Scutellaria violacea B.Heyne ex Benth.

skew-teh-LARE-ee -- saucer OR shield-shaped ... Dave's Botanary
vy-oh-LAH-see-uh or vy-oh-LAH-say-uh -- violet-colored ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: violet skullcap • Kannada: ಕಾಡುತುಳಸಿ kaadutulasi • Malayalam: കാട്ടുതുളസി kaattuthulasi • Nepali: कालो भेरी kaalo bheree • Tamil: நோவு பச்சிலை novu pacchilai • Telugu: అడవి పుదీనా adavi pudina


botanical names: Scutellaria violacea B.Heyne ex Benth. ... accepted infraspecifics: Scutellaria violacea var. violacea ... ... and many heterotypic synonyms listed at POWO, retrieved 14 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

violet skullcap

• Flowers of India, retrieved August 14, 2024

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕಾಡುತುಳಸಿ kaadutulasi

• name borrowed from Malayalam, for want of name; ಕಾಡು kaadu = wild; ತುಳಸಿ tulasi = any of the fragrant plants of the mint family ... thus wild mint

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കാട്ടുതുളസി kaattuthulasi

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
• Jose Mathew - Floristic and ethnobotanical studies of Achankovil forests Western Ghats Kerala - Shodhganga

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

कालो भेरी kaalo bheree

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

நோவு பச்சிலை novu pacchilai

• Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help rendering this name in native script via personal communication
• Ayyanar, Muniappan & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu. (2005). Medicinal plants used by the tribals of Tirunelveli hills, Tamil Nadu to treat poisonous bites and skin diseases. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 4. 229-236.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

అడవి పుదీనా adavi pudina

• name coined, for want of name; many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with coining this name ... efloraofindia ... అడవి adavi = wild; పుదీనా pudina = mint ... thus wild mint

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

Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, *Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 13th, 2024. Last accessed 14/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 19:14 14-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 11:59 17-08-2024 ~~~~~

Lamiaceae "straggling herb" "Scutellaria violacea" "violet skullcap"