Friday, 25 September 2026

Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.

Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.

lep-ta-DEE-nee-a or lep-ta-DEN-ee-a -- thin glands ... Dave's Botanary
pie-ro-TEK-ni-ka -- Greek: pyr (fire); techne (art, craft, or skill); translates literally to "fire-working" ... compiled from the web
commonly known as: Cutch broom shrub • Bhili: खीम्परा kheempara, थालियावार thaliyawar • Gujarati: ખીપડોડી khipadodi • Haryanvi: खीप khip • Hindi: खींप kheemp • Kachchhi: ખીપ khip • Marwari: जीवंती jivanti, खींप kheemp, खींप्रा khimpra • Punjabi: ਖਿਪ khip • Sanskrit: जीवन्ती jivanti, महामेद mahameda • Sindhi: کِپَ khip • Urdu: کھِپّ khipp

known for / parts made use of: almost all parts of the plant: stems and branches, pods (fruits), sap and latex, roots, flowers and shoots ... compiled from the web
botanical names: Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. ... homotypic synonyms: Cynanchum pyrotechnicum Forssk. • Microloma pyrotechnicum (Forssk.) Spreng. • Periploca pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Spreng. ex Decne. • Sarcostemma pyrotechnicum (Forssk.) Schult. ... heterotypic synonyms: Gymnema spartium (Wight) Wall. • Leptadenia gracilis G.Don • Leptadenia jacquemontiana Decne. • Leptadenia spartum Wight • Microloma angustifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. ... POWO, retrieved September 24, 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
Cutch broom shrub
  • for Leptadenia spartum Wight ... કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926]
~~~~~ BHILI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भीली), Gujarati (ભીલી) ... spoken in: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra ... other names or dialects of this language: Bhilboli, Bhagoria, Garasia, Vagadi (or Wagdi)
खीम्परा kheempara, थालियावार thaliyawar
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ખીપડોડી khipadodi (or ખીપ khip)
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
खीप khip (or खिप khip)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
खींप kheemp
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
ખીપ khip (or દરિયાઈ ખીપ dariyai khip)
  • for Leptadenia spartum Wight ... કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [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. ... (downloaded: Feb 9, 2022)
~~~~~ MARWARI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मारवाड़ी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan, Gujarat ... other names for this language: Marwadi
जीवंती jivanti
खींप kheemp (or खीप kheep)
खींप्रा khimpra
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਖਿਪ khip
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
जीवन्ती jivanti, महामेद mahameda
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
کِپَ khip
  • Many thanks to Noor Ahmed Janjhi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
کھِپّ khipp
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Delhi, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
~~~~~ Created on: 17:27 24-09-2026 ¦ Last updated: 14:48 25-09-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Asclepiadoideae perennial psammophyte leafless perennial "desert shrub" "Leptadenia pyrotechnica" "Cynanchum pyrotechnicum" "Microloma pyrotechnicum" "Periploca pyrotechnica" "Sarcostemma pyrotechnicum" "Gymnema spartium" "Leptadenia gracilis" "Leptadenia jacquemontiana" "Leptadenia spartum" "Microloma angustifolium" "Cutch broom shrub"
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