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

• Flowers of India, retrieved August 31, 2024

~~~~~ 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

• The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay by Cooke, Theodore

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

Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• 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: 31 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 31/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ 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"