Names of Plants in India :: Exacum pumilum

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Dinesh Valke

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Exacum pumilum Griseb.

Exacum pumilum Griseb.

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EKS-uh-kum -- Latinized form of exacon, the Gallic name for centaurium
POO-mil-um -- small, dwarf


commonly known as: little Persian violet • Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat


botanical names: Exacum pumilum Griseb. ... synonyms: no synonym known


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Photographed near Lion's Point (~2474 ft), Lonavala, Maharashtra ... 2 OCT 2009

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Prashant awale

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Oct 12, 2011, 11:34:55 PM10/12/11
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Another nice photograph Dinesh.
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Dinesh Valke

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Nov 1, 2022, 5:44:04 AM11/1/22
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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/11/exacum-pumilum-griseb.html

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Dinesh Valke

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Exacum pumilum Griseb.

Exacum pumilum Griseb.

EKS-uh-kum -- Latinized form of exacon, the Gallic name for centaurium ... Dave's Botanary
POO-mil-um -- small, dwarf ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: little Persian violet • Gujarati: નાનું કરિયાતું nanu kariyatu • Hindi: छोटा चिरायता chota chirayata • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಚಿರಾಯತ sanna chirayata • Konkani: लहान किरायतें lahan kiraytem • Marathi: जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat


botanical names: Exacum pumilum Griseb. ... synonyms: none ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
little Persian violet
~~~~~ GUJARAT ~~~~~
નાનું કરિયાતું nanu kariyatu
  • name given for want of name; નાનું nanu = small, little; કરિયાતું kariyatu = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
  • on lines of ઝીણકું કરિયાતું jhinku kariyatu, a name given to Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri ... ઝીણકું jhinku = small
  • Distributed in Gujarat ... Rana, Karan & Nagar, Padamnabhi. (2017). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC ANGIOSPERMS IN GUJARAT. International Journal of Advanced Research. 5. 730-758. 10.21474/IJAR01/4472.
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
छोटा चिरायता chota chirayata
  • name given for want of name; छोटा chota = small, little; चिरायता chirayata = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
  • Distributed in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh ... Botanical Survey of India
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಸಣ್ಣ ಚಿರಾಯತ sanna chirayata
  • name given for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, little; ಚಿರಾಯತ chirayata = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
  • on lines of ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಿರಾಯತ dodda chirayata, a name given to Exacum pedunculatum L. ... ದೊಡ್ಡ dodda = big, large
  • Distributed in Karnataka ... Botanical Survey of India
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
लहान किरायतें lahan kiraytem
  • name given for want of name; लहान lahan = small, little; किरायतें kiraytem = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
  • on lines of उदी किरायतें udi kiraytem, a name given to Exacum tetragonum var. tetragonum ... उदी udi = brown
  • Distributed in Goa ... Botanical Survey of India
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
जांभळी चिरायत jambhli chirayat
  • Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
  • जांभळी jambhli = violet colour; चिरायत chirayat = generic name given to gentians, and also to some medicinal plants whose extracts are typically bitter
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ Tamil ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in states of India ~~~~~
Dadra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Maharashtra
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
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J.M. Garg

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Nov 1, 2022, 5:50:01 AM11/1/22
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Great work, Dinesh ji
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Gurcharan Singh

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Great presentation Dinesh ji

Dinesh Valke

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Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
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