commonly known as: shrubby stylo •
Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool •
Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu •
Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara •
Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool •
Telugu: కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu
botanical names:
Stylosanthes scabra Vogel ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Stylosanthes diarthra S.F.Blake •
Stylosanthes gloiodes S.F.Blake •
Stylosanthes plicata S.F.Blake •
Stylosanthes scoparia Standl. & L.O.Williams •
Stylosanthes subsericea S.F.Blake ...
POWO, retrieved 09 October 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken
sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
shrubby stylo
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool
- name coined, for want of name; खड़ khar = coarse, rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; कलमफूल kalamphool = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu
- name coined, for want of name; ಒರಟು oratu = coarse, rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು kaddihoovu = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara
- name coined, for want of name; many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with coining this name ... facebook ... നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara = ground pigeon pea ... named so, due to its 3-foliolate leaves, wild nature, resemblance of leaves with that of pigeon pea
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool
- name coined, for want of name; उग्र ugra = rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; कलमफूल kalamphool = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu
- name coined, for want of name; కరకు karaku = rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; సలాకపువ్వు salakapuvvu = a coined name for pencilflower - sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, *Tamil Nadu; introduced, naturalized, cultivated
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Created on: 10:55 09-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 21:44 10-10-2024 ~~~~~