SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ...
Wikisource
pur-PUR-ee-uh -- purple ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: purple smithia •
Kannada: ನೇರಳೆ ಹುರುಳಿ nerale huruli •
Marathi: बरका barka
botanical names:
Smithia purpurea Hook. ...
homotypic synonyms:
Damapana purpurea (Hook.) Kuntze ...
POWO, retrieved 31 August 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
purple smithia
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ನೇರಳೆ ಹುರುಳಿ nerale huruli
- name coined, for want of name; ನೇರಳೆ nerale = purple; ಹುರುಳಿ huruli = name given to horse gram ... for the purple coloured flower, and use of plant by animals as forage
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बरका barka
- Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first
among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western
Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 13:01 31-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 13:36 31-08-2024 ~~~~~