*Elatostema cuneatum* Wight [image: Elatostema cuneatum Wight] *ee-lay-toh-STEM-uh* -- Greek: *elatos* (driving or striking); *stema* (stamen), referring to the stamens springing up ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Elatostema> *kew-nee-AH-tum* or *kew-nee-AY-tum* -- wedge-shaped ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=cuneatum>
*commonly known as*: wedge-shaped soft nettle • *Konkani*: पाथोर पाल्लो pathor pallo • *Marathi*: खडक पालक khadak palak • *Tawang Monpa tribe*: chulukpa *botanical names*: *Elatostema cuneatum* Wight ... *synonyms*: *Elatostema approximatum* Wedd. • *Elatostema densiflorum* Franch. & Sav. • *Elatostema nipponicum* Makino • *Elatostema webbianum* Wedd. • *Procris approximata* Wall. ... POWO <http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:851820-1> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *wedge-shaped soft nettle* - name given for want of specific common name *wedge-shaped* - derived from the epithet *cuneatum*, in context of leaf shape -- ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=cuneatum> *soft nettle* = non-stinging nettle, most of *Elatostema* spp. are wild edible plants ... Upadhyay, Ashutosh & Gogoi, Rajib & Mitra, Prashanta. (2021). Ethnobotany of Elatostema J.R. Forster & G. Forster (Urticaceae) <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348919661_Ethnobotany_of_Elatostema_JR_Forster_G_Forster_Urticaceae>. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 21. 1-24. 10.32859/era.27.01.1-24. ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ *पाथोर पाल्लो pathor pallo* - name given for want of name ... *पाथोर pathor* = stone; *पाल्लो pallo* = greens ... for the plant's lithophytic habit and for being edible greens ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *खडक पालक khadak palak* - name given for want of name ... *खडक पालक khadak palak* = rock spinach ... for the plant's lithophytic habit and for being consumed by tribal folks, as edible greens ~~~~~ Tawang Monpa tribe ~~~~~ *chulukpa* - Jambey Tsering, BJ Gogoi, Pallabi K Hui N Tam & Hui Tag - Ethnobotanical appraisal on wild edible plants used by the Monpa community of Arunachal Pradesh <http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/42661/1/IJTK%2016%284%29%20626-637.pdf>. IJTK Vol.16 (4), October 2017, pp. 626-637 ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Sighted at Yeoor Hills ID courtesy: P B Singh Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/09/elatostema-cuneatum-wight.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2CTvY3ZsPDxQCAodRO7QNyqKtYRd0rGiZ6bkVwaFChqg%40mail.gmail.com.
