Stylosanthes scabra Vogel

sty-lo-SAN-theez -- Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) ... Dave's Botanary
SKAY-bruh or SKAB-ruh -- rough ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: shrubby stylo • Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool • Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilathuvara • Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool • Tamil: சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo • Telugu: కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu


botanical names: Stylosanthes scabra Vogel ... heterotypic synonyms: Stylosanthes diarthra S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes gloiodes S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes plicata S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes scoparia Standl. & L.O.Williams • Stylosanthes subsericea S.F.Blake ... POWO, retrieved 09 October 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

shrubby stylo

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~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool

• name coined, for want of name; खड़ khar = coarse, rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; कलमफूल kalamphool = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu

• name coined, for want of name; ಒರಟು oratu = coarse, rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು kaddihoovu = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

നിലത്തുവര nilathuvara

• name coined, for want of name; many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with coining this name ... facebook ... നിലത്തുവര nilathuvara = ground pigeon pea ... named so, due to its 3-foliolate leaves, wild nature, resemblance of leaves with that of pigeon pea
• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool

• name coined, for want of name; उग्र ugra = rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; कलमफूल kalamphool = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo

• name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with coining this name ... efloraofindia ... சொர சொர sora sora = rough, coarse (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; பென்சில் பூ pencil poo = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu

• name coined, for want of name; కరకు karaku = rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; సలాకపువ్వు salakapuvvu = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes

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

Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Tamil Nadu; introduced, naturalized, cultivated

• observations in iNaturalist: Kerala
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 7th, 2024. Last accessed 09/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 10:55 09-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 12:01 13-10-2024 ~~~~~

Fabaceae Papilionaceae introduced naturalized cultivated tropical perennial herb "Stylosanthes scabra" "Stylosanthes diarthra" "Stylosanthes gloiodes" "Stylosanthes plicata" "Stylosanthes scoparia" "Stylosanthes subsericea" "shrubby stylo"