Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Curcuma decipiens Dalzell

Curcuma decipiens Dalzell

KER-koo-muh -- from the Arabic kurkum, meaning saffron ... Dave's Botanary
de-SIP-ee-enz -- deceptive, false ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: deceptive curcuma • Hindi: जंगली हलदी jangli haldi, वन हलदी van haldi • Malayalam: കുഴിക്കൂവ kuzhikuva • Marathi: जांभळी रानहळद jambhali ranhalad


botanical names: Curcuma decipiens Dalzell ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
deceptive curcuma
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
जंगली हलदी jangli haldi, वन हलदी van haldi
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കുഴിക്കൂവ kuzhikuva
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
जांभळी रानहळद jambhali ranhalad
  • Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

koo-KER-bih-ta -- Latin name for the gourd ... Dave's Botanary
MOSS-kuh-ta -- musk-scented ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: butternut pumpkin, butternut squash • Arabic: قرع مسكي • Assamese: মিঠালাও mithalao, ৰঙালাও rangalao • Bengali: কুমড়া kumara • Hindi: हलवा कद्दू halwa kaddu, काशीफल kashiphal, मीठा कद्दू mitha kaddu, पेठा petha • Kannada: ಡಂಗರ dangara, ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ sihi kumbala kaayi • Konkani: काळी दुधणी kali dudhni • Malayalam: മത്തങ്ങ mathanga • Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟ mairen • Marathi: काळा भोपळा kala bhopala, काळी दुधणी kali dudhni, काशीफळ kashiphal • Odia: କଖାରୁ kakharu • Punjabi: ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu • Tamil: பூசனி pucani • Telugu: పొట్టి గుమ్మడి potti gummadi, పెద్ద గుమ్మడి pedda gummadi, తియ్య గుమ్మడి tiyya gummadi • Urdu: کدو kaddu


botanical names: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ... synonyms: Pepo moschatus (Duchesne) Britton ... and more synonyms listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
butternut pumpkin, butternut squash
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
قرع مسكي
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
মিঠালাও mithalao, ৰঙালাও rangalao
  • Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
কুমড়া kumara
  • কুমড়া kumara and কুমড়ো kumara are equally prevalent ... Flora - Mehedi Voice ... also মিষ্টিকুমড়া mishti kumara, সাফ্রাকুমড়ো saphrakumaro
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
हलवा कद्दू halwa kaddu, काशीफल kashiphal, मीठा कद्दू mitha kaddu, पेठा petha
  • Many thanks to Dr Gurcharan Singh for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಡಂಗರ dangara
  • Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
  • or ಡಂಗರ ಕಾಯಿ dangara kaayi ... ENVIS - FRLHT
ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ sihi kumbala kaayi
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
काळी दुधणी kali dudhni
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
മത്തങ്ങ mathanga
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟ mairen
  • Many thanks to Dr Tabish Qureshi for help with the name ... efloraofindia ... or ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯜ mairel
  • or ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯜ mairel ... ENVIS Hub Manipur
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
काळा भोपळा kala bhopala
काळी दुधणी kali dudhni, काशीफळ kashiphal
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
କଖାରୁ kakharu
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu
  • Many thanks to Dr Gurcharan Singh for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
பூசனி pucani
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
పొట్టి గుమ్మడి potti gummadi
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
کدو kaddu
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Saturday, 4 June 2022

Cucumis maderaspatanus L.

Cucumis maderaspatanus L.

KOO-koo-mis -- Greek: kykyon, meaning cucumber ... Dave's Botanary
¿ mah-deh-ras-PATH-en-us ? -- of or from Madras

