Names of Plants in India: Senna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

SEN-nuh -- Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush ... Dave's Botanary
her-SOO-tuh -- hairy ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: woolly cassia, woolly senna • Assamese: দুমদুমী dumdumi, শুঙাল কালিসোন্দা shungal kalisonda • Bengali: বড় চাকুন্দা bara chakunda • Bodo: sumu bipang • Gujarati: પરદેશી આવળ pardeshi aaval • Hindi: विलायती तरवर vilayati tarwar • Kannada: ಅಡವಿ ತಂಗಡಿ adavi thangadi • Khamti: kungu • Konkani: फिरंगी तैकिळो phirangi taikilo • Lotha: khokshu ehmuo • Malayalam: പൊന്നാവീരം ponnaaveeram • Manipuri: ꯊꯧꯅꯝ thounam • Marathi: केसाळ तरवड kesal tarvad • Mizo: sab-daru • Odia: ବଡ଼ ଚାକୁଣ୍ଡା bada chakunda • Tamil: மலையாவாரை malaiyavarai, மலையாவாரம் malaiyavaram, மலையாவிரை malaiyavirai • Telugu: నూగు తంగేడు nugu tangedu • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತಜಂಕ್ kattu thajanku

botanical names: Senna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ... homotypic synonyms: Cassia hirsuta L. • Ditremexa hirsuta (L.) Britton & Rose ... and accepted infraspecifics listed at POWO, retrieved 19 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

woolly cassia

Flowers of India, retrieved August 19, 2024

woolly senna

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

দুমদুমী dumdumi, শুঙাল কালিসোন্দা shungal kalisonda

Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

বড় চাকুন্দা bara chakunda

Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro

sumu bipang

Mochahary B, Brahma S, Kalita M, Goyal AK. Characterisation of indigenous plants for herbal formulations preparation based on pharmacognostic and physiochemical data. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2022 Aug. 3 [cited 2024 Aug. 19];9(sp2):8-17.

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

પરદેશી આવળ pardeshi aaval

name coined, for want of name; પરદેશી pardeshi = foreign (exotic, in this context); આવળ aaval = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, because the plant is not a native of India, and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

विलायती तरवर vilayati tarwar

name coined, for want of name; विलायती vilayati = foreign (exotic, in this context); तरवर tarwar = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, because the plant is not a native of India, and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅಡವಿ ತಂಗಡಿ adavi thangadi

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅಡವಿ adavi = wild; ತಂಗಡಿ thangadi = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, because this exotic plant tends to naturalize in wild;, and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata

~~~~~ 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

kungu

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 August 2024
the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

फिरंगी तैकिळो phirangi taikilo

name coined, for want of name; फिरंगी phirangi = Portuguese, foreign (exotic, in this context); तैकिळो taikilo = a name given to Senna tora ... name coined so, because the plant is not a native of India, and for its morphological similarities to Senna tora
Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. ... name listed as तैकोळो taykolo ... but just "taykolo" is a name given to Senna tora, whose edible leaves' fritters are a popular Konkani delicacy

~~~~~ LOTHA ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland, Assam ... other names for this language: Chizima, Choimi, Hlota, Kyong, Lhota, Lutha, Miklai, Tsindir, and Tsontsii ... spoken by: the Lothas, also known as Kyongs

khokshu ehmuo

for Cassia hirsuta L. ... Jamir, N.S. & Takatemjen, & Limasemba,. (2010). Traditional knowledge of Lotha-Naga tribes in Wokha district, Nagaland. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9. 45-48.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

പൊന്നാവീരം ponnaaveeram

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
Anil Kumar K A and Udayan P S - Plant diversity of the Attappady hills, Western Ghats - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei

ꯊꯧꯅꯝ thounam

Flowers of India, retrieved August 19, 2024

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

केसाळ तरवड kesal tarvad

name coined, for want of name; केसाळ kesal = hairy / woolly; तरवड tarvad = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, for the plant's hairy nature and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

sab-daru

for Cassia hirsuta L. ... Mizoram Hmulphurh leh Thlai Hmingte (Mizo - Botanical names) THUHMAHRUAI - by R.Thansanga

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ବଡ଼ ଚାକୁଣ୍ଡା bada chakunda

Sibangini Misra - Survey of edible plants for human consumption in south Odisha, India, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, (UGC and ISSN approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp277-296, December-2020

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

மலையாவாரை malaiyavarai

Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge

மலையாவாரம் malaiyavaram

Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge

மலையாவிரை malaiyavirai

Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

నూగు తంగేడు nugu tangedu

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

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

ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತಜಂಕ್ kattu thajanku

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಕಾಟ್ಟು kattu = wild; ತಜಂಕ್ thajanku = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, because this exotic plant tends to naturalize in wild;, and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata

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

introduced; planted as ornamental, has tendency to escape and naturalize

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 13th, 2024. Last accessed 19/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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