Names of Plants in India: Urena lobata subsp. sinuata (L.) Borss.Waalk.

ur-REE-nuh -- derived from the Malayalam name of the plant urem or uren (ഊരം) ... Dave's Botanary • SE-EPPC
low-BAH-tuh -- lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe ... Dave's Botanary
sin-yoo-AY-tuh or sin-yoo-AH-tuh -- with a wavy margin ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: aramina, bur mallow, Congo jute, guaxima • Bengali: কঙ্গুয়া kungooya • Gujarati: વગડાઉ ભીંડો vagadau bhindo • Hindi: कुंजिया kunjiya, लोटलोटी lotloti • Kachchhi: સણ ભીંડો san bhindo • Kannada: ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಗಿಡ bekkina hejje gida, ಕಾಡು ತುತ್ತಿ kaadu thutthi • Malayalam: ഊരം uram, ഉത്തിരം uthiram • Manipuri: ꯁꯝꯄꯥꯛꯄꯤ সমপাকপী sampakpi • Marathi: लिची lichi, रानकापशी raan kapashi • Sanskrit: अतिबला atibala, बला bala, नागबला nagabala • Santali: ᱢᱚᱴᱟ ᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱴᱮᱛ mota bhidi janatet • Tamil: ஒட்டுத்துத்தி ottu-t-tutti • Telugu: నల్ల బెండ nalla benda, పడనికాడ padanikaada, పిల్లిమంకెన piliyamankena • Tulu: ಬೊಳ್ಡು ಉರ್ಕಿ boldu urki

botanical names: Urena lobata subsp. sinuata (L.) Borss.Waalk. ... homotypic synonyms: Urena sinuata L. ... POWO, retrieved 29 December 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

aramina, Congo jute, guaxima

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

bur mallow

Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa & Acevedo, Pedro. (2022). Urena sinuata (bur mallow). CABI Compendium. CABI Compendium. 10.1079/cabicompendium.119268.
or lobe-leaved burr mallow ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

কঙ্গুয়া kungooya

Many thanks to Surajit Koley for help with this name ... efloraofindia
BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

વગડાઉ ભીંડો vagadau bhindo

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

कुंजिया kunjiya, लोटलोटी lotloti

FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

સણ ભીંડો san bhindo

PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಗಿಡ bekkina hejje gida

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
Parimala, R & Hegde, G R (2011) - Flora of Dharwad district - Part 1 - Shodhganga

ಕಾಡು ತುತ್ತಿ kaadu thutthi

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ഊരം uram, ഉത്തിരം uthiram

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei

ꯁꯝꯄꯥꯛꯄꯤ সমপাকপী sampakpi

Flowers of India, retrieved December 29, 2024

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लिची lichi, रानकापशी raan kapashi

FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

अतिबला atibala, नागबला nagabala

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

बला bala

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha

ᱢᱚᱴᱟ ᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱴᱮᱛ mota bhidi janatet

BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

ஒட்டுத்துத்தி ottu-t-tutti

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... or ஓட்டுத்துத்தி ottu-t-tutti
or ஓட்டுத்துத்தி ottu-t-tutti ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

నల్ల బెండ nalla benda, పడనికాడ padanikaada, పిల్లిమంకెన piliyamankena

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಬೊಳ್ಡು ಉರ್ಕಿ boldu urki

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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

widespread in mainland and all her islands

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.12; last update December 15th, 2024. Last accessed 29/12/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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