commonly known as: bristly bryony, Madras pea pumpkin, rough bryony • Assamese: বন তিঁয়হ bon tioh, গৰখীয়া তিঁয়হ gorokhiya tioh • Bengali: আগমুখী agamukhi • Dogri: चरोआले दा मटर charo-aale da matar, मटर ककड़ू matar kakar, मटर मुक्कू matar mukku • Gujarati: ચણક ચીભડી chanaka chibhadi • Hindi: अगामकी agamaki, बिलाड़ी bilari, ग्वालककरी gwalakakri, कचरी kachari, मुसमुसा musmusa, परिपुष्करा paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, सेंद send, सेटु setu • Kachchhi: ચણચીભડજીવલ chanachibadajival • Kannada: ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ಸೌತೆ ಕಾಯಿ gubbi sauthe kaayi, ಕಾಡಪಾವಟೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaadapaavate balli, ಮಣಿತೊಂಡೆ manitonde • Konkani: चिराटी chirati, ಮ್ಹಯ್ಸಿಕಾರ್ಟ mhaysikarta • Malayalam: ചെങ്കുമ്മട്ടി cenkummatti, മുക്കാപ്പിരി mukkappiri, മുശുമുശുക്ക musumusukka • Marathi: चिराटी chirati, घुग्री ghugri, पांगोरी pangori • Nepali: मट्याङग्र काँक्री matyangre kankri • Rajasthani: आँख फूटनी बेल ank phutani bel • Sanskrit: गजचिर्भटा gajachirbhata, गोडुम्बिका godumbika, परिपुष्करा paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, वत्साक्षी vatsakshi • Tamil: அயிலேயம் ayileyam, சுக்கை cukkai, சுரேசுவரி curecuvari, இருகுரங்கின்கை iru-kurankin-kai, கோத்திரிகை kottirikai, குரங்கு kuranku, முசுமுசுக்கை muchumuchukkai, பரிபுஷ்கரை paripushkarai, பத்தரா pattara, பிரா pira • Telugu: కూతురుబుడమ kuturubudama, నూగుదోస nugudosa, పొట్టి బుడమ potti budamu, పుత్రీ బుడమ putri budinga • Tulu: ನುರ್ತೆಂಗಿ nurtengi • Urdu: کچري kachari, مسمسا musmusa, پرپشکرا paripushkara, پنڐلا pindila, سيند send, سيٿو setu


botanical names: Cucumis maderaspatanus L. ... synonyms: Bryonia cordifolia L. • Bryonia maderaspatana (L.) Lam. • Bryonia scabra Rottler ex Wight & Arn. • Bryonia scabrella L.f. • Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. • Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. • Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. • Mukia rottleri M.Roem. • Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. ... and many more listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
bristly bryony
  • for synonym Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
Madras pea pumpkin
rough bryony
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
বন তিঁয়হ bon tioh
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook
  • or বন তিয়ঁহ bon tinyoh ... many thanks to Ratneswar Kachari for help with this name ... facebook
গৰখীয়া তিঁয়হ gorokhiya tioh
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
আগমুখী agamukhi
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
चरोआले दा मटर charo-aale da matar
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
मटर ककड़ू matar kakar, मटर मुक्कू matar mukku
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
ચણક ચીભડી chanaka chibhadi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
अगामकी agamaki
  • for synonym Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. ... The Gazetteer Department ... औषधी वनस्पती
  • for synonym Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. ... Pharmacographia indica by Dymock, William, 1834-1892; Warden, Charles James Hislop; Hooper, David, 1858-1947; King's College London
बिलाड़ी bilari, ग्वालककरी gwalakakri
  • for synonym Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. ... FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1910
कचरी kachari (or कचरिया kachariya), परिपुष्करा paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, सेंद send, सेटु setu
मुसमुसा musmusa
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
ચણચીભડજીવલ chanachibadajival
  • for synonym Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ಸೌತೆ ಕಾಯಿ gubbi sauthe kaayi
ಕಾಡಪಾವಟೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaadapaavate balli, ಮಣಿತೊಂಡೆ manitonde
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
चिराटी chirati
ಮ್ಹಯ್ಸಿಕಾರ್ಟ mhaysikarta
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ചെങ്കുമ്മട്ടി cenkummatti
മുക്കാപ്പിരി mukkappiri
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... Wikipedia
മുശുമുശുക്ക musumusukka
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
चिराटी chirati, पांगोरी pangori
घुग्री ghugri
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
मट्याङग्र काँक्री matyangre kankri
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
आँख फूटनी बेल ank phutani bel
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
गजचिर्भटा gajachirbhata, गोडुम्बिका godumbika, परिपुष्करा paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, वत्साक्षी vatsakshi
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
முசுமுசுக்கை muchumuchukkai
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... Wikipedia
  • for synonym Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
பரிபுஷ்கரை paripushkarai
அயிலேயம் ayileyam, சுக்கை cukkai, சுரேசுவரி curecuvari, இருகுரங்கின்கை iru-kurankin-kai, கோத்திரிகை kottirikai, குரங்கு kuranku, பத்தரா pattara, பிரா pira
  • for bristly bryony ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
కూతురుబుడమ kuturubudama
  • for synonym Bryonia scabra Rottler ex Wight & Arn. ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
నూగుదోస nugudosa
పొట్టి బుడమ potti budamu, పుత్రీ బుడమ putri budinga
  • for synonym Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ನುರ್ತೆಂಗಿ nurtengi
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
کچري kachari (or کچريا kachariya), پرپشکرا paripushkara, پنڐلا pindila, سيند send, سيٿو setu,
مسمسا musmusa
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Saturday, 30 April 2022

Croton chakrabartyi Dhabak & Nandikar

Croton chakrabartyi Dhabak & Nandikar

KROH-tun -- Greek: kroton (tick) due to the seed's similarity in shape ... Dave's Botanary
¿ cha-KRA-bar-tyi ? -- honours Dr. Tapas Chakrabarty, former scientist at Botanical Survey of India ... Mongabay

commonly known as: Chakrabarty's croton


botanical name: Croton chakrabartyi Dhabak & Nandikar ... Journal of Botanical taxonomy and Geobotany, 26 July 2021
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Chakrabarty's croton
  • Flowers of India
  • the epithet chakrabartyi -- honours Dr. Tapas Chakrabarty, former scientist at Botanical Survey of India for his contribution to the taxonomy of Indian Euphorbiaceae
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Crotalaria walkeri Arn.

