennst.) Mabb.

skler-oh-PY-rus -- Greek: skleros (hard), pyrus (pear) ... Dave's Botanary
pen-TAN-drum -- five stamens ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hard pear tree, thorny castor • Kannada: ಬೆಂಡುಗ benduga, ಬೊಡ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹಲ್ಲು bodlige hallu, ಬೋಡುಳಿಕೆಹುಲ್ಲು bodulike hullu, ಮುಳ್ಳು ಹರಳು mullu haralu, ನಾಯಿಕುಳಿ naayikuli • Konkani: एलटी कांटो elati kamto • Malayalam: ഇരുമുള്ളി irumulli • Marathi: कुक्कुरदंत kukkuradanta • Tamil: இருமுல்லி irumulli • Tulu: ನಾಯಿಕ್ಕೂಲಿ naaikkuli

botanical names: Scleropyrum pentandrum (Dennst.) Mabb. ... homotypic synonyms: Pothos pentandrus Dennst. ... heterotypic synonyms: Scleropyrum wallichianum (Wight & Arn.) Arn. ... POWO, retrieved 13 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hard pear tree

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved August 13, 2024

thorny castor

coined name (literal translation of Kannada name), for want of name; many thanks to Niranjan Prabhu for his help with the Kannada name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಂಡುಗ benduga

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ... or ಬೆಂಡುಲಿಕೆ bendulike
for Scleropyrum wallichianum (Wight & Arn.) Arn. ... The Forest Trees of Mysore and Coorg by Cameron, John, F. L. S. Ed
for Scleropyrum wallichianum (Wight & Arn.) Arn. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or ಬೆಂಡುಳಿಗೆ bendulige

ಬೊಡ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹಲ್ಲು bodlige hallu

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ - ಒಂಜಿ ಸೊತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

ಮುಳ್ಳು ಹರಳು mullu haralu

Many thanks to Niranjan Prabhu for his help with this name ... facebook

ನಾಯಿಕುಳಿ naayikuli

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
for Scleropyrum wallichianum (Wight & Arn.) Arn. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ನಾಯಿಕುಳಿ naayikuli = dog tooth ... named so, for its therapeutic efficacy against dog bite

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

एलटी कांटो elati kamto

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ഇരുമുള്ളി irumulli

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

कुक्कुरदंत kukkuradanta

name derived from Kannada (ನಾಯಿಕುಳಿ naayikuli = dog tooth), for want of name

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

இருமுல்லி irumulli

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

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

ನಾಯಿಕ್ಕೂಲಿ naaikkuli