Rhynchosia hirta

Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. (Syn: Cyanospermum tomentosum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Cylista albiflora Sims; Cylista tomentosa Roxb.; Cylista villosa Aiton; Dolichos hirtus Andrews; Rhynchosia albidiflora (Sims) Alston; Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston; Rhynchosia cyanosperma Baker; Rhynchosia tomentosa (Roxb.) Baill.);

rin-KOH-see-a — Greek: rhynchos (beak), referring to the keel of the flowers … Dave’s Botanary
HER-tuh — hairy … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: hairy snoutbean • Gujarati: નીલી ચણોઠી nili chanothi • Kannada: ನೀಲಿ ಗಂಜಿ nili ganji • Konkani: निळी गुंज nili gunj • Malayalam: നീലപ്പയർ neelappayar • Marathi: निळी गुंज nili gunj • Tamil: காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaattavaraikkodi, காட்டுக்குண்டுமணி kaattukkundumani • Telugu: అడవి కందులు adavi kandulu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/rhynchosia-hirta-andrews-meikle-verdc.html

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DV :: 01MAY12-0407 :: small deciduous climber – striking bluish-grey beads:
Place: at Tung Wadi near Lake Pavna, Lonavala
Time: May 1, 2012 at 4.07pm
Habit: slender woody deciduous climber
Habitat: wild vegetation on slope ~ 2450 ft asl
Climber height: about 3 – 4 ft
Climber length: about 10 -12 ft
No leaf found on entire length of the climber.

Very nice pictures … It is a species of Rynchosia, probably R. cyanosperma? (cyan = blue; sperm = seed).

I think you tried to mean Rhynchosia cyanosperma. According to plant list R. cyanosperma is now considered as a synonym of Rhynchosia hirta. Thanks

for the ID quite and interesting looking plant

Plant for ID – 06022012 Sirumalai -1 – Fabaceae:
Please id this plant
Location: Sirumali Forest, Dindigul
Date : 6th Feb 2012
Habitat : Semievergreen forest
Habit : Climber
Altitute : abt 500 metres

One of the Fabaceae member. Could this be a species of Vigna!

This should be Rhynchosia hirta. The seeds are bluish.

The flowers were almost greenish and not not more than 1.5cm across; the whole plant (climber-shrub) was hairy.

I agree with … This does look like Rhynchosia hirta. I had seen this at Yana, Karnataka.

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ANOCT80 Please confirm if Rhynchosia hirta : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)

Nandi Hills
28th October 2014

Beautiful pics.. This could be Rhynchosia hirta..

ANAPR47 Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)

Flowers are posted here from the same locality, but another plant in the vicinity which I could not locate as that area was burned to the ground.
Family: Fabaceae
Date: 17th April 2015
Place: Nandi Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka
Habit: Climber
Habitat: Scrub forest

Very beautiful seeds and seed pods, new to me, thanks …

beautiful blue seeds

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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Rhynchosia hirta :: Yana Rocks & Lonavala :: DVOCT106 : 1 post by 1 author. 9 images.

Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc.

at Yana Rocks on December 15, 2012

at Tung, off Lonavala on May 1, 2012

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Fabaceae (Faboideae)Fortnight : Rhynchosia hirta:::Yana ::PKA-OCT-42: : : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)

This one is a Climber.
Bot. name: Rhynchosia hirta
Family: Fabaceae
Location: Yana, Karnataka

Wonderful upload … thanks !!

Names of Plants in India :: Telugu name for name of Rhynchosia hirta : 2 posts by 1 author.
Please help with any name(s) for Rhynchosia hirta in Telugu.

As per Flowers of India, it is called ADAVI KANDULU– అడవి కందులు

Cajanus albicans, Cajanus scarabaeoides and Rhyncosia suaveolens are also called Adavikandulu
Adavi means forest; kandulu means red gram, as the seed looks like redgram they are called Adavikandulu

Thank you very very much … for this help, and for the etymology.

Names of Plants in India :: Tamil name of Rhynchosia hirta : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Please help me in getting the name kaaltavaraikkodi for Rhynchosia hirta; reference: Embryology and Apomixis in Grasses by T. Pullaiah, G. N. V. Febulaus

The name would make sense to me if the letter “l” removed.
Kaatavaraikkodi (= wild lablab bean) will transcribe to காட்டவரைக்கொடி
The original name “kaaltavaraikkodi” can be written as கால்தவரைக்கொடி which I am not sure about.

Thank you very much … I will go with காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaatavaraikkodi

Names of Plants in India :: Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎R‎ > Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. … family: Fabaceae ~ Papilionaceae

rin-KOH-see-a — Greek: rhynchos (beak), referring to the keel of the flowers … Dave’s Botanary
HER-tuh — hairy … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: hairy snoutbean • Malayalam: നീലപ്പയർ neelapayar • Marathi: निळी गुंज nili gunj • Tamil: காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaatavaraikkodi • Telugu: అడవి కందులు adavi kandulu
botanical names: Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. … synonyms: Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston • Rhynchosia cyanosperma Baker … status at The Plants List(2013). Version 1.1.
December 15, 2012 … Yana Rocks, Uttara Kannada

rin-KOH-see-a — Greek: rhynchos (beak), referring to the keel of the flowers … Dave’s Botanary
HER-tuh — hairy … Dave’s Botanary

botanical names: Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. … homotypic synonyms: Dolichos hirtus Andrews … heterotypic synonyms: Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston • Rhynchosia cyanosperma Benth. ex Baker … and more at POWO, retrieved 17 July 2024

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hairy snoutbean

Flowers of India, retrieved July 17, 2024

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

નીલી ચણોઠી nili chanothi

name coined, for want of name; derived from the Marathi coined name … નીલી nili = blue; ચણોઠી chanothi = rosary pea, a name given to Abrus precatorius L. … thus, blue rosary pea

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka

ನೀಲಿ ಗಂಜಿ nili ganji

name coined, for want of name; derived from the Marathi coined name … ನೀಲಿ nili = blue; ಗಂಜಿ ganji = crab’s eye, a name given to Abrus precatorius L. … thus, blue crab’s eye

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

निळी गुंज nili gunj

name coined, for want of name; derived from the Marathi coined name … निळी nili = blue; गुंज gunj = rosary pea, a name given to Abrus precatorius L. … thus, blue rosary pea

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

നീലപ്പയർ neelappayar

India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB
Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name … facebook … നീല neela = blue; പയർ payar = pea … thus, blue pea

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

निळी गुंज nili gunj

name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers … निळी nili = blue; गुंज gunj = rosary pea, a name given to Abrus precatorius L. … thus, blue rosary pea

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaattavaraikkodi

Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name … efloraofindia … காட்ட kaatta = wild; வரைக்கொடி varaikkodi = lablab bean … thus, wild lablab bean
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB

காட்டுக்குண்டுமணி kaattukkundumani

India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB
Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
காட்டு kaattu = wild; குண்டுமணி kundumani = crab’s eye (a name given to the plant, Abrus precatorius L.) known by many other names: coral pea, jequerity seed, love pea, prayer bead, rosary pea, wild licorice … thus, wild crab’s eye

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

అడవి కందులు adavi kandulu

Many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with this name … efloraofindia … అడవి adavi = of forest, wild ; కందులు kandulu = red gram

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

Rhynchosia cyanosperma Benth. ex Baker … Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
Hassler, Michael (1994 – 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.4; last update June 30th, 2024. Last accessed 17/07/2024.

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Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/rhynchosia-hirta-andrews-meikle-verdc.html

both Malayalam and English names are correct