boo-PLUR-rum -- Greek: boupleuros (ox-rib), a name given to another plant ... Dave's Botanary
kan-DOLE-ee-eye -- named for Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss professor of botany, founder of a classification system and renowned author ... compiled from web
commonly known as: hare's ear, Himalayan thorowax, thorowax root • Nepali: चदु chadu, मिर्मिरे mirmire • Pahari: काली बूटी kali booti, कालीगेवर kaligewar
botanical names: Bupleurum candollei Wall. ex DC. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 15 May 2026
Bibliography / etymology / notes
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
hare's ear, Himalayan thorowax, thorowax root
- Flowers of India, retrieved June 1, 2026
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
चदु chadu
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... eFloraofIndia
- or छत्तु chattu ... Turner, R. L. (Ralph Lilley), Sir. A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1931.
मिर्मिरे mirmire
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... eFloraofIndia
~~~~~ 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
काली बूटी kali booti
- Awan, M. S., Dar, M. E. U. I., Hussain, K., Sabir, S., Iqbal, T., Mehmood, A., & Habib, T. (2023). Ethnomedicinal utilization and conservation status of highland flora from Western Himalayas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 26, 1–20. ... (accessed: June 1, 2026)
कालीगेवर kaligewar
- Sharma, Parveen & Chauhan, Narain & Lal, Brij & Husaini, Amjad & Teixeira da Silva, Jaime & Punam, Arnab. (2010). Conservation of Phyto-diversity of Parvati Valley in Northwestern Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh-India. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Science and Biotechnology. 4. 47-63. ... (accessed: June 1, 2026)
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Arunachal Pradesh, **Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.05; last update Mar. 20th, 2026. Last accessed 01/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).
** distribution doubtful / excluded ... Listed in historical global checklists due to the legacy definition of "Greater Assam". Excluded from modern state flora due to a total lack of suitable high-altitude alpine or sub-alpine habitat (1,800m+). No verified modern field records exist within current state limits. ... compiled from web
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Created on: 12:37 01-06-2026 ¦ Last updated: 17:53 01-06-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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