SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ... Wikisource
KON-fer-tuh or kon-FER-tuh -- crowded ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: congested flower smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • Dogri: लक्ष्मन बूटी laxman booti • Gujarati: લક્ષ્મણા lakshmana • Hindi: लक्ष्मणा lakshmana • Kannada: ಕುಡುಹುಲ್ಲು kuduhullu • Konkani: नाईची भाजी naichi bhaji • Malayalam: മുതിരപുല്ല് muthirapullu, തിരുതാളി thiruthaali • Marathi: बरका barka, नाईची भाजी naichi bhaji • Mundari: boror ara, loyong-masuria, pui-masuria • Nepali: लक्ष्मन बुटी laxman buti • Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣବୁଟି laxmanbuti • Punjabi: ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ lakshmana • Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा laksmana • Tamil: இலைகண்ணி ilaikanni • Telugu: లక్ష్మణా laksmana • Tulu: ಕುಡುಪಂತಿ kudupanthi • Urdu: لکشمنا lakshmana
botanical names: Smithia conferta Sm. ... homotypic synonyms: Damapana conferta (Sm.) Kuntze • Smithia geminiflora var. conferta (Sm.) Baker ... accepted infraspecifics: Smithia conferta var. conferta ... heterotypic synonyms: Smithia hispidissima Zoll. & Moritzi ... POWO, retrieved 29 August 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
congested flower smithia
- Flowers of India, retrieved August 29, 2024
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
অলক্ষণী alokhyani
- Many thanks to Ashim Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
लक्ष्मन बूटी laxman booti
- name derived from Sanskrit, for want of name
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
લક્ષ્મણા lakshmana
- name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
लक्ष्मणा lakshmana
- name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕುಡುಹುಲ್ಲು kuduhullu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... widely used as fodder and is believed to have properties similar to that of horse gram
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
नाईची भाजी naichi bhaji
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മുതിരപുല്ല് muthirapullu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... widely used as fodder and is believed to have properties similar to that of horse gram
തിരുതാളി thiruthaali
- Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बरका barka, नाईची भाजी naichi bhaji
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
boror ara, loyong-masuria, pui-masuria
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
लक्ष्मन बुटी laxman buti
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣବୁଟି laxmanbuti
- Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha.
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ lakshmana
- name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
लक्ष्मणा laksmana
- FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
இலைகண்ணி ilaikanni
- Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
లక్ష్మణా laksmana
- name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕುಡುಪಂತಿ kudupanthi
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... widely used as fodder and is believed to have properties similar to that of horse gram
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
لکشمنا lakshmana
- name borrowed from Sanskrit, for want of name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Balan, Anoop & Nair, S V Predeep. (2017). A taxonomic revision of the genus Smithia Ait. (Fabaceae) in South India. Taiwania. 62. 175-204. 10.6165/tai.2017.62.175.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes - Version 10.38 20 July 2010 [accessed: 30 August 2024]
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 27th, 2024. Last accessed 29/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).
~~~~~ Created on: 13:38 29-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 16:18 31-08-2024 ~~~~~
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