Names of Plants in India :: Medicago sativa L.

[Dinesh Valke]

Medicago sativa L.

med-DIK-ah-go -- from the ancient Greek medike - meaning medic grass ... Dave's Botanary • PlantUse English
sa-TEE-vuh -- cultivated ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: alfalfa, buffalo herb, lucerne, purple medic • Gujarati: ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas, લચકો lachko, રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas, વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi • Hindi: अल्फाल्फा alfalfa, लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka • Kachchhi: રીંજકો rinjako • Kannada: ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha, ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu • Kashmiri: बेरसीन् baerseen • Konkani: लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen • Ladakhi: Yarkandi ole • Malayalam: അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen • Marathi: लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat • Nepali: लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa • Punjabi: ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha, ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਲੂਸਣ lusana, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi • Rajasthani: रिज़का rijka • Sanskrit: अश्वाबला ashvabala • Tamil: குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal • Telugu: అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha • Urdu: برسیم bersim


botanical names: Medicago sativa L. ... accepted infraspecifics: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

alfalfa, lucerne

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

buffalo herb (or buffalo grass), purple medic

• New World Encyclopedia
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

લચકો lachko

• Patel, Mayur & Punjani, Bhasker. (2021). A study of angiosperm diversity in Bayad taluka of Aravalli district, Gujarat. International Journal of Botany. 6. 709-718.
• Biological Diversity of Gujarat - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission

રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas

• ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - ગુજરાતી ભાષાનો સર્વપ્રથમ વિશ્વકોશ (એન્સાઈક્લોપીડિયા)

વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi

• FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

अल्फाल्फा alfalfa

• विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश

लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

રીંજકો rinjako

• FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha

• ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ

ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir

बेरसीन् baerseen

• Many thanks to Shakir Ahmad for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen

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

~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: Ladakh

Yarkandi ole

• this name needs to be put in the native script
• Ahmad, Suheel, J. P. Singh and Deepak Kumar Verma. "Inventory of Important Fodder Plants of Ladakh Himalaya." (2020).

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa

• विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha

• ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼

ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi

• The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

ਲੂਸਣ lusana

• ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼ ... or ਲੂਸਰਨ lusarana

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

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

रिज़का rijka

• Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

अश्वाबला ashvabala

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu

குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha

• వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka

برسیم bersim

• ويكيپيڈيا - آزاد دائرۃ المعارف

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

widely cultivated throughout India

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/09/medicago-sativa-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[M Swamy]

Dear Dinesh ji,
Very nice compilation.

Kannada names & their  English transliteration are correct..   In this  connection,  I wish to state that   the name 'ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು',  adopted from FRLHT  ENVIS,   when  translated to English  means  FOREIGN GRASS.   In my view,  it is not an appropriate  Kannada word.   However,  It is up to you to keep the word or omit.   Choice is yours . 

Thanks & Regards, 

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very very much, dear Mahadeswara ji, for validating the Kannada names.

ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು = foreign grass - we will keep this name in our compilation.

Any foreign plant that is cultivated commercially, gets the prefix "foreign" automatically added to the regular regional name. In this instance, it is fodder (thus gets equated to grass), thus it is justified. More such names for this plant, are in Gujarati and Marathi ... Gujarati: વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas, વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi;  Marathi: विलायती गवत vilayati gavat

In Kannada, similar names for other plants, for example are: vilayathi haralu (Jatropha gossypifolia), vilayathi hatthi (Gossypium barbadense), vilayathi mallige (Quisqualis indica), vilayathi tulasi (Hyptis suaveolens)

Regards.

Dinesh

[M Swamy]

O. K. Dinesh ji. Excellent.

Thanks & Regards ,

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice pic and excellent work dear Dinesh ji.

With regards, Sam.

[J.M. Garg]

Superb work, Dinesh ji

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much, Garg ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji