Smithia salsuginea

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Smithia salsuginea Hance (Syn: Damapana dichotoma (Dalzell ex Baker) Kuntze; Smithia dichotoma Dalzell; Smithia dichotoma Baker);
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SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith … Wikisource
sal-soo-GIN-ee-uh — Latin: salsa (salt or salty); referring to brackish habitat
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commonly known as: brackish smithia • Gujarati: ખારું કાવળે kharu kavale • Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪಾದ ಹುರುಳಿ uppaada huruli • Konkani: खारकवला kharkavla • Malayalam: ഉപ്പ്മുതിര uppumuthira • Marathi: खारकवला kharkawla
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/smithia-salsuginea-hance.html
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Native to: s China, India, Myanmar
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China (N); Guangdong; Hong Kong (N) ; India (N) ; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Daman ; Diu; Goa; Gujarat; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Maharashtra ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; Myanmar (N) as per ILDIS;
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Date/Time : September 26, 2009 at 12.05pm IST
Location Place : banks of Kundalika River (White Water River Rafting end-point), near Kolad
Altitude : 32 m
GPS : 18°26’22.08″N, 73°15’47.56″E
Habitat : wild
Type : scrub forest near river bank
Plant
Habit : herb
Height : about 1 m
Length : – not a climber –
Leaves
Type : compound, 3 – 5 pairs of leaflets
Shape : leaflet: oval oblong
Size : leaflet: 1 – 2 cm x 0.5 – 1 cm
Inflorescence
Type : lax panicle
Size : please refer photo
Flowers
Size : about 10 – 12 mm
Colour : yellow
Calyx : do not know

the plant, with the cool minded observation found to be Smithia sensitiva Aiton ..

Smithia sensitiva I hope !!

This plant must be Smithia salsuginea.
… post at efi thread shows this species at his farm.

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Smithia salsuginea:
Mass flowering of Smithia sasulginea occurs on my property at Shahapur in September and fruiting generally occurs in September & October. Sending a few of my photographs.

Many many thanks … for showing this plant.
Requesting you to validate my plant queried for ID at efi thread. It must be Smithia salsuginea; and not S. sensitiva.

Yes, this is Smithia salsuginea. This was identified for me by Dr.Almeida & Santosh Yadav while on a visit to my property.
The description of “the small fruit of Smithia sensitiva” is also Dr. Almeida’s.

Nice one … Flowers in dichotomous, corymbose panicles…..

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Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Smithia salsuginea at Kolad:
Smithia salsuginea Hance

SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith
sal-soo-GIN-ee-uh — from the Latin salsa (salt or salty); referring to brackish habit

Sep 26, 2009 … on banks of Kundalika river near Kolad, Maharashtra
commonly known as: brackish smithia
Native to: s China, India, Myanmar
some views: Sep 26, 2009 … on banks of Kundalika river near Kolad, Maharashtra

… post at efi thread and his validation helped me.

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Fabaceae member from khopoli:
Pl give some clue to identify the following plant;

Locality: Donvat, Khopoli, Raigad district, Maharashtra
Date of collection: 30.09.12
Habit: Herb upto 5 ft high
Stem: Hispid, yellowish wit reddish tinge
Leaves: Paripinnate, 7 pairs,
Flowers: Yellow 2 cm long, Standard petal with two red spots,
Fruits: Ovate, 0.7 cm long, seeds brownish, flat.
Most probabaly i feel it might be Smithia.

Smithia salsuginea . Will send my photographs of this later.

Some of my photographs are already in the archives of this group and they are available at this link
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Small herb for ID : 03102013 : RV 1 : Attachments (3).3 posts by 3 authors.
Please help to identify this small herb found in SGNP, Mumbai, flowering profusely, and the picture is taken just yesterday. (2.10.13)

Do check for Smithia bigemina…

This is Smithia salsuginea. Please check this link
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Smithia salsuginea Hance
at Kolad on September 26, 2009
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Requesting ID of this plant – Mumbai – Oct 2013 :: 01032014 :: ARK-03 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).
Requesting to please ID this plant growing wild by the roadside in Mumbai in October 2013.
Is it some Smithia?

This is most probably Smithia bigemina Dalz.

efi pics for S. bigemina show 2 pairs of leaflets. This plant has 3 pairs.
Would appreciate feedback on whether this is S. bigemina only.

Smithia salsuginea Hance ??

On further checking comparative images at Smithia, I also feel it is more closer to Smithia salsuginea Hance as per images, details and references herein.

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Devgad, Kokan, MH :: Yellow fabaceae for ID :: ARK2021-067: 5 images.
This was seen growing on the lateritic plateau near Devgad, coastal Kokan, MH in Aug 2021.
Is this some Smithia?
Requesting to please provide ID.

Smithia salsuginea Hance !

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Names of Plants in India :: Smithia salsuginea Hance:
Smithia salsuginea Hance

SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith … Wikisource
sal-soo-GIN-ee-uh — Latin: salsa (salt or salty); referring to brackish habitat

commonly known as: brackish smithia • Gujarati: ખારું કાવળે kharu kavale • Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪಾದ ಹುರುಳಿ uppaada huruli • Konkani: खारकवला kharkavla • Malayalam: ഉപ്പുള്ള മുതിര uppulla muthira • Marathi: खारकवला kharkawla

botanical names: Smithia salsuginea Hance … homotypic synonyms: Damapana salsuginea (Hance) Kuntze … heterotypic synonyms: Damapana dichotoma (Dalzell ex Baker) Kuntze • Smithia dichotoma Dalzell ex Baker … POWO, retrieved 31 August 2024

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 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
brackish smithia
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ખારું કાવળે kharu kavale
  • name coined, for want of name; ખારું kharu = salty; કાવળે kavale = name given to Smithia sensitiva … named for the plant’s affinity to grow in paddy fields near sea / creeks, and its morphological similarity to Smithia sensitiva
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಉಪ್ಪಾದ ಹುರುಳಿ uppaada huruli
  • name coined, for want of name; ಉಪ್ಪಾದ uppaada = salty; ಹುರುಳಿ huruli = name given to horse gram … named for the plant’s affinity to grow in paddy fields near sea / creeks, and its use just like horse gram to strengthen the cattle
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
खारकवला kharkavla
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ഉപ്പുള്ള മുതിര uppulla muthira
  • name coined, for want of name; ഉപ്പുള്ള uppulla = salty; മുതിര muthira = name given to horse gram … named for the plant’s affinity to grow in paddy fields near sea / creeks, and its use just like horse gram to strengthen the cattle
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
खारकवला kharkawla
  • name coined, for want of name; खार khar = salt, salty; कवला kawla = name given to some of Smithia spp. … named for the plant’s affinity to grow in paddy fields near sea / creeks
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Rajasthan, *Tamil Nadu

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 15:07 31-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:07 31-08-2024 ~~~~~

The Malayalam name can be combined together to ഉപ്പ്മുതിര uppumuthira, same meaning.

Coined Malayalam name revised …
commonly known as: brackish smithia • Gujarati: ખારું કાવળે kharu kavale • Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪಾದ ಹುರುಳಿ uppaada huruli • Konkani: खारकवला kharkavla • Malayalam: ഉപ്പ്മുതിര uppumuthira • Marathi: खारकवला kharkawla

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