Names of Plants in India :: Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.

[Dinesh Valke]

Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.

sty-lo-SAN-theez -- Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) ... Dave's Botanary
ham-AH-tuh or ham-AY-tuh -- hooked ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Caribbean stylo • Bengali: হমাতা hamata • Gujarati: હમાટા hamata • Hindi: हमाटा hamata • Kannada: ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ vilayati pencil gida • Malayalam: ഹമാറ്റ hamaatta • Marathi: हमाटा hamata • Odia: ହମାତା hamata • Tamil: முயல் மசால் muyal masaal • Telugu: హమాటా hamata


botanical names: Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. ... homotypic synonyms: Hedysarum hamatum L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Anonis americana Aubl. • Ononis cerrifolia Rchb. ex DC. • Stylosanthes eriocarpa S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes procumbens Sw. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 07 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

Caribbean stylo

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

হমাতা hamata

• name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

હમાટા hamata

• name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

हमाटा hamata

• name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ vilayati pencil gida

• name coined, for want of name; ವಿಲಾಯತೀ vilayati = foreign, of foreign land; ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ pencil gida = pencil plant, a name given to Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston ... derived from the generic name 'stylo' given to most of the Stylosanthes species

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ഹമാറ്റ hamaatta

• name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

हमाटा hamata

• 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

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ହମାତା hamata

• name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

முயல் மசால் muyal masaal

• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

హమాటా hamata

• name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name

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

Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal; introduced, naturalized, cultivated

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• P Parthasarathy Rao, C R Ramesh, P S Pathak, Y Mohan Rao and Nagarathna Biradar - Chapter 23 - Recent trends in Stylosanthes seed production by smallholders in India - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.9; last update September 19th, 2024. Last accessed 03/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 15:59 07-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:09 08-10-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/stylosanthes-hamata-l-taub.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Dinesh ji,
Nice picture and excellent work.
Hamatta is not a Malayalam name.
Regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear Sam ji,

Thank you very much, as always.

Agreed, "hamatta" is not a Malayalam "word", but the Latin epithet can very well be used as a "name" in any language, I do not think there should be any restriction.

In case you come across any known Malayalam name for this species, please help me with it.

In Maharashtra, this species is known by the name "hamata" though it is not a Marathi word.

This species was introduced long back in south India - I do not know much about it. 

Now, it is cultivated in many states of India, as forage and for its seeds; largest production being in Andhra Pradesh.

I have used the specific epithet as a name in most of the regional languages where it is known to be cultivated. 

If I get to know of names in those languages, I will place them in the compilation.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Ok dear Dinesh ji, will do it.
It is a new knowledge to me about the usage of the Latin epithet.
Regards, Sam.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Another very useful contribution Dinesh ji.