Smithia sensitiva Aiton (Syn: Aeschynomene tribuloides Baill.; Damapana sensitiva (Aiton) Kuntze; Petagnana sensitiva (Aiton) J.F.Gmel.; Smithia javanica Benth.);
. SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith … Wikisource sen-si-TEE-vuh — sensitive . commonly known as: sensitive smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • Bengali: নল কশীন nala-kashina • Gujarati: કાવળે kavale • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कवला kavla • Marathi: चिमुर्ली chimurli, लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/smithia-sensitiva-aiton.html . Native to: China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, tropical Australia . India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam ; Bihar; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Delhi ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir ; Karnataka ; Kerala; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram ; Nagaland; Orissa ; Pondicherry; Punjab; Rajasthan ; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh ; West Bengal & other countries as per ILDIS; . Ascending annual herb with membranous stipules; leaves pinnate, with up to 10 pairs of leaflets, sensitive to touch, up to 3 cm long, with long hairs, spine-tipped; flowers yellow in axillary racemes; bracteoles adnate to calyx, ovate; calyx 5-8 mm long, setose; corolla slightly longer than calyx; fruit a loment, papillate, with 4-6 joints . Smithia sensitiva 1: Great display. Thanks for showing the fruits(Pods) too…..described as flattened; 3-6 jointed; orbicular reddish brown. Many pairs of leaflets also visible in the pictures. Nepali Name : लजाउने झार Lajaaune Jhaar Plz id this herb: pa17 – 30oct2012: This looks like Sensitive Smithia [Smithia sensitiva]. Some of my photographs of this are available at these links: Thank you … for the id. Your pix of the butterflies on this plant are wonderful.
Small Herb for ID : Pali,Maharashtra : 271112 : AK-2: Some Smithia?
Is it the same Smithia sensitiva posted yesterday?
Kindly confirm id. SGNP, Sep 2014 :: Requesting ID of this (Smithia)? :: ARKSEP-31 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Requesting to please ID this plant captured en route to Kanheri Caves, SGNP in Sep 2014.
Is it Smithis sensitiva? Yes it is Smithia sensitiva Aiton Fabaceae Fortnight: Smithia sensitiva:: Kanheri caves:: NAOCT3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Photographed on 11th of October on 2015 Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Smithia sensitiva :: Thane :: DVOCT114 : 1 post by 1 author. 11 images.
Smithia sensitiva Aiton
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on October 18, 2008
along Ghodbunder Road on September 13, 2008
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on September 12, 2009
at BNHS – CEC on September 9, 2007
at off Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh on August 23, 2008
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Smithia sensitiva from Bangalore-GSOCT70/75 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Smithia sensitiva Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 496. 1789
Ascending annual herb with membranous stipules; leaves pinnate, with up to 10 pairs of leaflets, sensitive to touch, up to 3 cm long, with long hairs, spine-tipped; flowers yellow in axillary racemes; bracteoles adnate to calyx, ovate; calyx 5-8 mm long, setose; corolla slightly longer than calyx; fruit a loment, papillate, with 4-6 joints
Photographed from Bangalore in September, 2015 Herb for Id | 02July11AR01:
The flower and leaflet structure of the plant draw close to Smithia sensitiva, Fabaceae. Date/Time-07 Nov 2010
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Chandagal Village, Mysore dist. Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Herb Height/Length-approx – 1.5 ft, 1-1.43 feet, hairy stem Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Leaflet– 7 to 15pairs, 1.5cms, margin smooth, Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-1-1.5cms, Yellow, If its carpeting the floor its most likely Smithia sensitiva… and not sesbania which are mostly erect bush or herb or tree…. and seedpods asre different anatomically….
did you see seedpods? photoged?
As there are many species in Smithia its difficult to id with some photos, but surely some Smithia sp. (may be S. sensitiva i guess), not Sesbania or Aeschynomene (they are erect herbs or undershrubs) S. sensitiva of Leguminosae would be the most probable choice. . Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Smithia sensitiva in northern Western Ghats:
Smithia sensitiva Aiton SMITH-ee-uh — named for Sir James Edward Smith, British botanist and physician
sen-si-TEE-vuh — sensitive Oct 18, 2008 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
commonly known as: sensitive smithia • Bengali: nalakashina • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कावडा kawda, कायळो kayalo • Marathi: लाजाळू कवला lajalu kavala Native to: China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, tropical Australia some views: Sep 12, 2009 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra Aug 23, 2008 … along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra Fabaceae (Faboideae) Week_Smithia sensitiva_ 091111PD01 Flora of Orissa:
Name of the species: Smithia sensitiva Family: Fabaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild, in rice fields and grasslands
Altitude: 100 to 200 m above msl Thanks for showing this Smithia sensitiva Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Smithia sensitiva Aiton from Assam KD 07 OCT15 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Attached images may be Smithia sensitiva Aiton. Pl. validate I think this may be Smithia conferta Sm. as per images under
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Smithia conferta :: n Western Ghats :: DVOCT110 Smithia sensitiva Unknown Fabaceae sp. from Assam : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 4 authors.
Attached images are unknown Fabaceae species. Please ID the species.
Date :06.11.2013
Location: Kamrup district
Family : Fabaceae
Genus & species : Unknown
Habitat: Grows wild
Habit : Herb Any Smithia sp.? It could be Smithia sensitiva I think this may be Smithia conferta Sm. as per images under
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Smithia conferta :: n Western Ghats :: DVOCT110 Smithia sensitiva : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Smithia sensitiva
Uran, Maharashtra
third week of September 2018
5 pictures from the plateau from Chiplun to Ganpatipule – efloraofindia | Google Groups . Peth Kothaligad, September 2021 :: Fabaceae 3 for ID :: ARK2022-003: 5 images. This was clicked at Peth Kothaligad hill fort near Karjat, MH in September 2021.
Could this be Smithia sensitiva?
Requested to please ID. Smithia sensitiva Aiton . Names of Plants in India :: Smithia sensitiva Aiton: 1 image. SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith … Wikisource
sen-si-TEE-vuh — sensitivecommonly known as: sensitive smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • Bengali: নল কশীন nala-kashina • Gujarati: કાવળે kavale • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कवला kavla • Marathi: चिमुर्ली chimurli, लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawlabotanical names: Smithia sensitiva Aiton … homotypic synonyms: Damapana sensitiva (Aiton) Kuntze • Petagnana sensitiva (Aiton) J.F.Gmel. … POWO, retrieved 01 September 2024 Bibliography / etymology
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written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
sensitive smithia
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
অলক্ষণী alokhyani
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নল কশীন nala-kashina
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
ओदाबिरनी odabirni
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
કાવળે kavale
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कवला kavla
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
चिमुर्ली chimurli
लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman & Nicobar islands, *Andhra Pradesh,
*Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, *Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, *Nagaland, *Odisha, *Pondicherry, *Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 13:23 01-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 14:14 02-09-2024 ~~~~~
I was not able to find any Malayalam name for this plant.
I think we should be able to coin a Malayalam name on lines of Marathi name “लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla” … here “लाजाळू lajalu” = shy … may be “ലജ്ജയുള്ള മുതിര” or any other word instead of ലജ്ജയുള്ള.
No hurry dear Sam ji, and please ignore the request if coining this name is cumbersome. The name ‘ലജ്ജയുള്ള’ is inappropriate. Okay, thank you very very much,
I will let this species remain as-is, without Malayalam name. . References:
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