lep-id-AG-ath-is -- Greek: lepis (scale); agathis (clew = ball of thread, yarn, or twine) ... Catalogue of the Plants
IN-kur-vuh or in-KUR-vuh -- incurved ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: curved lepidagathis • Bengali: কান্দিফুল kandi phool • Dogri: कंडैरा kandairaa, कंडेयारा kandeyaaraa • Garo: byiradimat-mengo-kime • Kannada: ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti • Mizo: vangvattur • Nepali: काँडे kaande, सेतो फुली seto phuli • Tulu: ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti
botanical names: Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ... accepted infraspecifics: Lepidagathis incurva var. incurva ... heterotypic synonyms: Lepidagathis hyalina Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 01 July 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
curved lepidagathis
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved July 01, 2025
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
কান্দিফুল kandi phool
- Mehedi Voice - Hasan Mehedi's blog
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
कंडैरा kandairaa, कंडेयारा kandeyaaraa
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
byiradimat-mengo-kime
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti = bone binder, indicates its therapeutic efficacy in healing bone fracture
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
vangvattur
- Rai, Prabhat & Lalramnghinglova, H. (2010). Lesser known ethnomedicinal plants of Mizoram, North East India: An Indo-Burma hotspot region. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 4. 1301-1307.
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
काँडे kaande, सेतो फुली seto phuli
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti = bone binder, indicates its therapeutic efficacy in healing bone fracture
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, Assam, *Bihar, *Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, *Kerala, *Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Punjab, *Rajasthan, Sikkim, *Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 01/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
- Jammu & Kashmir :: Janaki Ammal Herbarium - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu
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Created on: 19:24 01-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 20:09 02-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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