Names of Plants in India :: Leucas montana (Roth) Spreng.

[Dinesh Valke]

LOO-kus -- from the Greek leukos (white) ... Dave's Botanary
MON-tah-nuh or mon-TAY-nuh -- of the mountains ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: mountain leucas • Bhojpuri: gitil arak • Marathi: डोंगरी बुरुंबी dongari burumbi • Telugu: కొండ తుమ్మి konda thummi


botanical names: Leucas montana (Roth) Spreng. ... synonyms: Leucas hamiltoniana Benth. • Phlomis montana Roth ... status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

mountain leucas

• common name given for want of name; derived from scientific name

~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~

gitil arak

• Checklist of Wild Edible Plants of Bihar, India by Nasheez Fatma and T.K. Pan
• or gital arak ... Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae by V. Singh

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

डोंगरी बुरुंबी dongari burumbi

• regional name given for want of name
  डोंगरी dongari = hilly, preferred habitat of this plant; बुरुंबी burumbi = generic name for some Leucas spp.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

కొండ తుమ్మి konda thummi

• Herbarium JCB - Flora of Peninsular India
• కొండ konda = hill; తుమ్మి thummi = generic name for some Leucas spp.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/12/leucas-montana-roth-spreng.html

Regards.
Dinesh