commonly known as: brown hemp, false hemp, Indian hemp, sunn hemp •
Assamese: আঁউচ aous •
Bengali: শণ shan •
Gujarati: શણ shan •
Hindi: बिछुआ bichua, दीर्घपल्लव dirghpallav, जनब janab, मातुलानी matulani, पटसन patsan, सन san, सनई sanai •
Kaachchhi: સણ san •
Kannada: ಪುಂಡಿ pundi, ಸೆಣಬು senabu •
Konkani: धाकटी घागरी dhakati ghagari, सन san, सोणबु ಸೊಣಬು sonabu •
Malayalam: ചണം chanam, ചണക chanak •
Manipuri: ঊ হৱাঈ oo hawai •
Marathi: धाकटी घागरी dhakti ghagari, सन san, ताग tag •
Mizo: tum-thang •
Nepali: छिनछिने chhinchhine, सनई sanai •
Odia: ଅତସୀ atasi, ଛଣପଟ chhanapata, ସମ୍ବତ୍ sambat, ଶଣ shana, ଶନପୁଷ୍ପୀ shanapushpi, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ଶବ୍ଦା swalpa shabda •
Punjabi: ਸਣ san, ਸੱਨੀ sanni •
Sanskrit:
अतसी atasi, दीर्घपल्लव dirghapallava, मदगन्धा madagandha, माल्यपुष्प
malyapuspa, मातुलानी matulani, सामान्य शणपट्ट samanya shanapatta, शण
shana •
Sindhi: سِڻي •
Tamil:
சணல் canal, சடம்பு catampu, கோனிப்பூடு koni-p-putu, குத்திரம் kuttiram,
குத்து kuttu, மஞ்சி manci, நணந்தம் nanantam, நண்பன் nanpan, உமாதசி
umataci, உத்திராபன்னி uttirapanni, வாக்குன்னார் vakkunnar •
Telugu: గిలకచెట్టు gilaka-chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha, శణము shanamu •
Tulu: ತಲಂಬು talambu •
Urdu: بچهوا bichua, جنب janab, ماتلاني matulani, سن san
popular trade names: Banares hemp (Benares
hemp), Bengal hemp, Bombay hemp (Salsette hemp), Itarsi hemp, Konkani
(Conkanee hemp), Jubbulpur hemp (Jubbalpore hemp), Madras hemp (Chennai
hemp), Pilibhit hemp, Seoni hemp, Travancore flax, Warangel hemp
botanical names:
Crotalaria juncea L. ...
synonyms:
Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. •
Crotalaria fenestrata Sims •
Crotalaria porrecta Wall. •
Crotalaria sericea Willd. •
Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. ex Hornem. •
Isotropis argentea Ewart & Morrison ...
POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
brown hemp
false hemp
- there was a wonderful informative web page - SUNN, or INDIA HEMP (Crotalaria juncea)
- it has simply gone off the internet. The name will yet remain
compiled here, justified for the fact that this plant though
fibre-yielding, it is not related to Cannabis family.
Indian hemp
- Wikipedia ... it is generally considered to have originated in India
- or Indian flax ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
- this species is probably native to India, though it has never been
found in a truly wild state, ... it is cultivated nearly all over,
frequently naturalised ... ENVIS - FRLHT
- an important fibre crop, widely cultivated in India, giving rise to
many varieties. Most of them are known by the places from where they are
produced. Thus, there are host of trade names: Banares hemp (Benares hemp), Bengal hemp, Bombay hemp (Salsette hemp), Itarsi hemp, Konkani hemp (Conkanee hemp), Jubbulpur hemp (Jubbalpore hemp), Madras hemp (Chennai hemp), Pilibhit hemp, Seoni hemp, Travancore flax, Warangel hemp
sunn hemp
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
আঁউচ aous
- Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- Many thanks to Ranjan Hazarika (facebook friend) for help with this name in native script
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
শনপাট shanpat
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
શણ shan
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
बिछुआ bichua, दीर्घपल्लव dirghpallav, जनब janab, मातुलानी matulani (OR मातुला matula OR मातुली matuli)
पटसन patsan
सन san
सनई sanai
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
સણ san
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಪುಂಡಿ pundi
ಸೆಣಬು senabu
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
धाकटी घागरी dhakati ghagari, सन san
सोणबु ಸೊಣಬು sonabu
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ചണം chanam