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பூவந்தி என்பது ஒரு மரத்தின் பெயராகும். ஆங்கிலத்தில் South India Soapnut என்று சொல்லப்படுகிறது.இந்த பெயர் எப்படி வந்தது என்ற ஆராய்ச்யில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளேன், இந்த பெயர் இந்த ஊருக்கு எப்படி வந்தது என்று தெரிந்திருந்தால் எனக்கு தெரியப்படுத்தவும் rasiganbalu@gmail.com...
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Common name: South India Soapnut, three-leaf soapberry, trijugate-leaved sop-nut • Hindi: फेनिल phenil, रिष्ट risht, रिष्टक rishtak • Manipuri: কেক্ৰূ Kekru • Marathi: फेनिल phenil, रिंठी rinthi, रिठा ritha • Tamil: புனலை punalai, பூந்தி punthi, பூவந்தி puvanti • Malayalam: ചവക്കായ് cavakkaay, പശക്കൊട്ടമരം pasakkottamaram, ഉറുവഞ്ചി uruvanchi • Telugu: కుంకుడుచెట్టు kunkuduchettu, ఫేనిలము phenilamu • Kannada: ಅಮ್ಟಳಕಾಯಿ amtalakaayi, ನೊರೆಕಾಯಿ norekaayi, ತೊಗಟೆ ಮರ togate mara • Bengali: ৰীঠা Ritha • Oriya: ରୀଠା Ritha • Konkani: रिठा ritha • Urdu: Phenil, ريٹھا Reetha • Assamese: হাইঠা aritha • Gujarati: અરીઠી arithi, અરીઠો aritho, અરીઠું arithu • Sanskrit: हृष्टः hrishtah, फेनका phenaka, फेनिल phenil, रिष्टः rishtah, रिष्टक rishtak, रीठा rita, सारिष्ट sarishta, ऊर्ध्वशोधनः urdhvashodhanah Botanical name: Sapindus trifoliatus Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
Synonyms: Sapindus laurifolius
South India Soapnut is a large tree, growing up to 25 m tall. Leaves are compound, 15-30 cm long. Leaflets are nearly stalkless, 2-3 pairs, 8-18 cm long, 5-7.5 cm broad, elliptic-lanceshaped, smooth, pointed tipped, base slightly oblique, terminal pair longest. Flowers are greenish-white, in terminal, slightly velvety panicles. Flower stalks are 3 mm long, velvety. Sepals are 5, slightly fused at the base, 4-5 mm long, ovate-oblong, velvety. Petals are 5, free, 5-6 mm long, lance-shaped to ovate, clawed, bristly. Disc is 5-lobed. Stamens are 8, free, filaments 2-3 mm long. Ovary is 3-locular, 3-lobed, ovoid, about 3 mm long, velvety, with 1 ovule in each locule. Fruit is 2-3 lobed, 1.3-2 cm long, velvety when young, hard and smooth when mature. Each cell has a 6-9 mm black, round seed, which is what is popular as a traditional washing soap. Flowering: November-January.
Botanical Information:
Botanical Name: Sapindus Mukorossi
Common Names: Soapnut, Soap Nut, Soapberry, Soap Berry, Washnut, and Wash Nut.
Common Names (in Hindi): Ritha, Reetha, Aritha, Dodan, Doadni, Doda, Kanma and Thali
Kingdom: | Plantae - Plants |
Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision: | Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass: | Rosidae |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae – Soapberry family |
Genus: | Sapindus – Soapberry |
Species : | Sapindus Mukorossi – Chinese soapberry |
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