Names of Indonesia Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia. During that era, the East Indies portion now called "Indonesia" fell under Dutch colonial control and therefore was referred to as Dutch East Indies. Insulindia or Insulinde, is an archaic geographical term for Maritime Southeast Asia, encompassing the entire area situated between Australasia and Indochina. More common in Portuguese and Spanish, it is a combined word (portmanteau) from "insula" ("island") and "india" (India). "Indonesia" derives from the Latin and Greek "Indus" (Ἰνδός), and the Greek "nésos" (νῆσος), meaning "island". The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850,
Stachys ("S. affinis"), is grown for its edible tuber. Several species are cultivated as ornamentals. Woolly Betony ("S. byzantina") is a popular decorative garden plant. "Stachys" was named by Linnaeus in "Species Plantarum" in 1753. The name is derived from the Greek word σταχυς ("stachys"), meaning "an ear of grain", and refers to the fact that the inflorescence is often a spike. The name woundwort derives from the past use of certain species in herbal medicine for the treatment of wounds. "Stachys" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the moths "Coleophora auricella", "C.