Names of Plants in India: Smithia hirsuta Dalzell

SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ... Wikisource
her-SOO-tuh -- hairy ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hairy smithia • Kannada: ಕೂದಲುಳ್ಳ ಹುರುಳಿ koodalulla huruli • Konkani: कवला kavla • Marathi: कवला kawla • Tamil: முடி இலைகண்ணி mudi ilaikanni

botanical names: Smithia hirsuta Dalzell ... heterotypic synonyms: Smithia blanda var. humilis Prain ... POWO, retrieved 30 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hairy smithia

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved August 30, 2024

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕೂದಲುಳ್ಳ ಹುರುಳಿ koodalulla huruli

name coined, for want of name; ಕೂದಲುಳ್ಳ koodalulla = hairy; ಹುರುಳಿ huruli = name given to horse gram ... for the hairy nature of the plant, and its use by animals as forage

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

कवला kavla

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

कवला kawla

Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
variant of: कौला kaula = a particular esculent vegetable | a large sort of orange | tender and fresh; young and blooming — a plant, a fruit ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
variant of: कवळा kavala, and the commoner word कोवळा kovala = tender and fresh ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

முடி இலைகண்ணி mudi ilaikanni

name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with coining the name ... efloraofindia ... முடி mudi = hairy; இலைகண்ணி ilaikanni = a name given to Smithia conferta Sm. ... for the hairy nature of the plant

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

*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu

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 8th, 2024. Last accessed 30/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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

~~~~~ Created on: 15:49 30-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 11:40 03-09-2024 ~~~~~