Names of Plants in India :: Smithia purpurea

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Dinesh Valke

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Smithia purpurea Hook.

Smithia purpurea Hook.

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SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith
pur-PUR-ee-uh -- purple


commonly known as: purple smithiaMarathi: बरका barka


botanical names: Smithia purpurea Hook.... synonym: Smithia laxiflora Benth.



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Photographed at base of Koraigad (~2495 ft asl) near Ambavane village, Maharashtra

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Dinesh
barka

Balkar Singh

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Oct 11, 2011, 8:23:30 PM10/11/11
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!!!!!Gorgeous Catch!!!!!
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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 11, 2011, 9:14:12 PM10/11/11
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Dinesh sir,
How do you get map on your images. Is your camera gps enabled?
Pankaj




On Oct 12, 8:23 am, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > *SMITH-ee-uh* -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward
> > Smith
> > *pur-PUR-ee-uh* -- purple
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> > *commonly known as*: purple smithia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/p...>•
> > *Marathi*: बरका barka<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/b...>
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> > *botanical names*: *Smithia purpurea* Hook.... *synonym*: *Smithia
> > laxiflora* Benth.

Neil Soares

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Oct 11, 2011, 10:53:23 PM10/11/11
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Hi Dinesh,
  Nice photograph ! These are some of mine.
                   Regards,
                     Neil Soares.

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From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>
Subject: [efloraofindia:87299] Names of Plants in India :: Smithia purpurea
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Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 12:38 AM

via Species‎ > ‎S‎ > ‎

Smithia purpurea Hook.

Smithia purpurea Hook.

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth


SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith
pur-PUR-ee-uh -- purple


commonly known as: purple smithiaMarathi: बरका barka


botanical names: Smithia purpurea Hook.... synonym: Smithia laxiflora Benth.
Smithia purpurea 1.jpg
Smithia purpurea 2.jpg
Smithia purpurea 3.jpg

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 11, 2011, 11:36:09 PM10/11/11
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Thank you very much, Balkar ji and Neil ji.

Dear Pankaj : I carry a GPS device (Garmin eTrex Vista HCx). It maintains a log of my movement.
Using a suitable software, the details of latitude and longitude can be inserted in photo EXIF data.

Regards.
Dinesh

Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 11, 2011, 11:39:02 PM10/11/11
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Wow so techie!!!!
Pankaj



On Oct 12, 11:36 am, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much, Balkar ji and Neil ji.
>
> Dear Pankaj : I carry a GPS device (Garmin eTrex Vista HCx). It maintains a
> log of my movement.
> Using a suitable software, the details of latitude and longitude can be
> inserted in photo EXIF data.
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
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> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi Dinesh,
> >   Nice photograph ! These are some of mine.
> >                    Regards,
> >                      Neil Soares.
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> > --- On *Wed, 10/12/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>* wrote:
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> > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>
> > Subject: [efloraofindia:87299] Names of Plants in India :: Smithia purpurea
> > To: "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 12:38 AM
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> > Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Smit...> [image:
> > more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Smithiapurpurea&m=tags&z=m> [image:
> > more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Smithiapurpurea&...>
>
> > *SMITH-ee-uh* -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward
> > Smith
> > *pur-PUR-ee-uh* -- purple
>
> > *commonly known as*: purple smithia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/p...>•
> > *Marathi*: बरका barka<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/b...>
>
> > *botanical names*: *Smithia purpurea* Hook.... *synonym*: *Smithia
> > laxiflora* Benth.

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 31, 2024, 4:24:26 AM8/31/24
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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/smithia-purpurea-hook.html

Regards.
Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 31, 2024, 4:28:21 AM8/31/24
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Smithia purpurea Hook.

Smithia purpurea Hook.

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
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~
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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 31, 2024, 6:22:17 AM8/31/24
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Marathi name added ...


commonly known as: purple smithia • Kannada: ನೇರಳೆ ಹುರುಳಿ nerale huruli • Marathi: बरका barka, बुरकुर burkur

Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 31, 2024, 9:33:04 AM8/31/24
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Another great contribution Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 31, 2024, 10:45:32 AM8/31/24
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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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