Names of Plants in India :: Senna sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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Dinesh Valke

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Senna sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Senna sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

SEN-nuh -- Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush ... Dave's Botanary
sul-FER-ee-uh -- sulphur yellow (also spelled sulphurea) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: glaucous cassia, sulphur cassia, sulphur-flowered senna • Gujarati: કૃષ્ણમોક્ષ krushnamoksh • Kannada: ಅಡವಿ ತಂಗಡಿ adavi thangadi • Konkani: सरपुली sarpuli • Marathi: मोठी तरवड mothi tarvad • Tamil: குண்டுப்பூக்கொன்றை kuntu-p-pu-k-konrai, மஞ்சட்கொன்றை mancat-konrai, வெள்ளைத்தகரை vellai-t-takarai • Telugu: మెట్టతంగేడు mettatangedu


botanical names: Senna sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ... homotypic synonyms: Cassia sulfurea DC. ex Collad. • Senna surattensis subsp. sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) Randell ... heterotypic synonyms: Cassia enneaphylla J.Koenig ex Wight & Arn. • Cassia glauca Lam. • Cassia surattensis subsp. glauca (Lam.) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen • Senna surattensis subsp. glauca (Lam.) X.Y.Zhu ... and more listed at POWO, retrieved 21 August 2024
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
glaucous cassia
  • this name is literal translation of the synonym Cassia glauca Lam.
  • Cassia glauca Lam. is not a synonym of Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ... though was so in earlier times
  • De Wit's description of S.surattensis has become confused with S.sulfurea ... refer to "NOTES" in ILDIS World Database of Legumes Version 10.38 20 July 2010 [accessed: 21 August 2024]
  • as such, the common name "glaucous cassia" is not appropriate for S.surattensis
sulphur cassia
sulphur-flowered senna
  • for Cassia glauca Lam. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
કૃષ્ણમોક્ષ krushnamoksh
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಅಡವಿ ತಂಗಡಿ adavi thangadi
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
सरपुली sarpuli
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
मोठी तरवड mothi tarvad
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கொவளை kovalai
  • for sulphur-flowered senna ... for Cassia glauca Lam. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
குண்டுப்பூக்கொன்றை kuntu-p-pu-k-konrai, மஞ்சட்கொன்றை mancat-konrai, வெள்ளைத்தகரை vellai-t-takarai
  • for Cassia glauca Lam. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
మెట్టతంగేడు mettatangedu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
widespread
NOTE: this species has been much confused with S.surattensis ¦ in historical literature, the name Cassia glauca Lam. referred to either of these species, thus their common / regional names too have become muddled
~~~~~ Created on: 11:57 21-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 12:22 22-08-2024 ~~~~~





Gurcharan Singh

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Beautiful work Dinesh ji.

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