1. Home
  2. Knowledge Base
  3. *Species- Seed plants (families)
  4. A---L (families)
  5. F
  6. Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  7. Stylosanthes
  8. Stylosanthes scabra
Searching...

Stylosanthes scabra

Stylosanthes scabra Vogel (Syn: Stylosanthes diartha S.F.Blake; Stylosanthes gloiodes S.F.Blake; Stylosanthes plicata S.F.Blake);
.

sty-lo-SAN-theez — Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) … Dave’s Botanary
SKAY-bruh or SKAB-ruh — rough … Dave’s Botanary

.
commonly known as: shrubby stylo • Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool • Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilathuvara • Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool • Tamil: சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo • Telugu: కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/stylosanthes-scabra-vogel.html

.
via Species‎ > ‎S‎ >
Stylosanthes scabra Vogel … family: Fabaceae

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
sty-lo-SAN-theez — Greek: stylos (having styles) and anthos (flowers) … Dave’s Botanary
SKAY-bruh or SKAB-ruh — rough … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: shrubby stylo
botanical names: Stylosanthes scabra Vogel … synonyms: Stylosanthes nervosa J. F. Macbr. • Stylosanthes suffruticosa Mohlenbr. • Stylosanthes tuberculata S. F. Blake … NPGS / GRIN

sty-lo-SAN-theez — Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) … Dave’s Botanary

SKAY-bruh or SKAB-ruh — rough … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: shrubby stylo • Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool • Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara • Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool • Telugu: కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu

botanical names: Stylosanthes scabra Vogel … heterotypic synonyms: Stylosanthes diarthra S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes gloiodes S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes plicata S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes scoparia Standl. & L.O.Williams • Stylosanthes subsericea S.F.Blake … POWO, retrieved 09 October 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
shrubby stylo
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool
  • name coined, for want of name; खड़ khar = coarse, rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; कलमफूल kalamphool = a coined name for pencilflower – sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu
  • name coined, for want of name; ಒರಟು oratu = coarse, rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು kaddihoovu = a coined name for pencilflower – sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara
  • name coined, for want of name; many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with coining this name … facebook … നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara = ground pigeon pea … named so, due to its 3-foliolate leaves, wild nature, resemblance of leaves with that of pigeon pea
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool
  • name coined, for want of name; उग्र ugra = rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; कलमफूल kalamphool = a coined name for pencilflower – sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu
  • name coined, for want of name; కరకు karaku = rough (texture), derived from meaning of the epithet scabra; సలాకపువ్వు salakapuvvu = a coined name for pencilflower – sometimes used for plants in this genus Stylosanthes
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, *Tamil Nadu; introduced, naturalized, cultivated

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

~~~~~ Created on: 10:55 09-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 21:44 10-10-2024 ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/stylosanthes-scabra-vogel.html

both Malayalam and English names are correct

Tamil coined-name added …

commonly known as: shrubby stylo • Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool • Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilththuvara • Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool • Tamil: சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo • Telugu: కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku

English spelling needs correction.
It is nilathuvara.

English spelling of Malayalam name revised …

commonly known as: shrubby stylo • Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool • Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilathuvara • Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool • Tamil: சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo • Telugu: కరకు సలాకపువ్వు karaku salakapuvvu
Talegaon Dabhade Pune
June 2015
Requesting to please identify this small wild shrub with hair on the stems and edges of leaves.
is this some Stylosanthus species? there seemed to be dried flowers though not sure no fruits were seen.

Pl. post the original full size picture to see the details.

Thank you. attaching the full sized picture as requested by you
Attachments (1)

Stylosanthes species available so far in eFloraofindia
Pl. check: Stylosanthes scabra

Stylosanthes scabra and has synonym —>Stylosanthes acutifolia

It is Stylosanthes scabra

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fFbiDdAdVfemCWzwCO1RvRj1HT8zrxbBpwiJ7rllnL9OTTpizYX_LHi62LU8dnqko3veCRLwvYhmLKh1YX1OqRExBKREfJHYud0Y2GixaU1w-w5000-h5000.jpg
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Stylosanthes scabra :: Munnar :: DVOCT120 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Stylosanthes scabra Vogel
at Munnar on June 5, 2014
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bilikere%202.JPG

Request for ID Bilikere 02 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb. 

Location:-  Bilikere
22/1/2020
Habitat:-Cultivated
Image is not clear.
I found Bilikere is in Mysore district on searching.
May be some Indigofera

Sorry for poor image.
i think its similar to Caribbean stylo (Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.)

In that case, appears more closer to Stylosanthesscabra Vogel rather than Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.
but can not be sure with this image.

Much similar to Stylosanthesscabra Vogel

.


Wild Plant for ID : Nasik : 26NOV20 : AK-26 : 2 images.
A small plant with tiny yellow flowers.

Please check Fabaceae !

Stylosanthes?

Stylosanthes scabra Vogel ??

… is correct

.


Id of Stylosanthes: 2 high resolution images.
Request for id of Stylosanthes from Bilaspur. Photographed in January 2021.

Habit image attached.

Why not this rothia

Rothia indica Druce

Prostrate or decumbent herb…………………….Rothia
Erect shrub……………………………………………..Stylosanthes

Thanks … The plant is erect shrubby.

Appears close to Stylosanthes scabra Vogel as per comparative images at Stylosanthes

Wild Plant for ID : Nasik : 06DEC21 : AK – 06: 2 images.
A small plant seen growing wild in Dec, 20.
No flowers or pods.

Pls check Fabaceae on efi and FoI

Some Stylosanthes Species? Perhaps Stylosanthes scabra?

Could be
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylosanthes

Yes, may be as per comparative images at Stylosanthes

.


Identify this Fabaceae member: 3 high res. images.
Identify this from Andhra Pradesh
Totlakonda, Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh

Pl. check
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/31/stylosanthes-fruticosa/
https://efloraofindia.com/2014/09/19/stylosanthes-scabra/

Yes … It’s Stylosanthes scabra

.

Tamil name for genus Stylosanthes:
There are quite a few species of Stylosanthes that have been introduced in India for production of forage.
One name “pencilflower” is sometimes used for plants in this genus.

I went ahead to check possible words for pencil in Tamil, of which I found இலேகனி ilekani appropriate to go with பூ pu for flower.
Often I found that whenever “pu” is compounded to a word at the end, it gets the form “-p-pu”
Thus would it be இலேகனிப்பூ ilekani-p-pu
Further, I am coining name for Stylosanthes scabra Vogel
The epithet scabra implies rough or coarse texture
Thus I would think of following adjectives:
ரப்பு rappu
மோட்டா motta
Thus:
ரப்பு இலேகனிப்பூ rappu ilekani-p-pu OR மோட்டா இலேகனிப்பூ motta ilekani-p-pu

My usual request, heed to this query only if it is not cumbersome, else just please ignore..

The name pencilflower can directly be transcribed to பென்சில் பூ (pencil poo) in Tamil. There are more formal names available for pencil, such as karikkol கரிக்கோல், but they are too formal and are not commonly used.

So, Stylosanthes scabra can be called சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ (sora sora pencil poo = rough pencil flower).

Many many thanks for helping to coin names for the genus Stylosanthes and  for Stylosanthes scabra Vogel

சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo = rough pencil flower … simply wonderful

 

 

 

.

References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1  ILDIS  GRIN  Diversity among Stylosanthes species: Habitat, edaphic and agro-climatic affinities leading to cultivar development

Updated on December 24, 2024

Related Articles