SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ... Wikisource
sen-si-TEE-vuh -- sensitive
commonly known as: sensitive smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • Bengali: নল কশীন nala-kashina • Gujarati: કાવળે kavale • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कवला kavla • Marathi: चिमुर्ली chimurli, लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla
botanical names: Smithia sensitiva Aiton ... homotypic synonyms: Damapana sensitiva (Aiton) Kuntze • Petagnana sensitiva (Aiton) J.F.Gmel. ... POWO, retrieved 01 September 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
sensitive smithia
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 01, 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
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নল কশীন nala-kashina
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
- the name rendered in native script needs validation
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
ओदाबिरनी odabirni
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
કાવળે kavale
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कवला kavla
- Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
चिमुर्ली chimurli
- The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla
- 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
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman & Nicobar islands, *Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, 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: 01 September 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 01/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).
~~~~~ Created on: 13:23 01-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 14:14 02-09-2024 ~~~~~
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