Saturday, 31 August 2024

Smithia purpurea Hook.

Smithia purpurea Hook.

SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ... Wikisource
pur-PUR-ee-uh -- purple ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: purple smithia • Kannada: ನೇರಳೆ ಹುರುಳಿ nerale huruli • Marathi: बरका barka, बुरकुर burkur


botanical names: Smithia purpurea Hook. ... homotypic synonyms: Damapana purpurea (Hook.) Kuntze ... POWO, retrieved 31 August 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
purple smithia
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ನೇರಳೆ ಹುರುಳಿ nerale huruli
  • name coined, for want of name; ನೇರಳೆ nerale = purple; ಹುರುಳಿ huruli = name given to horse gram ... for the purple coloured flower, and use of plant by animals as forage
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बरका barka
  • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
बुरकुर burkur
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 13:01 31-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 12:44 01-09-2024 ~~~~~
Fabaceae Papilionaceae endemic annual herb "Smithia purpurea" "Damapana purpurea" "purple smithia"

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