¿ ur-AY-ree-uh ? -- Greek: oura, meaning tail, referring to the bracts ... Cyclopedia of American Horticulture
roo-FES-enz -- becoming reddish ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: hooked uraria, purple feather bush, rufous uraria • Assamese: আছুৰা বন achuraa-bana, সৰু বিয়নী সাবতা saru biyani sabata • Bengali: শালপান salpan • Dogri: गुलाबी छामरा gulaabee chhaamara • Gujarati: સાલપર્ણી salaparni • Hindi: महादेव जटा mahadev jata • Kannada: ಅಂಟುಬೆಳೆ ಗಿಡ antubele gida, ಮೂವಿಲೆ moovile • Malayalam: വലിയ മൂവില valiya moovila • Odia: ଶାଳପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ salaparnni • Sanskrit: पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni, शालपर्णी salaparni • Tulu: ಮೂಜಿರೆ moojire
botanical names: Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl. ... homotypic synonyms: Desmodium rufescens DC. ... heterotypic synonyms: Uraria hamosa (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... and many more listed at POWO, retrieved 26 December 2024
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
hooked uraria, rufous uraria
- Flowers of India, retrieved December 26, 2024
purple feather bush
- Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
আছুৰা বন achuraa-bana, সৰু বিয়নী সাবতা saru biyani sabata
- for Desmodium rufescens DC. ... Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
শালপান salpan
- for Uraria hamosa (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
गुलाबी छामरा gulaabee chhaamara
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
સાલપર્ણી salaparni
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
महादेव जटा mahadev jata
- name prevalent in Bihar ... for Uraria hamosa (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಅಂಟುಬೆಳೆ ಗಿಡ antubele gida, ಮೂವಿಲೆ moovile
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅಂಟುಬೆಳೆ antubele = sticky fruit; ಗಿಡ gida = plant ... thus, sticky pod bearing plant | മൂവില moovila = three-leaved plant
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
വലിയ മൂവില valiya moovila
- AnilKumar N., Salim P.M., Balakrishnan V., Sivan V.V. (2001) - Medicinal Plants known from Wayanad - M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
- or മൂവില moovila ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
- വലിയ valiya = big, large; മൂവില moovila = trifoliate ... in this context, larger among the common three-leaved plants
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଶାଳପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ salaparnni
- for Uraria hamosa (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
- B. K. Patnaik and S. P. Rath - Micro-hotspots of medicinal plants in KBK districts of Odisha, India - Plant Science Research, Vol. 36 2014, Pages : 27-33
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni, शालपर्णी salaparni
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
- पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni = plant with markings on the leaves, variegated leaves | this name is shared by several plants | Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC. could be considered as the authentic पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni ... reference: Aparna S; From the proceedings of Insight Ayurveda 2013, Coimbatore. 24th and 25th May 2013. PA02.16. Identification of the authentic species of Prsniparni using etymological analysis, microscopical and phytochemical studies. Anc Sci Life. 2013 Jan;32(Suppl 2):S61. doi: 10.4103/0257-7941.123880. PMCID: PMC4147534.
- शालपर्णी salaparni = sal-leaved, leaves resembling to those of Sal tree, Shorea robusta Gaertn. OR syn. Vatica robusta Steud. | though this name is shared by many plants, most of them are known to bear trifoliate leaves, thus do not qualify for the name meaningfully | perhaps the plants have got this name for therapeutic abilities similar to the most aptly named - Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಮೂಜಿರೆ moojire
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಮೂಜಿರೆ moojire = three-leaved plant
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*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
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.12; last update December 15th, 2024. Last accessed 26/12/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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