*Spermacoce latifolia* Aubl. [image: Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93023708>
*sperm-a-KOH-see* -- seed point, referring to the capsule being surrounded by calyx points ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Spermacoce> *lat-ee-FOH-lee-uh* or *lat-ih-FOH-lee-uh* -- wide leaves ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=latifolia> *commonly known as*: broad-leaf buttonweed • *Adi*: eeing, tagin mikki • *Bengali*: শপিঁপড়া shapinpara • *Kannada*: ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi, ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti • *Malayalam*: തറുതാവൽ tharthaval, കുടൽചുരുക്കി kudalchurukki • *Nepali*: आलु झार aalu jhaar, आलु पाते aalu paate, पौंधी paundhi • *Sanskrit*: मदनघण्टा madanaghanta • *Tulu*: ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi *botanical names*: *Spermacoce latifolia* Aubl. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Borreria latifolia* (Aubl.) K.Schum. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Spermacoce aspera* Aubl. ... and more listed at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 13 September 2024 *NOTE*: belongs in *Diodia* ... *Diodia latifolia* (Aubl.) comb.ined. ... or in a separate genus close to *Diodia* according to phylogeny. Frequently included in *Spermacoce alata* Aubl. or *Spermacoce aspera* Aubl. ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 24.8; last update August 27th, 2024. Last accessed 13/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy). 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 <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> 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 *broad-leaf buttonweed* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Broad-Leaf%20Buttonweed.html>, retrieved September 13, 2024 ~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* *eeing, tagin mikki* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 14 September 2024 ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *শপিঁপড়া shapinpara* - name prevalent in Tripura ... for *Spermacoce alata* Aubl. ... Flora - Mehedi Voice <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/p/flora.html> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ... ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi = channeled stick ... named so, for the plant's angled or channeled stem *ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *തറുതാവൽ tharuthaaval, കുടൽചുരുക്കി kudalchurukki* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *आलु झार aalu jhaar, आलु पाते aalu paate* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/348948721949454/permalink/2524998524344452/> *पौंधी paundhi* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/348948721949454/permalink/2524998524344452/> - for *Spermacoce alata* Aubl. ... Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. <https://www.researchtrend.net/jnbr/pdf/An%20annotated%20checklist%20of%20Dicotyledonus%20Angiosperms%20in%20Darjeeling%20Himalayas.pdf> J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208. ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *bhuin kamla* - for *Spermacoce alata* Aubl. ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_Floral_diversity_of_Koira_and_Barsuan_Ranges_Bonai_Forest_Division_Odisha> - the name needs to be rendered in native script *paundhee* - Chauhan, Monali & Dimri, Rakhee & Kumar, Sanjeet & Pradhan, Ilarani. (2021). Common medicinal plants of Dhenkanal (Odisha), India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353769058> - the name needs to be rendered in native script ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *मदनघण्टा madanaghanta* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ... ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi = channeled stick ... named so, for the plant's angled or channeled stem ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ introduced; naturalized - Sivarajan, Vivek, Rakesh Vasudevan Nair and T U Ahmed Kunju. Genus *Spermacoce* Linn. (Rubiaceae) in India. <https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/plnt/097/04/0347-0358> Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant Sci.), Vol. 97, No. 4, August 1987, pp. 347-358. - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 24.8; last update August 27th, 2024. Last accessed 13/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 19:57 13-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:12 14-09-2024 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/spermacoce-latifolia-aubl.html Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 8:14 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/spermacoce-latifolia-aubl.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Wednesday 8 November 2023 at 18:30:28 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> Yes, thanks very much, Garg ji, for resurfacing this post, and many >> thanks to Tabish too, for pointing to the correct ID. >> I have corrected my notes in flickr as well as in iNaturalist. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 4:21 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This should be *Spermacoce latifolia* Aubl. (which is different from >>> *Spermacoce >>> alata* Aubl.) as per discussions at Spermacoce latifolia at Pachmarhi >>> :: 18 SEP 13 :: DV >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/tiLUltC9LSo> >>> >>> Thanks, Tabish ji, for pointing it out. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 at 11:25 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:282898] Names of Plants in India :: Spermacoce >>> alata Aubl. >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> via Species >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > S >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s> > >>> *Spermacoce alata* Aubl. ... *family*: Rubiaceae >>> >>> [image: Spermacoce alata Aubl.] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F10023468276%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFXp8zVIITFouXHmTFCBs6QgGkulQ> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of India] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Frisearch%2Fsearch.php%3Fquery%3DSpermacoce%2Balata%26stpos%3D0%26stype%3DAND&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGEr7jRFac8gApxyIkWbDf3Zfe6Gw> >>> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Spermacoce%20alata> >>> [image: more views in flickr] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Ftext%3DSpermacoce%2520alata&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGXMUeIN7-NSHExxg_7Z8uBIBmVKQ> >>> [image: more views on Google Earth] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DSpermacocealata%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH00Mdcr2ZbURlsJWYqe_iNLxCO1g> >>> >>> >>> *sperm-a-KOH-see* -- seed point, referring to the capsule being >>> surrounded by calyx points ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DSpermacoce&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNELBtR-p0mTXKa1gRpvLgGl9mnHNw> >>> *a-LAY-tuh* -- winged ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dalata&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGg4hrocnUH4bHgPyHrwMGvkarmXg> >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: broad-leaved false buttonweed >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/broad-leaved-buttonweed>, >>> oval-leaf false buttonweed >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/oval-leaf-false-buttonweed> >>> • *Kannada*: ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/darekaddi-daarekaddi>, >>> ಮದನಗಂಟಿ madanaganti >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/madanaganti-madanaganti> >>> • *Malayalam*: തറുതാവൽ tharthaval >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/tarutava-tharthaval>, >>> കുടൽചുരുക്കി kudalchurukki >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/kuta-curukki-kudalchurukki> >>> • *Nepali*: पौंधी paundhi >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/paundhi-paundhi> >>> • *Sanskrit*: मदनघण्टा madanaghanta >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/madanaghanta-madanaghanta> >>> • *Tulu*: ದಾರೆಕಡ್ಡಿ daarekaddi >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tulu/darekaddi-daarekaddi> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Spermacoce alata* Aubl. ... *synonyms*: *Borreria >>> alata* (Aubl.) DC. • *Borreria latifolia* (Aubl.) K.Schum. • *Spermacoce >>> latifolia* Aubl. ... and many more at *The Plants List* (2013). Version >>> 1.1. >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Fkew-193377&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEkpdYZtuyTE4vBfe4ugdpl7J7VWA> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> September 18, 2013 ... 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