Crotalaria walkeri Arn.

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
WAL-ker-ee -- named for Colonel George Warren Walker, Scottish botanist ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: Walker's rattlepod • Kannada:ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ gejje balli • Malayalam: കിലുകിലുക്കി വള്ളി kilukilukki valli • Tamil: கிலுகிலுப்பை வல்லி kilu-kiluppai valli


botanical names: Crotalaria walkeri Arn. ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Walker's rattlepod
  • name given for want of name; derived from the commemorative epithet walkeri -- named for Colonel George Warren Walker, Scottish botanist in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who made extensive collections of plants between 1830 and 1838 ... Wikipedia
  • rattlepod is a generic name given to almost all of Crotalaria spp.
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ gejje balli
  • name given for want of name; ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ gejje = a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; ಬಳ್ಳಿ balli = climber, habit of this plant
  • Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with the name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കിലുകിലുക്കി വള്ളി kilukilukki valli
  • name given for want of name; കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki = a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; വള്ളി valli = climber, habit of this plant
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
கிலுகிலுப்பை வல்லி kilu-kiluppai valli
  • name given for want of name; கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai = a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; வல்லி valli = climber, habit of this plant
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Friday, 29 April 2022

Crotalaria verrucosa L.

Crotalaria verrucosa L.

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
ver-oo-KO-suh -- wart-like ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue-flowered crotalaria, blue-flower rattlepod, purple popbush, shack-shack, tooth-leaf rattlepod • Bengali: বনশণ bansan, কুদুক ঝুনঝুনি kuduk jhunjhuni • Gujarati: ખુળખુળા khulakhula, શણપુષ્પી shanapushpi • Hindi: बनशण banshan, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia • Kannada: ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ gijigiji gida • Konkani: भाट घागरी bhat ghagari • Malayalam: കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki, കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa • Marathi: भाट घागरी bhat ghagari, खुळखुळा khulkhula, सागर ताग sagar tag, तिरत tirat • Odia: ବାଳୀଝୁମୁକା balijhumuka • Sanskrit: बृहत्पुष्पी brihatpuspi, शणपुष्पी shanapuspi • Tamil: சங்குநிதி cankuniti, கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai • Telugu: గజ్జెలాకు gejjilaaku, గిలక చెట్టు gilaka chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha, గిలిగింత giliginta • Tulu: ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ದೈ gijigiji dai


