Names of Plants in India :: Swertia minor

[Dinesh Valke]

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Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl.

SWER-tee-uh -- named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and author MY-nor -- smaller, lesser  commonly known as: lesser swertia • Kannada: ¿ ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ ? kiraatha thiktha • Marathi: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat  botanical names: Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. ... synonyms: Ophelia minor Griseb. • Pleurogyna minor (Griseb.) Benth.

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Plant in photo: at Naneghat, about 2040 ft asl, 15 AUG 11.

The Kannada name ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ remains to be validated for its spelling (to conform to kiraatha thiktha).

Regards.
Dinesh

[Prashant awale]

Wow, too good a photograph Dinesh. Thanks for sharing.

Regards

Prashant

[Muthu Karthick]

wow, really lucid. beautiful capture with the insects Dineshji

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Muthu and Prashant for the appreciation.

Dear friends, is this plant restricted to Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka ?

Regards.
Dinesh

[Tanay Bose]

Truly a great picture !!!

Awesome

Tanay

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[Ushadi micromini]

Dineshji: wonderful picture....colors especially...

Muthuji: I did not see any insects, AM I MISSING something?

Usha di
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On Aug 18, 7:05 pm, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Truly a great picture !!!
> Awesome
> Tanay
>

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Many thanks Muthu and Prashant for the appreciation.
>
> > Dear friends, is this plant restricted to Western Ghats of Maharashtra and
> > Karnataka ?
>
> > Regards.
> > Dinesh
>

> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> wow, really lucid. beautiful capture with the insects Dineshji
>

> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> via Species<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>‎
> >>> > ‎S <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s>‎
> >>> > ‎
> >>>  *Swertia minor* (Griseb.) Knobl.
> >>>  [image: Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/6049228339/>
>
> >>> [image: Flowers of India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Lesser%20Swertia.html>[image:
> >>> Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Swer...>[image:
> >>> more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Swertiaminor&m=tags&z=m>[image:
> >>> more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Swertiaminor&for...>
>
> >>> *SWER-tee-uh* -- named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and
> >>> author
> >>> *MY-nor* -- smaller, lesser
>
> >>> *commonly known as*: lesser swertia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/l...>
> >>>  • *Kannada*: ¿ ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...>
> >>>  ? kiraatha thiktha<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...>
> >>>  • *Marathi*: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/l...>
>
> >>> *botanical names*: *Swertia minor* (Griseb.) Knobl. ... *synonyms*: *Ophelia
> >>> minor* Griseb. • *Pleurogyna minor* (Griseb.) Benth.

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> >>> Plant in photo: at Naneghat, about 2040 ft asl, 15 AUG 11.
>
> >>> The Kannada name

> >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...>ಕಿರಾತ
> >>> ತಿಕ್ತ remains to be validated for its spelling (to conform to *kiraatha
> >>> thiktha*).

>
> >>> Regards.
> >>> Dinesh
>
> >> --
> >> Muthu Karthick, N
> >> Care Earth Trust
> >> #15, second main road,
> >> Thillai ganga nagar,
> >> Chennai - 600 061
> >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911
> >>www.careearthtrust.org
>
> --

> *Tanay Bose*

> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> Department of Botany.
> University of British Columbia .
> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
>            604-822-2019 (Lab)
>            604-822-6089  (Fax)
> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca

> *Webpages:*http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/

[Dinesh Valke]

... many thanks Usha di.
Here attached is a cropped portion of the above photo ... for seeing the tiny movers.

Regards.
Dinesh

[ushadi Micromini]

Dineshaji....wow... four at least of these yellow spiders (?) ,

Thanks for showing them to me... i love the eyes ... reminds me of the fairy tale of the lady spider.... Charlotte and her web...

Usha di
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[Smilax004]

Very nice pictures Dinesh Ji. Thanks for these pictures.

Regards,
Giby

On Aug 18, 3:47 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>‎> ‎S <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s>‎ > ‎
>

> *Swertia minor* (Griseb.) Knobl.
> [image: Swertia minor (Griseb.)

> Knobl.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/6049228339/>
>
> [image: Flowers of
> India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Lesser%20Swertia.html>[image:

> Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Swer...>[image:
> more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Swertiaminor&m=tags&z=m>[image:
> more views on Google
> Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Swertiaminor&for...>
>
> *SWER-tee-uh* -- named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and author

> *MY-nor* -- smaller, lesser
>
> *commonly known as*: lesser
> swertia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/l...>

>  • *Kannada*: ¿ ಕಿರಾತ

> ತಿಕ್ತ<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...>
>  ? kiraatha thiktha<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...>

>  • *Marathi*: लहान चिरायत lahan

> chirayat<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/l...>
>
> *botanical names*: *Swertia minor* (Griseb.) Knobl. ... *synonyms*: *Ophelia

> minor* Griseb. • *Pleurogyna minor* (Griseb.) Benth.

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> Plant in photo: at Naneghat, about 2040 ft asl, 15 AUG 11.
>
> The Kannada name

> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/k...>ಕಿರಾತ
> ತಿಕ್ತ remains to be validated for its spelling (to conform to *kiraatha
> thiktha*).
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh

[Madhuri Pejaver]

real great details. thanks for sharing Madhuri --- On Thu, 18/8/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.

“The Kannada name ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ remains to be validated for its spelling (to conform to kiraatha thiktha).”

 

“Dear friends, is this plant restricted to Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka ?

Regards.
Dinesh”

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/lomatogonium-minus-griseb-fernald.html

Regards.
Dinesh

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Lomatogonium minus (Griseb.) Fernald

lo-ma-to-GO-nee-um -- Greek: lomato (fringed); gonium (angle, edge) ... Dave's Botanary
MY-nus -- smaller, lesser ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: lesser swertia • Gujarati: નાનું કરિયાતુ nanu kariyatu • Hindi: छोटी चिरायता chhoti chirayta • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ sanna kiraathathiktha • Malayalam: ചെറിയ അവൽപ്പൂവ് cheriya avalpoovu • Marathi: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat • Tamil: சிறிய நிலவேம்பு siriya nila-vempu


botanical names: Lomatogonium minus (Griseb.) Fernald ... homotypic synonyms: Ophelia minor Griseb. • Pleurogyne minor (Griseb.) Nairne • Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. ... POWO, retrieved 12 October 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

lesser swertia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved October 12, 2024

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

નાનું કરિયાતુ nanu kariyatu

• name coined, for want of name; નાનું nanu = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; કરિયાતુ kariyatu = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

छोटी चिरायता chhoti chirayta

• for Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. ... Many thanks to Nayan Singh Dungriyal for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ sanna kiraathathiktha

• name coined, for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ kiraathathiktha = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ചെറിയ അവൽപ്പൂവ് cheriya avalpoovu

• name coined, for want of name; ചെറിയ cheriya = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; അവൽപ്പൂവ് avalpoovu = a name given to Swertia corymbosa (Griseb.) Fielding & Gardner

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat

• for Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. ... name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

சிறிய நிலவேம்பு siriya nila-vempu

• name coined, for want of name; சிறிய siriya = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; நிலவேம்பு nila-vempu = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.

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

!*Chattishgarh, Gujarat, !*Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 9th, 2024. Last accessed 11/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
! distribution doubtful

~~~~~ Created on: 13:40 12-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 19:17 12-10-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/lomatogonium-minus-griseb-fernald.html

Regards.
Dinesh

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[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Dinesh ji,
Fabulous picture and excellent efforts, both Malayalam and English spellings are correct, regards, Sam.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names / English spellings.

Many many thanks, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.

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Dinesh

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