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Botany / Flower | | English term or phrase: Digitalis purpurea | I'm looking for a good team name, and since the team members find Sanskrit fascinating, we thought it a nice touch to get the name of this flower, known in English as Foxglove, in Sanskrit.
Is there one? |
|   Irene ElmerotKudoZ activityQuestions: 42 (none open) ( 3 closed without grading) Answers: 68
Sweden
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| | लवणवल्ली (Lavan-valli) | Explanation:
Dear Irene,
I searched a bit about it on the net and found this word.
Still, I'll search more and will come up with other options.
Regards,
Mrudula.
Common name: Ganges Primrose, Chinese violet, Creeping foxglove, लवण वल्ली Lavana valli (Marathi)
Botanical name: Asystasia gangetica Family: Acanthaceae (ruellia family)
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Asystasia means inconsistency and relates to the fact that the corolla is more or less regular which is unusual in the family Acanthaceae. The word gangetica is derived from the Ganga river in India where it is presumed the species occurs. The Marathi name Lavana valli means salt resistant creeper. Ganges primrose is an attractive, fast-growing, spreading, herbaceous groundcover that grows from 30 cm to 60 cm in height. The stems root easily at the nodes. Leaves are simple and dark green. It produces a cream-coloured flower with tessellated purple markings on the palate (lower petal of the corolla) in spring and summer. Flowers are produced over a long period and are followed by capsules with brown seeds. It is semi-hardy, and young plants require protection in areas of heavy frost. In tropical areas it can grow rampantly.
Photographed in Maharashtra
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Note added at 32 mins (2009-05-15 13:08:42 GMT)
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http://www.aparna.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/02.jpg
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Note added at 40 mins (2009-05-15 13:16:13 GMT)
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I got another name for it as well. It is तीलपुष्पी (Teelpushpee). http://nmpb.nic.in/WriteReadData/photogallery/5341287692Digi...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-05-15 17:52:44 GMT)
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Yes, I also think so since the website is of Authorized Institute but still I'll contact few more and let you know. |
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Mrudula Tambe
India
Local time: 05:00
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28 mins confidence:   | digitalis purpurea लवणवल्ली (Lavan-valli)
Explanation:
Dear Irene,
I searched a bit about it on the net and found this word.
Still, I'll search more and will come up with other options.
Regards,
Mrudula.
Common name: Ganges Primrose, Chinese violet, Creeping foxglove, लवण वल्ली Lavana valli (Marathi)
Botanical name: Asystasia gangetica Family: Acanthaceae (ruellia family)
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Asystasia means inconsistency and relates to the fact that the corolla is more or less regular which is unusual in the family Acanthaceae. The word gangetica is derived from the Ganga river in India where it is presumed the species occurs. The Marathi name Lavana valli means salt resistant creeper. Ganges primrose is an attractive, fast-growing, spreading, herbaceous groundcover that grows from 30 cm to 60 cm in height. The stems root easily at the nodes. Leaves are simple and dark green. It produces a cream-coloured flower with tessellated purple markings on the palate (lower petal of the corolla) in spring and summer. Flowers are produced over a long period and are followed by capsules with brown seeds. It is semi-hardy, and young plants require protection in areas of heavy frost. In tropical areas it can grow rampantly.
Photographed in Maharashtra
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Note added at 32 mins (2009-05-15 13:08:42 GMT)
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http://www.aparna.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/02.jpg
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Note added at 40 mins (2009-05-15 13:16:13 GMT)
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I got another name for it as well. It is तीलपुष्पी (Teelpushpee). http://nmpb.nic.in/WriteReadData/photogallery/5341287692Digi...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-05-15 17:52:44 GMT)
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Yes, I also think so since the website is of Authorized Institute but still I'll contact few more and let you know.
Reference: http://www.flowersofindia.net/cgi-bin/search.pl
Reference: http://www.flowersofindia.net/
| Mrudula Tambe
India
Local time: 05:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:  Sanskrit, Marathi
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Thank you, Mrudula, the last one seems to be right!
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