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
- Flowers of India, retrieved September 13, 2024
oval-leaf false-buttonweed
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
eeing, tagin mikki
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 14 September 2024
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
শপিঁপড়া shapinpara
- name prevalent in Tripura ... for Spermacoce alata Aubl. ... Flora - Mehedi Voice
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi = channeled stick ... named so, for the plant's angled or channeled stem
ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
തറുതാവൽ tharuthaaval, കുടൽചുരുക്കി kudalchurukki
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ 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
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... facebook
- for Spermacoce alata Aubl. ... Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208.
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
bhuin kamla
- for Spermacoce alata Aubl. ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha
- the name needs to be rendered in native script
paundhee
- Chauhan, Monali & Dimri, Rakhee & Kumar, Sanjeet & Pradhan, Ilarani. (2021). Common medicinal plants of Dhenkanal (Odisha), India.
- the name needs to be rendered in native script
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
मदनघण्टा madanaghanta
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi = channeled stick ... named so, for the plant's angled or channeled stem
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
introduced; naturalized
- Sivarajan, Vivek, Rakesh Vasudevan Nair and T U Ahmed Kunju. Genus Spermacoce Linn. (Rubiaceae) in India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant Sci.), Vol. 97, No. 4, August 1987, pp. 347-358.
- 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).
~~~~~ Created on: 19:57 13-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 13:40 16-09-2024 ~~~~~
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