Names of Plants in India :: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

[Dinesh Valke]

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Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. ... family: Goodeniaceae

skee-VO-luh -- left-handed ... Dave's Botanary ta-KA-da -- Latinized form of the vernacular name in Ceylon ... Dave's Botanary  commonly known as: beach cabbage, beach grape, beach naupaka, beach plum, beach scaevola, Cardwell cabbage, half-flower, Malayan rice paper, pipetree, sea lettuce tree, taccada pith • Kannada: ಭದ್ರಾಕ bhadraak • Malayalam: ഭദ്രാക്ഷം bhadraaksham, വെള്ളമോദകം vellamodakam • Marathi: भद्रक bhadrak, भद्राक्ष bhadraksh  botanical names: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. ... synonyms: Lobelia taccada Gaertn. (basionym) • Scaevola frutescens K. Krause • Scaevola koenigii Vahl • Scaevola sericea Vahl ... NPGS / GRIN

[Dinesh Valke]

Update, names added ...

 • Sanskrit: भद्राक्ष bhadraksha
 • Tulu: ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi

Regards.
Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Dinesh ji. 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/scaevola-taccada-gaertn-roxb.html

Regards.
Dinesh

On Monday 18 December 2017 at 18:48:24 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:

Thanks, Dinesh ji. 

On 18-Dec-2017 4:09 PM, "Dinesh Valke" <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Update, names added ...

 • Sanskrit: भद्राक्ष bhadraksha
 • Tulu: ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi

Regards.
Dinesh



On Friday, October 10, 2014 at 7:40:46 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote:

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Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. ... family: Goodeniaceae

skee-VO-luh -- left-handed ... Dave's Botanary ta-KA-da -- Latinized form of the vernacular name in Ceylon ... Dave's Botanary  commonly known as: beach cabbage, beach grape, beach naupaka, beach plum, beach scaevola, Cardwell cabbage, half-flower, Malayan rice paper, pipetree, sea lettuce tree, taccada pith • Kannada: ಭದ್ರಾಕ bhadraak • Malayalam: ഭദ്രാക്ഷം bhadraaksham, വെള്ളമോദകം vellamodakam • Marathi: भद्रक bhadrak, भद्राक्ष bhadraksh  botanical names: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. ... synonyms: Lobelia taccada Gaertn. (basionym) • Scaevola frutescens K. Krause • Scaevola koenigii Vahl • Scaevola sericea Vahl ... NPGS / GRIN

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[Dinesh Valke]

Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

skee-VO-luh -- left-handed ... Dave's Botanary

ta-KA-da -- Latinized form of the vernacular name in Sri Lanka ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: beach fan flower, beach grape, beach naupaka, beach plum, half flower, Malayan rice paper, sea lettuce, taccada pith • Gujarati: ભદ્રાક્ષ bhadraksha • Kachchhi: ભદ્રાક્ષ bhadraksha • Kannada: ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi • Malayalam: ഭദ്രാക്ഷം bhadraaksham, വെള്ളമോദകം vellamodakam • Marathi: भद्राक्ष bhadraksh • Sanskrit: भद्राक्ष bhadraksha • Tamil: வெல்லமுத்தகம் vellamuttakam • Telugu: భద్రాక్ష bhadraksha • Tulu: ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi


botanical names: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. ... homotypic synonyms: Lobelia taccada Gaertn. ... heterotypic synonyms: Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) K.Krause • Scaevola koenigii Vahl • Scaevola sericea Vahl ... POWO, retrieved 09 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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

beach fan flower

• Dave's Garden

beach grape, beach plum, half flower, sea lettuce

• Top Tropicals

beach naupaka

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Malayan rice paper, taccada pith

• FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

ભદ્રાક્ષ bhadraksha

• Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• for Scaevola koenigii Vahl ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

ભદ્રાક્ષ bhadraksha

• name borrowed from Gujarati, for want of name; many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi

• for Scaevola sericea Vahl ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi = prosperous eyes; the fruits allude to eye balls

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ഭദ്രാക്ഷം bhadraaksham, വെള്ളമോദകം vellamodakam

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with these names ... facebook
• for Scaevola sericea Vahl ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

भद्राक्ष bhadraksh (or भद्रक bhadrak)

• for Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) K.Krause ... मराठी शब्दकोश - मराठी भाषा विभाग - महाराष्ट्र शासन
• or भद्राक्षी bhadrakshi ... for Scaevola sericea Vahl ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

भद्राक्ष bhadraksha

• for Scaevola sericea Vahl ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

வெல்லமுத்தகம் vellamuttakam

• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

భద్రాక్ష bhadraksha

• name derived from Sanskrit, for want of name

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi

• for Scaevola sericea Vahl ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bhadrakshi = prosperous eyes; the fruits allude to eye balls

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

coasts, Andaman & Nicobar islands, Lakshadweep islands

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 8th, 2024. Last accessed 00/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 18:31 09-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 09:52 10-08-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/scaevola-taccada-gaertn-roxb.html

Regards.
Dinesh

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[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Fabulous photo and excellent work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English spellings are correct, regards, Sam.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very elaborate documentation, thanks Dinesh ji.

[Dinesh Valke]

Many many thanks, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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