*Smithia sensitiva* Aiton [image: Smithia sensitiva Aiton] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79756410>
*SMITH-ee-uh* -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ... Wikisource <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Smith,_James_Edward_(DNB00)> *sen-si-TEE-vuh* -- sensitive *commonly known as*: sensitive smithia • *Assamese*: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • *Bengali*: নল কশীন nala-kashina • *Gujarati*: કાવળે kavale • *Hindi*: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • *Konkani*: कवला kavla • *Marathi*: चिमुर्ली chimurli, लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla *botanical names*: *Smithia sensitiva* Aiton ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Damapana sensitiva* (Aiton) Kuntze • *Petagnana sensitiva* (Aiton) J.F.Gmel. ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 01 September 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 <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> 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 *sensitive smithia* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sensitive%20Smithia.html>, retrieved September 01, 2024 ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya *অলক্ষণী alokhyani* - Many thanks to Ashim Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1093179544177666&set=gm.2301830746714504> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands * নল কশীন nala-kashina* - BENGAL PLANTS <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID - the name rendered in native script needs validation ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *ओदाबिरनी odabirni* - BENGAL PLANTS <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *કાવળે kavale* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी), *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *कवला kavla* - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *चिमुर्ली chimurli* - The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> *लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla* - *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andaman & Nicobar islands, ***Andhra Pradesh, ***Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, ***Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, ***Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, ***Manipur, ***Meghalaya, ***Mizoram, ***Nagaland, ***Odisha, ***Pondicherry, ***Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, ***Tamil Nadu, ***Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal - Balan, Anoop & Nair, S V Predeep. (2017). A taxonomic revision of the genus Smithia Ait. (Fabaceae) in South India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317756224_A_taxonomic_revision_of_the_genus_Smithia_ait_Fabaceae_in_South_India> Taiwania. 62. 175-204. 10.6165/tai.2017.62.175. - ILDIS World Database of Legumes <http://www.legumes-online.net/ildis/aweb/td082/td_17416.htm> - Version 10.38 20 July 2010 [accessed: 01 September 2024] - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 24.8; last update August 27th, 2024. Last accessed 01/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy). *** no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 13:23 01-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 14:14 02-09-2024 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/smithia-sensitiva-aiton.html Regards. 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