Names of Plants in India :: Spermacoce verticillata L.

[Dinesh Valke]

Spermacoce verticillata L.

sperm-a-KOH-see -- seed point, referring to the capsule being surrounded by calyx points ... Dave's Botanary
ver-ti-si-LAH-tuh -- referring to a whorl ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: shrubby false buttonweed • Kannada: ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಮದನಗಂಟಿ vilayati madanaganti • Konkani: फिरंगी गेडो phirangi gedo • Malayalam: വിദേശ തറുതാവൽ videsha tharuthaaval • Marathi: विलायती मदनघंटी vilayati madanghanti


botanical names: Spermacoce verticillata L. ... homotypic synonyms: Borreria verticillata (L.) G.Mey. • Tardavel verticillata (L.) Hiern ... heterotypic synonyms: Spermacoce globosa Schumach. & Thonn. ... POWO, retrieved 17 September 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

shrubby false buttonweed

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಮದನಗಂಟಿ vilayati madanaganti

• name coined, for want of name; ವಿಲಾಯತೀ vilayati = foreign, of exotic nature; ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti = name given to Spermacoce articularis L.f. ... named so, because this species, a non-native of India, has got introduced and naturalized in some parts of south India

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

फिरंगी गेडो phirangi gedo

• name coined, for want of name; फिरंगी phirangi = foreign, of exotic nature; गेडो gedo = name given to Spermacoce articularis L.f. ... named so, because this species, a non-native of India, has got introduced and naturalized in some parts of south India

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വിദേശ തറുതാവൽ videsha tharuthaaval

• name coined, for want of name; വിദേശ videsha = foreign, of exotic nature; തറുതാവൽ tharuthaaval = name given to some of Spermacoce spp. ... named so, because this species, a non-native of India, has got introduced and naturalized in some parts of south India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

विलायती मदनघंटी vilayati madanghanti

• name coined, for want of name; विलायती vilayati = foreign, of exotic nature; मदनघंटी madanghanti = name given to Spermacoce articularis L.f. ... named so, because this species, a non-native of India, has got introduced and naturalized in some parts of south India

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

introduced, naturalized in south India
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Telangana

• Observations in iNaturalist: Kerala | Telangana
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 27th, 2024. Last accessed 17/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 18:39 17-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 13:09 18-09-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/spermacoce-verticillata-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Another very useful contribution Dinesh ji.

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Dinesh ji,
Nice pic and good work.
വിദേശ videsha is not appropriate, more good is single name same tharuthaaval or tharuthaval.

Regards, Sam. 

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam coined name.

It is good to give a prefix to the name tharuthaaval or tharuthaval. ... otherwise all Spermacoce spp. will be known by only one name.

I added വിദേശ videsha (= foreign) to imply that this particular species is introduced and now has got naturalized in some parts of south India.

Is there any other word that we can stick to  tharuthaaval ?  ... It will be a great help.

If not, I will go ahead to change the name and reduce it to just tharuthaaval.

Regards.
Dinesh