commonly known as: woolly cassia, woolly senna •
Assamese: দুমদুমী dumdumi, শুঙাল কালিসোন্দা shungal kalisonda •
Bengali: বড় চাকুন্দা bara chakunda •
Bodo: sumu bipang •
Gujarati: પરદેશી આવળ pardeshi aaval •
Hindi: विलायती तरवर vilayati tarwar •
Kannada: ಅಡವಿ ತಂಗಡಿ adavi thangadi •
Khamti: kungu •
Konkani: फिरंगी तैकिळो phirangi taikilo •
Lotha: khokshu ehmuo •
Malayalam: പൊന്നാവീരം ponnaaveeram •
Manipuri: ꯊꯧꯅꯝ thounam •
Marathi: केसाळ तरवड kesal tarvad •
Mizo: sab-daru •
Odia: ବଡ଼ ଚାକୁଣ୍ଡା bada chakunda •
Tamil: மலையாவாரை malaiyavarai, மலையாவாரம் malaiyavaram, மலையாவிரை malaiyavirai •
Telugu: నూగు తంగేడు nugu tangedu •
Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತಜಂಕ್ kattu thajanku
botanical names:
Senna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ...
homotypic synonyms:
Cassia hirsuta L. •
Ditremexa hirsuta (L.) Britton & Rose ... and accepted infraspecifics listed at
POWO, retrieved 19 August 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken
sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
woolly cassia
woolly senna
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
দুমদুমী dumdumi, শুঙাল কালিসোন্দা shungal kalisonda
- Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
বড় চাকুন্দা bara chakunda
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
sumu bipang
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
પરદેશી આવળ pardeshi aaval
- name coined, for want of name; પરદેશી pardeshi = foreign (exotic, in this context); આવળ aaval = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, because the plant is not a native of India, and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
विलायती तरवर vilayati tarwar
- name coined, for want of name; विलायती vilayati = foreign (exotic, in this context); तरवर tarwar = a name given to Senna auriculata ... name coined so, because the plant is not a native of India, and for its morphological similarities to Senna auriculata
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka