....Rakesh ji, I am curious to know whether the two words *gaichha lata*make sense as a name in Bengali for this plant ... I ask because both of them seem to mean the same: creeper / climber. Regards.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>wrote: > Bengali: gaichha lata ... what is gaichha ? > > Gaichha or Gecho means tree climber. > > regards, > > rakesh > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ...just as Neil ji says: *Calycopteris floribunda.* >> >> *commonly known as*: the paper-flower climber • Konkani: उस्की uski • >> Malayalam: പുല്ലാനി pullani OR പുല്ലാഞ്ഞി pullanji • Marathi: झाल jhaal, >> उक्षी ukshi • Sanskrit: श्वेतधातकी shvetadhataki, सुसवी susavi • Tamil: >> புல்லாந்தி வல்லி pullanti valli • Telugu: మురుగుడుతీగె murugudutige >> >> >> ... friends knowing Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Oriya can please validate >> (and provide in native scripts), the names put here: >> • Bengali: gaichha lata ... what is gaichha ? ...লতা *lata* for climber, >> creeper &c >> • Hindi: kokoray ... just cannot figure what it would mean >> • Kannada: enjarigekubsa, marasadaboli ... no clues regarding these. >> • Oriya: dhonoti ... no resources available for knowledge. >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Abhay, >>> It is Calycopteris floribunda locally called Ukshi. >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Wed, 4/22/09, Abhay Tiwari <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Abhay Tiwari <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [indiantreepix:10975] a climber for ID 22.04.09 AT >>> To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 5:07 PM >>> >>> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Have been seeing this climber around the city of Mumbai. I think it >>> has been flowering since march. And flowers it profusely. >>> >>> Please help with the identification. >>> >>> Climber location: Ambedkar Udyan, Powai, Mumbai. >>> >>> Abhay >>> >>> >>> >>> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
