The Tamil translation is correct, Dinesh ji. The "palavu" (பலவு) portion of the name sounds like a variation of "polavu" (பொலவு) or "pulavu" (புலவு) which refer to *Pterospermum *spp.
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks very much for pointing to this reference Anandkumar ji. Very > informative and useful. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:36 PM, anandkumarreddy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> I think the following book is useful for your reference. >> >> A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN SYNONYMES OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS >> (Plant names in various vernacular Indian languages) >> >> 670 Pages. First published in 1869 (Reprinted in 1978) can be downloaded >> from the following link >> >> http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2027905/1/239744.pdf >> >> >> On 23 August 2014 12:49, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In Tamil, I think, it could most likely be தவிட்டுபலவு tavittupalavu. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Kannad-knowing friends ... please validate whether I have put >>>> correctly the name in native script - ಯೆಟ್ಟಿಮರ for yettimara >>>> Reference: Biotik >>>> <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/crotmala/crotmala_en.html> >>>> >>>> Dear Tamil-knowing friends ... please help with the name "thavattu >>>> palavu" (* பலவு) in native script ... a name for *Croton malabaricus* >>>> Reference: TN ENVIS >>>> <http://www.tnenvis.nic.in/tnenvis_old/PDF/floralchecklist.xls> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
