Names of Plants in India: Lipoblepharis urticifolia subsp. urticifolia

¿ li-po-BLEH-far-is ? -- ¿ Greek: leipo (to fall); blepharis (eyelash, fringed) ?
ur-tik-ih-FOH-lee-uh -- nettle-leaved; also spelled urticaefolia ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: nettle-leaved wedelia • Assamese: ভৃংগৰাজ bhringaraj • Bodo: भिंगराज bhingaraj • Garo: sok-so • Kannada: ಭ್ರಂಗರಾಜ bhringaraaja, ಗರ್ಗರಿ gargari, ಕೇಶರಾಜ kesharaaja • Konkani: आंबली ambli • Marathi: खुरासन khurasan • Odia: ପାର୍ବତୀଜୀରା parbatijeera • Rabha: ভিংগৰাজ bhingaraj • Santali: ᱢᱟᱹᱥᱩᱲᱰᱟᱝ masurdan • Tamil: மஞ்சள் கரிசலை manjal karisalai

botanical names: Lipoblepharis urticifolia (Blume) Orchard ... homotypic synonyms: Verbesina urticifolia Blume • Wedelia urticifolia (Blume) DC. • Wollastonia urticifolia (Blume) Hassk. ... accepted infraspecifics: Lipoblepharis urticifolia subsp. urticifolia ... heterotypic synonyms: Wedelia montana var. wallichii (Less.) H.Koyama • Wedelia urticifolia var. wallichii (Less.) DC. • Wedelia wallichii Less. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 30 January 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

nettle-leaved wedelia

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved January 30, 2025

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

ভৃংগৰাজ bhringaraj

for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro

भिंगराज bhingaraj

for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

sok-so

for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಭ್ರಂಗರಾಜ bhringaraaja, ಗರ್ಗರಿ gargari, ಕೇಶರಾಜ kesharaaja (or ಕೇಶರಾಜಿ kesharaaji)

for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

आंबली ambli

for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
the name rendered in native script needs validation ... could be आंबळी ambli

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

खुरासन khurasan

for want of name, popularising the name prevalent in Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ପାର୍ବତୀଜୀରା parbatijeera

for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya

ভিংগৰাজ bhingaraj

for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

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

ᱢᱟᱹᱥᱩᱲᱰᱟᱝ masurdan

for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

மஞ்சள் கரிசலை manjal karisalai

for Wedelia urticifolia (Blume) DC. ... Nisha, Mathan C; Rajeshkumar, Sevanan - Survey of crude drugs from Coimbatore city - IJNPR, Vol. 1(3), September 2010, pp. 376-383
for Wedelia urticifolia (Blume) DC. ... KALAISELVAN, M., and R. GOPALAN. “ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON SELECTED WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY IRULA TRIBES OF BOLAMPATTY VALLEY, NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE (NBR), SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA”. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, vol. 7, no. 6, Feb. 2014, pp. 22-26.

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

*Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, *Bihar, *Chhatisgarh, Goa, *Gujarat, Karnataka, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.01; last update January 28th, 2025. Last accessed 30/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
Andhra Pradesh :: for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal :: Wikispecies - the free species directory
Assam :: for Wedelia wallichii Less. ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
Bihar :: for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... Saurabh Sachan, Anant Kumar, Partha Partim Ghoshal and Kumar Avinash Bharati - Checklist and Key to the Asteraceae of Bihar, India - Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2020). 7(4): 1-20
Goa :: for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
Gujarat :: for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... Checklist of Gujarat Flora
Karnataka :: for Wedelia urticaefolia (Blume) DC. ... Kavitha Sagar and Shivashankar P.N. (2023).Compositae of Chitradurga District, Karnataka: A Checklist and Key. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(6): 414-425.
Madhya Pradesh :: for Wedelia urticifolia var. wallichii (Less.) DC. ... Wagh, Vijay & Jain, Ashok. (2014). Floristic Diversity of Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India. 6. 146-167. 10.5829/idosi.ajps.2013.6.4.1116.