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Hemidesmus indicus
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hem-ee-DESS-mus ? -- from the Greek
hemi (half) and
desmos (joint)
IN-dih-kus or
in-DEE-kus -- of or from India
commonly known as: false sarsaparilla, Indian sarsaparilla •
Assamese: anantamul •
Bengali: অনন্তমূল anantamul •
Gujarati: અનંતમૂળ anantamul, ઉપલસારી upalsaari •
Hindi: अनंतमूल anantamul, सूगंदीपाला sugandi pala •
Kannada: ಅನಂತಮೂಲ anantamula •
Konkani: uparsal •
Malayalam: നന്നാറി nannaari •
Manipuri: অনংতমূল anantamul •
Marathi: अनंतवेल anantavel, उपळसरी upalsari •
Oriya: suguddimalo •
Persian: عشبه 'ushba •
Sanskrit: अनन्तमूलः anantamuulah, बल्यम् balyam, दुग्धगार्भ dugdhgarbhaa, गोपवल्ली gopavalli, श्वेत शारिवा sveta saariva •
Tamil: நன்னாரி nannari •
Telugu: సుగంధి sugandhi •
Urdu: سالسا salsa
Native to: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
References:
Flowers of India •
ENVIS - FRLHT •
Wikipedia •
NPGS / GRIN
