Symphorema involucratum

Symphorema involucratum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 46 1805. (Syn: Analectis speciosa Vahl; Congea involucratum (Roxb.) Wall.; Congea paniculata Wall. [Invalid]);
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sim-foh-REE-muh — Greek: symphoreo (borne together); alludes to clusters of flowers borne with bracts

in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tum — leaf edges rolled inwards (having an involucre, literally a wrapping or case; here it refers to the bract around each flower) … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: pinwheel creeper, star-vervain climber • Hindi: फिरकी phirki • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ betta thakkaali, ನರಂಬೋಧಲ್ narambodhalu • Konkani: भिंगरी bhingari • Malayalam: ഞരമ്പോടൽ njarambodal, പൂഞാലിപ്പൂ poonjaalippoo • Marathi: भिंगरी bhingari • Sora: ନୁରକି nurki • Tamil: பூங்குரங்கு poongurungu, வக்கணாத்தி vakkanatti, வெள்ளை மல்லிக்கொடி vellaimallikkodi • Telugu: బుడమర్రి budamarri, ఇసపరతీగ esaparatiga, గుబ్బదార gubbadaara, కొండ తెక్కలి kondathekkali, నగురు naguru, పెండి తీగ penditige, సురుడు surudu, తెల్ల పిప్పిలి thellapippili • Tulu: ನರಂಬೋದಲ್ narambodal

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/symphorema-involucratum-roxb.html

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Symphorema involucratum – efloraofindia | Google Groups :

Symphorema involucratum.
Family :        Verbenaceae
Common Name :        Bhingari
Habit :        Shrub
Habitat :        Forests
Location : Phansad WLS Maharashtra
Date/Time:21Mar,2010 10.30 am

Description :
Bracts papery in fruit upto 3 cm long. Calyx 4 mm long, corolla 6 mm long, 6 – 8 lobed.
Leaf Shape :        Ovate
Leaf Surface :        Glabrous
Flower Colour :        White
Stamen :        6
Flowering Month:        March – April
Fruit Shape :        Sub globose

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Plant for ID SMP2 – 28/3/2011:
A flower…rather its remnant consisting of bracts etc. spotted in Phansad
1st right side trail. March 2011.

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It is Symphoramea involucratum
Marathi name :Bhingari
Attaching the flower photographs

– The FOI site says it to be from Family :Verbenaceae while the plant list Kew says that it belongs to Lamiaceae….? may be a recent change
http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lamiaceae/Symphorema/

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photos : 7 images. 4 posts by 4 authors.

Symphorema poliandrum.- pl confirm.
Seen in the Plus valley near Dongarwadi -Tamhini.

This is Symphorema involucratum [Bhingri] as their corollas are 6 -8 lobed, whereas in S.polyandrum they have 12 – 16 lobes.
Sending a few photographs.

Symphorema involucrata Roxb. SN Mar 42 : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author.
Symphorema involucrata Roxb., Fam – Verbenaceae;
climbing shrub from Ahobilam area of Eastern ghats Andhrapradesh

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ANAPR10 Symphorema involucratum (please validate) : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)

Family: Lamiaceae
Date: March 2015
Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala
Habit: Scandent
Symphorema involucratum.

Yes it is correct

I have only seen its fallen flowers. Surely in my wish list.

Thank you … , I too didnt get to see it in bloom, just dried up calyces and inflorescences.

It is frequently available in the dry deciduous forests of southern India

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Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Symphorema involucratum :: Castlerock :: DVMAY87/87 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Symphorema involucratum Roxb.… also placed in Verbenaceae
at Castlerock on April 23, 2011

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Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Symphorema involucratum :: Kanakeshwar :: DVMAY89/89 :1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Symphorema involucratum Roxb.… also placed in Verbenaceae
at Kanakeshwar Forest on April 6, 2013

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Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Symphorema involucratum :: Prabalgad :: DVMAY88/88 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
Symphorema involucratum Roxb. … also placed in Verbenaceae
at Prabalgad on January 28, 2012

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Names of Plants in India :: Symphorema involucratum Roxb. : 3 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎S‎ > Symphorema involucratum Roxb. … family: Lamiaceae

