Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Torenia indica C.J.Saldanha

Torenia indica C.J.Saldanha

tor-EN-ee-uh -- named for Rev. Olof Toren, Swedish chaplain ... Dave's Botanary
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian wishbone flower • Gujarati: નાની તોરણીયા nani toraniya • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಾಗೆ ಹೂ sanna kaage hoo • Konkani: लहान कावळ्याचो दोळो lahan kavalyacho dolo • Marathi: तोरणी torani • Telugu: చిన్న మొగకూర chinna mogakura • Tulu: ಎಲ್ಯ ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂ elya kakke poo


botanical names: Torenia indica C.J.Saldanha ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 12 November 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Indian wishbone flower
  • for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved November 12, 2024
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
નાની તોરણીયા nani toraniya
  • name coined, for want of name; નાની nani = small, smaller; તોરણીયા toraniya = a name coined for Torenia asiatica L. ... named so, as T. indica is morphologically similar and smaller compared to T. asiatica
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಾಗೆ ಹೂ sanna kaage hoo
  • name coined, for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, smaller; ಕಾಗೆ ಹೂ kaage hoo = a name given to Torenia bicolor Dalzell ... name given to the flower ... the flower of T. indica is morphologically similar and smaller compared to that of T. bicolor
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
लहान कावळ्याचो दोळो lahan kavalyacho dolo
  • name coined, for want of name; लहान lahan = small, smaller; कावळ्याचो दोळो kavalyacho dolo = crow's eye (literal meaning), otherwise a name given to few plants, one of them being Torenia asiatica L. ... name given to the flower ... the flower of T. indica is morphologically similar and smaller compared to that of T. asiatica
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
तोरणी torani
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
  • Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
చిన్న మొగకూర chinna mogakura
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಎಲ್ಯ ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂ elya kakke poo
  • name coined, for want of name; ಎಲ್ಯ elya = small, smaller; ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂ kakke poo = a name given to Torenia bicolor Dalzell ... name given to the flower ... the flower of T. indica is morphologically similar and smaller compared to that of T. bicolor
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, !*Assam, !*Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, !*Himachal Pradesh, *Jharkhand, Karnataka, !*Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, !*Manipur, *Odisha, !*Punjab, !*Sikkim, !*Tamil Nadu, *Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
! distribution doubtful
~~~~~ Created on: 11:16 12-11-2024 ¦ Last updated: 18:20 13-11-2024 ~~~~~
Linderniaceae Scrophulariaceae Scrofulariaceae endemic annual herb "Torenia indica" "Indian wishbone flower"
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