*Lepidagathis incurva* Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [image: Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104559340>
*lep-id-AG-ath-is* -- Greek: *lepis* (scale); *agathis* (clew = ball of thread, yarn, or twine) ... Catalogue of the Plants <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kEM-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=lepidagathis+scaly+agathis&source=bl&ots=gEK1EkcIuC&sig=ACfU3U1FKivCg2nB_M8Lp0UycE-4xT2DRg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn4oGHsqDmAhVt4nMBHSPcBrQQ6AEwDXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=lepidagathis%20scaly%20agathis&f=false> *IN-kur-vuh* or *in-KUR-vuh* -- incurved ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=incurva> *commonly known as*: curved lepidagathis • *Bengali*: কান্দিফুল kandi phool • *Dogri*: कंडैरा kandairaa, कंडेयारा kandeyaaraa • *Garo*: byiradimat-mengo-kime • *Kannada*: ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti • *Mizo*: vangvattur • *Nepali*: काँडे kaande, सेतो फुली seto phuli • *Tulu*: ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti *botanical names*: *Lepidagathis incurva* Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ... *accepted infraspecifics*: *Lepidagathis incurva* var. *incurva* ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Lepidagathis hyalina* Nees ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 01 July 2025 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 *curved lepidagathis* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Curved%20Lepidagathis.html>, retrieved July 01, 2025 ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *কান্দিফুল kandi phool* - Mehedi Voice <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/2017/07/Lepidagathis-incurva.html> - Hasan Mehedi's blog ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *कंडैरा kandairaa, कंडेयारा kandeyaaraa* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid0eoywouM8e48oYy95TQFfhg8MhoJF3NgmYy7BBCiWpae98RCFy1EeQkrLEiyz2t7cl> ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ written in: *Roman*, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: *Meghalaya*, Assam *byiradimat-mengo-kime* - Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti* - 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 ... ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti = bone binder, indicates its therapeutic efficacy in healing bone fracture ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian *vangvattur* - Rai, Prabhat & Lalramnghinglova, H. (2010). Lesser known ethnomedicinal plants of Mizoram, North East India: An Indo-Burma hotspot region. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228479330> Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 4. 1301-1307. ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *काँडे kaande, सेतो फुली seto phuli* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/z605HjtaAW8/m/Ak1As3DaBgAJ> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti* - 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 ... ಎಲು ಕೂಟ್ಟಿ elu kootti = bone binder, indicates its therapeutic efficacy in healing bone fracture ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andaman islands, Assam, ***Bihar, ***Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, ***Kerala, ***Maharashtra, ***Manipur, ***Punjab, ***Rajasthan, Sikkim, ***Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 01/07/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Jammu & Kashmir :: Janaki Ammal Herbarium <https://iiim.res.in/herbarium/acanthaceae/lepidagathis_incurva.htm> - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 19:24 01-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 20:09 02-07-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/lepidagathis-incurva-buch-ham-ex-ddon.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]. 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