¿ sim-for-EE-muh ? — Greek: symphoreo (borne together); alludes to clusters of flowers borne along with bracts
in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tum — leaf edges rolled inwards (having an involucre, literally a wrapping or case; here it refers to the bract around each flower) … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: star-vervain climber • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ betta thakkaali, ನರಂಬೋದಳ್ narambodalu • Malayalam: ഞരമ്പോടൽ njarambodal • Marathi: भिंगरी bhingari • Tamil: வக்கணாத்தி vakkanatti • Telugu: బుడమర్రి budamarri, ఇసపరతీగ esaparatiga, గుబ్బదార gubbadaara, కొండ తెక్కలి kondathekkali, నగురు naguru, పెండి తీగ penditige, సురుడు surudu, తెల్ల పిప్పిలి thellapippili • Tulu: ನರಂಬೋದಲ್ narambodal
botanical names: Symphorema involucratum Roxb. … synonyms: Analectis speciosa Vahl • Congea involucratum (Roxb.) Wall. • Congea paniculata Wall. [Invalid] … The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
January 28, 2012 … Prabalgad

sim-for-ee-REE-muh — Greek: symphoreo (borne together); alludes to clusters of flowers borne with bracts

in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tum — leaf edges rolled inwards (having an involucre, literally a wrapping or case; here it refers to the bract around each flower) … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: pinwheel creeper, star-vervain climber • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ betta thakkaali, ನರಂಬೋಧಲ್ narambodhalu • Konkani: भिंगरी bhingari • Malayalam: ഞരമ്പോടൽ njarambodal, പൂഞാലിപ്പൂ poonjaalippoo • Marathi: भिंगरी bhingari • Odia: ନୁକ୍ରୀ nukri • Tamil: பூங்குரங்கு poongurungu, வக்கணாத்தி vakkanatti, வெள்ளை மல்லிக்கொடி vellaimallikkodi • Telugu: బుడమర్రి budamarri, ఇసపరతీగ esaparatiga, గుబ్బదార gubbadaara, కొండ తెక్కలి kondathekkali, నగురు naguru, పెండి తీగ penditige, సురుడు surudu, తెల్ల పిప్పిలి thellapippili • Tulu: ನರಂಬೋದಲ್ narambodal

botanical names: Symphorema involucratum Roxb. … synonyms listed at POWO, retrieved 13 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

pinwheel creeper

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved October 13, 2024

star-vervain climber

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ betta thakkaali

S G Narsimhachar – Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore – Mandayam Digital Library

ನರಂಬೋಧಲ್ narambodhalu

Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … named so, due to its therapeutic efficacy, as a medicine for nervine spasm

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

भिंगरी bhingari

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ഞരമ്പോടൽ njarambodal

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name … facebook
Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … named so, due to its therapeutic efficacy, as a medicine for nervine spasm

പൂഞാലിപ്പൂ poonjaalippoo

name coined, for want of name; many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for coining this name … facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

भिंगरी bhingari

name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ନୁକ୍ରୀ nukri

Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha.
the name rendered in native script needs validation

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

பூங்குரங்கு poongurungu, வெள்ளை மல்லிக்கொடி vellaimallikkodi

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

வக்கணாத்தி vakkanatti

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

బుడమర్రి budamarri, ఇసపరతీగ esaparatiga, గుబ్బదార gubbadaara, కొండ తెక్కలి kondathekkali, నగురు naguru, పెండి తీగ penditige, సురుడు surudu, తెల్ల పిప్పిలి thellapippili

Flora Andhrika – Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ನರಂಬೋದಲ್ narambodal

Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … named so, due to its therapeutic efficacy, as a medicine for nervine spasm

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

Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Hassler, Michael (1994 – 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 9th, 2024. Last accessed 13/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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

~~~~~ Created on: 12:23 13-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 18:09 13-10-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/symphorema-involucratum-roxb.html

typo in pronunciation / etymology corrected …

sim-foh-REE-muh — Greek: symphoreo (borne together); alludes to clusters of flowers borne with bracts

both Malayalam and English spellings are correct

Hindi name added …

commonly known as: pinwheel creeper, star-vervain climber • Hindi: फिरकी phirki • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ betta thakkaali, ನರಂಬೋಧಲ್ narambodhalu • Konkani: भिंगरी bhingari • Malayalam: ഞരമ്പോടൽ njarambodal, പൂഞാലിപ്പൂ poonjaalippoo • Marathi: भिंगरी bhingari • Odia: ନୁକ୍ରୀ nukri • Tamil: பூங்குரங்கு poongurungu, வக்கணாத்தி vakkanatti, வெள்ளை மல்லிக்கொடி vellaimallikkodi • Telugu: బుడమర్రి budamarri, ఇసపరతీగ esaparatiga, గుబ్బదార gubbadaara, కొండ తెక్కలి kondathekkali, నగురు naguru, పెండి తీగ penditige, సురుడు surudu, తెల్ల పిప్పిలి thellapippili • Tulu: ನರಂಬೋದಲ್

Removed Odia name, added Sora name …