Names of Plants in India: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees

dye-CLIP-ter-uh -- Greek: diklis (double-folding); pteron (wing) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ boo-plur-OY-deez ? -- resembles plants of the genus Bupleurum

commonly known as: thorowax foldwing • Bengali: লাল ঝাঁটি lal jhanti, লাল শিরা lal sira • Dogri: कालू घा kaalu ghaa • Garhwali: सोरिउल soriul • Hindi: बौना bouna, सोमनी somni • Kashmiri: किरच kirch, सोमनी somni • Kumaoni: कुलड़तोड़े kulartore, कुथ्ही kuthhi, कवगोड़ी kawgori • Kurukh: khaparcha tia • Nepali: खुर्साने khursaane • Pahari: सौंधी saundhi • Punjabi: ਕਿਰਚ kirch, ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ lakshmana, ਸੋਮਣੀ somni

botanical names: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees) C.B.Clarke ... heterotypic synonyms: Dicliptera bupleuroides var. roxburghiana Panigrahi & Dubey • Dicliptera roxburghii T.Anderson ... and more at POWO, retrieved 25 April 2025

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

thorowax foldwing

Flowers of India, retrieved April 25, 2025

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

লাল ঝাঁটি lal jhanti, লাল শিরা lal sira

Dr. Debabrata Das - Vegetation Spectrum And Natural Beauty Of Bhadutala Forest In West Bengal, India. - IJSART - Volume 3 Issue 10 – OCTOBER 2017

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

कालू घा kaalu ghaa

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

सोरिउल soriul

Ravikant, Surbhi Pradhan, Mukesh Kumar, Amar P Garg, A Survey on Potential of Medicinal Plants found in the State of Uttarakhand, J Res Med Dent Sci, 2022, 10(S1): 103-107.
OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India - CSIR-NEIST

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

बौना bouna

Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956) by Chopra R. N. ... name prevalent in Simla, Himachal Pradesh

सोमनी somni

Renu, Bharti, Kumar, D., & Arya, P. (2023). Traditional uses of ethno-medicinal plants for the treatment of skin ailments in district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India. Environment Conservation Journal, 24(3), 47–53.

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur

किरच kirch, सोमनी somni

Akhtar S, Bachheti RK, Bachheti A, et al. Review of Traditional and Phytochemical Compounds in Herbs, Shrubs, Climbers, and Trees from Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory of Indian Subcontinent Used in Management of Respiratory Disorders. Natural Product Communications. 2025;20(4).

~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

कुलड़तोड़े kulartore, कुथ्ही kuthhi, कवगोड़ी kawgori

Negi, Chandra. (2021). PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SACRED FOREST OF THAL KE DHAR, DISTRICT PITHORAGARH AS POTENTIAL SITE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE.
the names rendered in native script need validation

~~~~~ KURUKH ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कुँड़ुख़), Assamese-Bangla (কুড়ুখ্), Odia (କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍), Kurukh Banna and Tolong Siki ... spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people ... spoken in: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura ... other names for this language: Kurux, Oraon, Uraon, Uranw

khaparcha tia

Noor N, Satapathy KB. Diversity of medicinally important leafy vegetables used by the tribes in Balasore district of Odisha, India. Plant Science Today. 2022; 9(4): 950–954.
the name needs to be checked whether it is spelt as one word, and needs to be rendered in any of its native scripts

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

खुर्साने khursaane

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
Flora of Nepal - नेपालका वनस्पति

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

सौंधी saundhi

OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India - CSIR-NEIST ... name prevalent in Himachal Pradesh

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਕਿਰਚ kirch, ਸੋਮਣੀ somni

for Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees) C.B.Clarke ... Plants of the Punjab : a descriptive key to the flora of the Punjab, North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir, by Bamber, Charles James ... the names of plants listed in this book are a mix of Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ lakshmana

for Dicliptera roxburghii T.Anderson ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

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

throughout (seems doubtful); otherwise: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 25/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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