botanical names: Crotalaria verrucosa L. ... synonyms: Anisanthera versicolor Raf. • Crotalaria caerulea Jacq. • Crotalaria coerulea Bedd. • Crotalaria flexuosa Moench • Crotalaria hastata Steud. • Crotalaria mollis Weinm. • Phaseolus bulae Blanco • Quirosia anceps Blanco ... and more synonyms listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
blue-flowered crotalaria
blue-flower rattlepod, purple popbush, shack-shack, tooth-leaf rattlepod
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
বনশণ bansan, কুদুক ঝুনঝুনি kuduk jhunjhuni
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
ખુળખુળા khulakhula, શણપુષ્પી shanapushpi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
बनशण banshan, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia
  • ENVIS - FRLHT ... another variant: झनझनियां jhanjhania
  • बन ban = of forest, wilderness; शण shan = jute, hemp, flax or fibre
  • झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia -- a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ gijigiji gida
  • ENVIS - FRLHT ... ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ gijigiji = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; ಗಿಡ gida = plant
  • also ಗಿಲಗಂಚಿ ಗಿಡ gilaganchi gida ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
  • also ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಕಾಯಿ gijigiji kaayi / ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು gijigiji soppu ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ಕಾಯಿ kaayi = greens; ಸೊಪ್ಪು soppu = greens
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
भाट घागरी bhat ghagari
  • Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
  • भाट bhat ... 1 -- a place in the sea or a river which appears at low water; a shoal, shallow, sand-bank; 2 -- the level along the banks of creeks and rivers. Being generally rich with alluvial soil, it is used for gardens and plantations; 3 -- an elevated and level spot occurring in arable land; dry therefore and fit only for the inferior grains; 4 -- ground prepared for sugarcane: also a plantation of sugarcane
    घागरी ghagari (घर्घरी, in Sanskrit) -- a bell or jingling ball (as of a child's girdle, or as worn on the toes by dancing girls &c.) ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken.
    Reference: A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki
  • Many thanks to Dr Giby Kuriakose for help with the name ... efloraofindia
  • കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken
കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa
  • ENVIS - FRLHT
  • കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa = a child's rattle toy, alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
भाट घागरी bhat ghagari
  • ENVIS - FRLHT
  • भाट bhat ... 1 -- a place in the sea or a river which appears at low water; a shoal, shallow, sand-bank; 2 -- the level along the banks of creeks and rivers. Being generally rich with alluvial soil, it is used for gardens and plantations; 3 -- an elevated and level spot occurring in arable land; dry therefore and fit only for the inferior grains; 4 -- ground prepared for sugarcane: also a plantation of sugarcane
    घागरी ghagari (घर्घरी, in Sanskrit) -- a bell or jingling ball (as of a child's girdle, or as worn on the toes by dancing girls &c.) ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken.
    Reference: A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
खुळखुळा khulkhula
सागर ताग sagar tag
  • Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
  • सागर sagar = sea, ocean; ताग tag = plant from which a kind of hemp or cordage is obtained ... suggestive of this plant's habitat by sea-side, and being capable of yielding fibre
तिरत tirat
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
ବାଳୀଝୁମୁକା balijhumuka
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
बृहत्पुष्पी brihatpuspi, शणपुष्पी shanapuspi
  • ENVIS - FRLHT
  • बृहत् brihat = large, great, big; शण shana = hemp. jute, fibre; पुष्पी puspi - flower
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
சங்குநிதி cankuniti, கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai
  • ENVIS - FRLHT
  • Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... also சங்கநிதி cankaniti
  • கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai = a rattle toy ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
గజ్జెలాకు gejjilaaku, గిలక చెట్టు gilaka chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha
గిలిగింత giliginta
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ದೈ gijigiji dai
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Thursday, 28 April 2022

Crotalaria spectabilis Roth

Crotalaria spectabilis Roth

kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary
speck-TAB-ih-liss -- spectacular ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod • Bengali: ঝুমঝুমো jhumjhumo, পিপুলি ঝুনঝুন pipuli jhunjhun • Hindi: जंगली शण jangli san, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia, शण बिच्छिया shan bichhia • Kannada: ಘಂಟಾರವ ghantaarava, ಕಾಡು ಸೆಣಬು kaadu senabu • Marathi: दयाळी dayali, डिंगळा dingala • Mizo: tum-thang • Nepali: भुवन झार bhuvan jhar • Sanskrit: घण्टारवा ghantarava • Telugu: పెద్ద గిలిగిచ్చ pedda giligitcha


botanical names: Crotalaria spectabilis Roth ... synonyms: Crotalaria alatipes Raf. • Crotalaria leschenaultii Macfad. • Crotalaria lupiniflora Graham • Crotalaria lupinifolia Steud. • Crotalaria macrophylla Weinm. • Crotalaria retzii Hitchc. • Crotalaria sericea Retz. • Crotalaria spectabilis subsp. parvibracteata Niyomdham ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
ঘটি ঝুনঝুনি ghati jhunjhuni, ঘুঙরুকাঠি ghungrukathi, পিপলি ঝুনঝুনি pipali jhunjhuni
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
जंगली शण jangli san, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia
  • ENVIS - FRLHT
  • झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia -- a rattle toy; alludes to the sound, dried seed-pods of this plant make when shaken; also - झनझनियां jhanjhania
शण बिच्छिया shan bichhia
  • Many thanks to Promila Chaturvedi for help with the name ... efloraofindia
  • शण shan = hemp, jute; बिच्छिया bichhia = toe-rings
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಘಂಟಾರವ ghantaarava
ಕಾಡು ಸೆಣಬು kaadu senabu
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
दयाळी dayali, डिंगळा dingala
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
tum-thang
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
भुवन झार bhuvan jhar
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
घण्टारवा ghantarava
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
పెద్ద గిలిగిచ్చ pedda giligitcha
  • Many thanks to A Lalithamba for help with the name ... efloraofindia ... పెద్ద pedda = large, big; గిలిగిచ్చ giligitcha = rattle toy; a name given to many of Crotalaria spp. ... alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken
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Heterostemma dalzellii Hook.f.

het-er-oh-STEM-uh -- Greek: heteros (different, variable); stemma (garland, crown); refers to the unique, highly variable, or distinc...