Names of Plants in India :: Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale

[Dinesh Valke]

Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale

lep-id-AG-ath-is -- Greek: lepis (scale); agathis (clew = ball of thread, yarn, or twine) ... Catalogue of the Plants
¿ mah-AH-kus-suh-pay ? -- named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) - he was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha

commonly known as: Mahakassapa lepidagathis • Marathi: महाकश्यपी अडुळसा mahakashyapi adulasa


botanical names: Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale ... POWO, retrieved 03 July 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Mahakassapa lepidagathis

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved July 03, 2025

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

महाकश्यपी अडुळसा mahakashyapi adulasa

• name coined, for want of name; महाकश्यपी mahakashyapi = this species is named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) - he was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha; अडुळसा adulasa = this species belongs to the adulasa family (Acanthaceae)

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 03/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 11:58 03-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:23 03-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/lepidagathis-mahakassapae-smore-msawant.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sushant More]

Dear sir lovely images of this endemic plant
Western Maharashtra on ghats Rural areas Lepidagathis is usually called as कोच in Marathi

[Dinesh Valke]

Many many thanks Sushant for this information.

If the generic Marathi name for Lepidagathis is कोच, shall we coin the name for this species as:महाकश्यपी कोच  mahakashyapi koch ?

Regards.

Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much, Sushant, with help in coining the name.

Will revise the name shortly.

Regards.

Dinesh

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Sushant More <sushan...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: Names of Plants in India :: Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

Yes sir

Regards

Sushant More

[Dinesh Valke]

Marathi coined name revised ...

commonly known as: Mahakassapa lepidagathis • Marathi: महाकश्यपी कोच mahakashyapi koch

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/lepidagathis-mahakassapae-smore-msawant.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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