Today, while re-compiling names for *Leucas lanata*, I stumbled across the name बिसखपरा bis-khapra OR बिसखोपरा bis-khopra of which the literal meaning is "poison-headed". Reference: A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts The name is not listing *Leucas lanata*, rather lists: *Trianthema pentandra*, or *T. obcordatum*; the plant *Mezoneurum cucullatum* (Desfontaines), or *Cæsalpinia cucullata* (Roxb.) ... (copy-pasted as-is from the dictionary).
*Leucas lanata* ... was not able to find if it was of any health hazard; the plant is used as an antidote for reptile poison. Reference article: Champati, Bibhuti & Jena, Sudipta & Ray, Asit & Mohanty, Swagat & Sahoo, Ambika & Das, Prabhat & Kar, Subrat & Sahoo, Tirthabrata & Nayak, Sanghamitra & Panda, Pratap. (2023). Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil of Leucas lanata <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369748065_CHEMICAL_COMPOSITION_AND_ANTIOXIDANT_ACTIVITY_OF_ESSENTIAL_OIL_OF_Leucas_lanata>. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 59. 386-388. 10.1007/s10600-023-04001-y. Regards. Dinesh On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 13:59:19 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 20 June 2017 at 20:26 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:271017] Hindi name of Leucas lanata > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > I do not know the meaning, Garg ji. > > > बिस could be विष (poison) OR lesser possibility as the number twenty, and > कपड़ा could be कपडा (cloth) - frankly I have no idea whether these > guesses are any good. Not able to connect *Leucas* plant to either poison > or cloth. This name is certainly a local name popular in at least the two > villages (Utpalta and Kwarka) of Chakrata Forest Division, as the study > paper reads. > > > > I referred V. Singh's Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. This name is not > listed - perhaps is not much known. > Names listed for Hindi are dhurlu ghaas (some dhurlu grass) and the > generic name गुमा guma > > I am not sure how dhurlu is spelled in Devanagari, will need help. > The name is known in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh ... found in a > ethnobotanical > paper > <https://scienceflora.org/journals/index.php/cb/article/viewFile/3178/3062> > . > > > I was writing my thoughts while we received Tapas ji's response. Our > thoughts match ! > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 7:28 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Dinesh ji. >> What can be the meaning? >> >> On 20 Jun 2017 4:12 p.m., "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> At ENVIS - FRLHT >>> <http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3726&parname=0>, a >>> name *bis kapra* is listed for *Leucas lanata*; same name is found in a >>> study >>> paper >>> <http://sa.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/Annals%20of%20forestry%202.pdf> >>> . >>> Would it be written as: बिस कपड़ा ? Please help. >>> >>> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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/7589ae51-d630-43e1-8088-9f7a5f6a0cddn%40googlegroups.com.
