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hap-LANTH-oh-deez ? -- Greek:
haplos (single);
anthos (flower)
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ten-tak-yoo-LAH-tus ? -- referring to the tentacle-like spikes
commonly known as: tentacled haplanthodes •
Konkani: व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem •
Marathi: फिकट निळा जकारा fikat nila jakara
botanical names:
Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar ...
homotypic synonyms:
Bremekampia tentaculata (L.) Sreem. •
Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees •
Ruellia tentaculata L. ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Ruellia aciculata B.Heyne ex Roth ...
POWO ... same as
Haplanthodes tentaculatus (L.) R.B. Majumdar var. tentaculatus ...
Botanical Survey of India
distribution in India: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, endemic to Western Ghats ...
Botanical Survey of India
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
tentacled haplanthodes
- name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name; derived from the descriptive epithet tentaculata
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem
- Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
- व्हडलें vhadlem = larger; काळें kalem = black; किरायतें kiraytem = generic name given to small medicinal herbs
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
फिकट निळा जकारा fikat nila jakara
- this name built on निळा जकारा nila jakara, a name coined by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, author of Flowers of Sahyadri, for Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar
- फिकट fikat = pale (esp. colour); निळा nila = blue colour; जकारा jakara = a dense bush, in this context, referring to the spike of cladodes
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
no given name / no name found
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