*Geranium pratense* L. *jer-AY-nee-um* -- from the Greek *geranos*, crane; referring to the beak-like fruit ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Geranium> *pray-TEN-see* or *pray-TEN-say* -- referring to a meadow ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=pratense>
*commonly known as*: meadow crane's bill, meadow geranium • *Bhotia*: pollo-mendok • *Hindi*: कशायमूल kashayamool • *Kashmiri*: gugchuk, karipat, ringresh • *Kinnauri*: likatur • *Ladakhi*: ག་དུར gadur, གུག་ཅུཀ་ gugchuk, स्प्रोलो sprolo • *Lahauli*: porlo • *Nepali*: राक्लामुल raklamool *botanical names*: *Geranium pratense* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Geranium coelestinum* Schur • *Geranium mariae* Sennen • *Geranium napellifolium* Schur ... and many more listed at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322493-2#synonyms> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *meadow crane's bill* - The Global Biodiversity Information Facility <https://www.gbif.org/species/2891304> (GBIF) - crane's bill - generic name given to perennial geraniums - so called for their long, slender fruit alluding to beak or bill of a crane *meadow geranium* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Meadow%20Geranium.html> - this name is literal translation of the botanical name - *Geranium pratense* ~~~~~ BHOTIA ~~~~~ *pollo-mendok* - Usha Devi, M. K. Seth, Pankaj Sharma and J. C. Rana - Study on ethnomedicinal plants of Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary: A cold desert in Trans Himalaya, India <https://academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR/article-full-text-pdf/7DB6C3542317> - J. Med. Plants Res. Vol.7(47), pp. 3400-3419 ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ *कशायमूल kashayamool* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid029S7iZCUn4Nnhc938wksJio2NiyuE79tyDQrpgPGNTQV76WnWaxBzgHuy1ezXg8LEl> ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ *gugchuk, karipat, ringresh* - Gairola, Sumeet & Sharma, Jyotsana & Bedi, Y. S.. (2014). A cross-cultural analysis of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh (India) medicinal plant use. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263414858_A_cross-cultural_analysis_of_Jammu_Kashmir_and_Ladakh_India_medicinal_plant_use> Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 155. 10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.029. ~~~~~ KINNAURI ~~~~~ *likatur* - Devi, Usha & Sharma, Pankaj & Rana, Jai & Sharma, Aman. (2014). Phytodiversity assessment in Sangla valley, Northwest Himalaya, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271823799_Phytodiversity_assessment_in_Sangla_valley_Northwest_Himalaya_India> Check List: Journal of species lists and distribution. 10. 740-760. 10.15560/10.4.740. ~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~ *ག་དུར gadur, གུག་ཅུཀ་ gugchuk* - Namtak S, Sharma RC. Medicinal plant resources in Skuru watershed of Karakoram wildlife sanctuary and their uses in traditional medicines system of Ladakh, India. <https://medcraveonline.com/IJCAM/medicinal-plant-resources-in-skuru-watershed-of-karakoram-wildlife-sanctuary-and-their-uses-in-traditional-medicines-system-of-ladakh-india.html> Int J Complement Alt Med. 2018;11(5):294-302 DOI: 10.15406/ijcam.2018.11.00415 - Field Guide - Floral Diversity of Ladakh <https://d2391rlyg4hwoh.cloudfront.net/downloads/field_guide_floral_diversity_of_ladakh.pdf> by O P Chaurasia, Nisa Khatoon, Shashi Bala Singh *स्प्रोलो sprolo* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid029S7iZCUn4Nnhc938wksJio2NiyuE79tyDQrpgPGNTQV76WnWaxBzgHuy1ezXg8LEl> ~~~~~ LAHAULI ~~~~~ *porlo* - Observations on Traditional Phytotherapy among the Inhabitants of Lahaul Valley through Amchi System of Medicine — A Cold Desert Area of Himachal Pradesh in North Western Himalayas, India <https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=7580> written by Parveen Kumar Sharma, Surender Kumar Thakur, S. Manuja, R. K. Rana, Pardeep Kumar, Sanjay Sharma, Jagdish Chand, Ashok Singh, Krishan Kumar Katoch, published by Chinese Medicine, Vol.2 No.3, 2011 - Ashok Singh, Manohar Lal & S. S. Samant (2009) Diversity, indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451590903230249>, International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management, 5:3, 132-154, DOI: 10.1080/17451590903230249 ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ *राक्लामुल raklamool* - Pandey, Manish. (2007). Use of Medicinal Plants in Traditional Tibetan Therapy System in Upper Mustang, Nepal. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240803388_Use_of_Medicinal_Plants_in_Traditional_Tibetan_Therapy_System_in_Upper_Mustang_Nepal> Our Nature. 4. 10.3126/on.v4i1.505. ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/12/geranium-pratense-l.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0VM3oZb-wuOHbFM7Fix%2BJGjfA%2BXyMQm%3De2ZMum6QmGzQ%40mail.gmail.com.
