Names of Plants in India :: Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce

Dinesh Valke

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Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce ... family: Gentianaceae

sen-TAR-ee-um -- referring to the Centaur Chiron who discovered the medicinal uses of the plant that came to be known as Centaury ... Dave's Botanary
MY-er-eye -- named for Karl Antonovich von Meyer, German, Russified botanist and explorer ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia

commonly known as: field centaury, pink centaury • Hindi: बारीक चिरायता barik chirayata, खेत चिरायता khet chirayata • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಕೆಂಪು ಜೀರಿಗೆ kaadu kempu jeerige • Marathi: लुंटक luntak • Oriya: ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ghumna

botanical names: Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce ... synonyms: Erythraea meyeri Bunge • Erythraea roxburghii G.Don • Centaurium roxburghii (D.Don) Druce • Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri • Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) Babu ... Indian Gentianaceae - A Checklist © by Sunita Garg

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Photographed at Ahupe, Maharashtra on 18 JAN 2014

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Dinesh

Satish Phadke

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Apr 28, 2014, 3:31:48 PM4/28/14

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Oasis after a long drought.

Thanks for sharing.

Dr Satish Phadke

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Nidhan Singh

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Apr 28, 2014, 4:11:30 PM4/28/14

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Lovely...!!!

Dinesh Valke

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Thank you very much Satish ji !!

Thank you very much Nidhan ji.

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Dinesh

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Nidhan Singh <nidhans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Lovely...!!!

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Dear Dinesh ji,

This herb is known as ઝીણકું કરિયાતું [Jhinku Kariyatu] in Gujarati.

In Marathi, the Warli community of Vikramgad taluka refers to this plant as लंटक.

Best wishes, Viplav

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 29, 2014, 5:33:18 AM4/29/14

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Thank you very much Viplav ji ... this is a super help. Will incorporate the Gujarati name and the Marathi variant into my notes soon.

Regards.

Dinesh.

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2022, 3:21:00 PM1/28/22

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/01/centaurium-pulchellum-var-meyeri-bunge.html

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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2022, 3:24:05 PM1/28/22

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Centaurium pulchellum var. meyeri (Bunge) Omer

sen-TAR-ee-um -- referring to the Centaur Chiron ... Dave's Botanary
pul-KEL-um -- pretty ... Dave's Botanary
MY-er-eye -- named for K A von Meyer, German, Russified botanist and explorer ... Dave's Botanary • Wkipedia

commonly known as: field centaury, pink centaury • Gujarati: ઝીણકું કરિયાતું jhinku kariyatu • Hindi: बारीक चिरायता barik chirayata, खेत चिरायता khet chirayata • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಕೆಂಪು ಜೀರಿಗೆ kaadu kempu jeerige • Malayalam: തീപ്പെരുപ്പൻ പുല്ല് theepperuppan pullu • Marathi: लहान किरायत lahan kirayat, लुंटक luntak • Odia: ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ghumna, ପିତା ଶାଗ pita saga

botanical names:

Centaurium pulchellum var. meyeri (Bunge) Omer ... synonyms: Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce • Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce • Erythraea meyeri Bunge ... Flora of Pakistan
Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 1917. ... synonyms: Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) Babu • Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri • Centaurium roxburghii (D.Don) Druce • Erythraea meyeri Bunge • Erythraea roxburghii G.Don ... Indian Gentianaceae: A Check-list by Sunita Garg

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

field centaury, pink centaury

Flowers of India

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ઝીણકું કરિયાતું jhinku kariyatu

Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बारीक चिरायता barik chirayata, खेत चिरायता khet chirayata

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
चिरायता = चिराएता ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಾಡು ಕೆಂಪು ಜೀರಿಗೆ kaadu kempu jeerige

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Erythraea roxburghii G.Don ... Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

തീപ്പെരുപ്പൻ പുല്ല് theepperuppan pullu

thuporuppenpullu ... for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

लहान किरायत lahan kirayat

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT

लुंटक luntak

for synonym Centaurium roxburghii (G.Don) Druce ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce ... Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to 500 Flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
for synonym Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
the Warli community of Vikramgad taluka refers to this plant as लंटक lantak.... comment from Viplav Gangar at efloraofindia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ghumna, ପିତା ଶାଗ pita saga

for synonym Erythraea roxburghii G.Don ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/01/centaurium-pulchellum-var-meyeri-bunge.html

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Dinesh

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Mahadeswara

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Jan 29, 2022, 3:37:51 AM1/29/22

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Nice pictures Dinesh ji.

Kannada name is correct.

Thanks & Regards,

Dinesh Valke

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Thank you very much Mahadeswara ji for the help in validating the Kannada name.

Regards.

Dinesh

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