Names of Plants in India :: Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar

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Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2023, 3:12:29 AM1/28/23
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Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar

Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar

¿ hap-LANTH-oh-deez ? -- Greek: haplos (single); anthos (flower)
¿ 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
~~~~~ x ~~~~~




Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2023, 9:04:23 AM1/28/23
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Thank you very much Kiratsinh ji for helping with this name.
Regards.
Dinesh



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From: Kiratsinh Zala <zalaki...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Names of Plants in India :: Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>


gujarati name is nil jakara નીલ જકારા

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2023, 9:15:39 AM1/28/23
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Gujarati name added ...



Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar

Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar

¿ hap-LANTH-oh-deez ? -- Greek: haplos (single); anthos (flower)
¿ ten-tak-yoo-LAH-tus ? -- referring to the tentacle-like spikes

commonly known as: tentacled haplanthodes • Gujarati: નીલ જકારા nil jakara • 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 ~~~~~
નીલ જકારા nil jakara
  • Many thanks to Kiratsinh Zala for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

M Swamy

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Jan 28, 2023, 11:04:30 PM1/28/23
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Dear Dinesh ji,
If you agree I can coin a new name in Kannada   taking cues from the Tamil, Telugu and other names which I am familiar with .
 But I need some time.
Thanks & Regards,


On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 1:42 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2023, 11:37:08 PM1/28/23
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100%, dear Mahadeswara ji !!
I am not the only one to agree :)  Everyone will agree, and will be glad too !!!
Please go ahead to help with names coined; I am not sending separate mails for this process to save time and communication among all those who are helping me with names.
Please take your time; this work is endless !!
Regards.
Dinesh

J.M. Garg

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Feb 1, 2023, 4:17:09 AM2/1/23
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Thanks, Mahadeswara ji

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