Saturday, 14 September 2024

Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.

Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.

sperm-a-KOH-see -- seed point, referring to the capsule being surrounded by calyx points ... Dave's Botanary
lat-ee-FOH-lee-uh or lat-ih-FOH-lee-uh -- wide leaves ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: broad-leaf buttonweed, oval-leaf false-buttonweed • Adi: eeing, tagin mikki • Bengali: শপিঁপড়া shapinpara • Kannada: ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi, ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti • Malayalam: തറുതാവൽ tharuthaaval, കുടൽചുരുക്കി kudalchurukki • Nepali: आलु झार aalu jhaar, आलु पाते aalu paate, पौंधी paundhi • Sanskrit: मदनघण्टा madanaghanta • Tulu: ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi


botanical names: Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. ... homotypic synonyms: Borreria latifolia (Aubl.) K.Schum. ... heterotypic synonyms: Spermacoce aspera Aubl. ... and more listed at POWO, retrieved 13 September 2024
NOTE: belongs in Diodia ... Diodia latifolia (Aubl.) comb.ined. ... or in a separate genus close to Diodia according to phylogeny. Frequently included in Spermacoce alata Aubl. or Spermacoce aspera Aubl. ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 27th, 2024. Last accessed 13/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
broad-leaf buttonweed
oval-leaf false-buttonweed
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
eeing, tagin mikki
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
শপিঁপড়া shapinpara
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi
ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
തറുതാവൽ tharuthaaval, കുടൽചുരുക്കി kudalchurukki
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
आलु झार aalu jhaar, आलु पाते aalu paate
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... facebook
पौंधी paundhi
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
bhuin kamla
paundhee
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
मदनघण्टा madanaghanta
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
introduced; naturalized
~~~~~ Created on: 19:57 13-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 13:40 16-09-2024 ~~~~~
Rubiaceae annual perennial naturalised herb "Diodia latifolia" "Spermacoce latifolia" "Borreria latifolia" "Spermacoce alata" "Spermacoce aspera" "broad-leaf buttonweed"

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