Dear sir lovely images of this endemic plant Western Maharashtra on ghats Rural areas Lepidagathis is usually called as कोच in Marathi
On Thu, 3 Jul, 2025, 5:02 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Lepidagathis mahakassapae* S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale > [image: Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270429319> > > *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> > ¿ *mah-AH-kus-suh-pay* ? -- named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) - > he was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha > > *commonly known as*: Mahakassapa lepidagathis • *Marathi*: महाकश्यपी > अडुळसा mahakashyapi adulasa > > > *botanical names*: *Lepidagathis mahakassapae* S.More, M.Sawant, > H.S.Bhosale & Kambale ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved > 03 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 > *Mahakassapa lepidagathis* > > - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India > > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mahakassapa%20Lepidagathis.html>, > retrieved July 03, 2025 > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *महाकश्यपी अडुळसा mahakashyapi adulasa* > > - name coined, for want of name; महाकश्यपी mahakashyapi = this species > is named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) - he was one of the principal > disciples of the Buddha; अडुळसा adulasa = this species belongs to the > *adulasa* family (Acanthaceae) > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Maharashtra; endemic > > - 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 03/07/2025 > (dd/mm/yyyy). > > ~~~~~ Created on: 11:58 03-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:23 03-07-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/lepidagathis-mahakassapae-smore-msawant.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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAG%2B%3DxF_rF83iH2wQ%3D6YqchjqX3_CLjSRCyWDeQxJBfAseyTSOg%40mail.gmail.com.
