Names of Plants in India :: Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.

[Dinesh Valke]

Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.

SEE-duh -- in Greek, a type of water lily; although now a name for a type of mallow ... Dave's Botanary
my-sor-EN-sis -- of or from Mysore, India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Mysore fanpetals, Mysore sida • Bengali: আঁঠালো জুঙ্কা aanthaalo junka • Gujarati: મૈસૂર બલ maisoor bala • Hindi: मैसूर बला maisoor bala • Kannada: ಅಂಟುತುತ್ತಿ antuthutti • Konkani: धाकटी तुपकटी dhakti tupkati • Malayalam: മൈസൂരു കുറുന്തോട്ടി mysooru kurunthotti • Marathi: म्हैसूर बला mhaisoor bala • Odia: ମହୀଶୂର ବଳା mahisura bala • Rajasthani: मैसूर बला maisoor bala • Tamil: புளவத்துரட்டி pulavathuratti; வட்டக் குருத்தாங்கண்ணி vata guruthankanni • Telugu: కుండి వెలగ kundi velaga • Tulu: ಅಂಟುಕಡೀರ್ antukadeer


botanical names: Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn. ... heterotypic synonyms: Sida glutinosa Roxb. • Sida urticifolia Wight & Arn. • Sida wightiana D.Dietr. ... POWO, retrieved 22 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Mysore fanpetals, Mysore sida

• Flowers of India, retrieved August 22, 2024

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

আঁঠালো জুঙ্কা aanthaalo junka

• Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

મૈસૂર બલ maisoor bala

• name coined, for want of name; મૈસૂર maisoor = Mysuru or Mysore, a city in south India, a province during British Raj; બલ bala = strength, Sanskrit generic name given to Sida spp. ... this species was described from Mysore province during erstwhile British Raj ¦ Sida spp. have nervine tonic property

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

मैसूर बला maisoor bala

• name coined, for want of name; मैसूर maisoor = Mysuru or Mysore, a city in south India, a province during British Raj; बला bala = strength, Sanskrit generic name given to Sida spp. ... this species was described from Mysore province during erstwhile British Raj ¦ Sida spp. have nervine tonic property

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅಂಟುತುತ್ತಿ antuthutti

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅಂಟು antu = sticky; ತುತ್ತಿ thutti = generic name given to Abutilon ... named so, due to plant's viscid body, and some of it's morphological similarity to plants of Abutilon

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

धाकटी तुपकटी dhakti tupkati

• for Sida glutinosa Roxb. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

മൈസൂരു കുറുന്തോട്ടി mysooru kurunthotti

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... efloraofindia
• name coined, for want of name; മൈസൂരു mysooru = Mysuru or Mysore, a city in south India, a province during British Raj; കുറുന്തോട്ടി kurunthotti = a generic name given to Sida spp. ... this species was described from Mysore province during erstwhile British Raj

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

म्हैसूर बला mhaisoor bala

• name coined, for want of name; म्हैसूर mhaisoor = Mysuru or Mysore, a city in south India, a province during British Raj; बला bala = strength, Sanskrit generic name given to Sida spp. ... this species was described from Mysore province during erstwhile British Raj ¦ Sida spp. have nervine tonic property

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ମହୀଶୂର ବଳା mahisura bala

• name coined, for want of name; ମହୀଶୂର mahisura = Mysuru or Mysore, a city in south India, a province during British Raj; ବଳା bala = strength, Sanskrit generic name given to Sida spp. ... this species was described from Mysore province during erstwhile British Raj ¦ Sida spp. have nervine tonic property

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan

मैसूर बला maisoor bala

• name coined, for want of name; मैसूर maisoor = Mysuru or Mysore, a city in south India, a province during British Raj; बला bala = strength, Sanskrit generic name given to Sida spp. ... this species was described from Mysore province during erstwhile British Raj ¦ Sida spp. have nervine tonic property

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

புளவத்துரட்டி pulavathuratti; வட்டக் குருத்தாங்கண்ணி vata guruthankanni

• for Sida glutinosa Roxb. ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

కుండి వెలగ kundi velaga

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಅಂಟುಕಡೀರ್ antukadeer

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅಂಟು antu = sticky; ಕಡೀರ್ kadeer = generic name given to Sida ... named so, due to plant's viscid body, and it's morphological similarity to plants of Sida

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

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

• for Sida glutinosa Roxb. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Botanical Survey of India
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.8; last update August 13th, 2024. Last accessed 22/08/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 22:59 22-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 10:11 24-08-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/sida-mysorensis-wight-arn.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice pic and excellent work dear Dinesh ji, both English and Malayalam name are correct, regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, for helping with, and for validating the Malayalam names / English spellings.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.