ee-lay-toh-STEM-uh -- Greek:
elatos (driving or striking);
stema (stamen), referring to the stamens springing up ...
Dave's Botanary
kew-nee-AH-tum or
kew-nee-AY-tum -- wedge-shaped ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: wedge-shaped soft nettle •
Konkani: पाथोर पाल्लो pathor pallo •
Marathi: खडक पालक khadak palak •
Tawang Monpa tribe: chulukpa
botanical names:
Elatostema cuneatum Wight ...
synonyms:
Elatostema approximatum Wedd. •
Elatostema densiflorum Franch. & Sav. •
Elatostema nipponicum Makino •
Elatostema webbianum Wedd. •
Procris approximata Wall. ...
POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
wedge-shaped soft nettle
- name given for want of specific common name
wedge-shaped - derived from the epithet cuneatum, in context of leaf shape -- ... Dave's Botanary
soft nettle = non-stinging nettle, most of Elatostema spp. are wild edible plants ... Upadhyay, Ashutosh & Gogoi, Rajib & Mitra, Prashanta. (2021). Ethnobotany of Elatostema J.R. Forster & G. Forster (Urticaceae). Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 21. 1-24. 10.32859/era.27.01.1-24.
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
पाथोर पाल्लो pathor pallo
- name given for want of name ... पाथोर pathor = stone; पाल्लो pallo = greens ... for the plant's lithophytic habit and for being edible greens
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
खडक पालक khadak palak
- name given for want of name ... खडक पालक khadak palak = rock spinach ... for the plant's lithophytic habit and for being consumed by tribal folks, as edible greens
~~~~~ Tawang Monpa tribe ~~~~~
chulukpa
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