I have been trying to know what actually nouchali mean, but can't find any reference. Even N.L.Burman didn't mention this name anywhere in his book (as far as I can find). This word must be name of a guy and most likely from your area or a bit lower in Coromandel. Some old names are hard to find but you can look out for variants of the name in the telephone directory :) I love etymology !!! Pankaj
On Wednesday, 29 October 2014 23:07:47 UTC+8, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > via Species > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > N > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/n> > > *Nymphaea nouchali* Burm.f. ... *family*: Nymphaeaceae > [image: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F312641357&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcsHg3qTdm1Aif26xQ4Ht690ZBNWw> > > > [image: Flowers of India] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FBlue%2520Water%2520Lily.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd0oUmQiBEGzNb0XrUFnI602HycDg> > [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Nymphaea%20nouchali%7Csort:date%7Cspell:true> > [image: more views in flickr] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DNymphaeanouchali%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdOy6FdSgLA4T6vwdl1SZSC4SlJKg> > [image: more views on Google Earth] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DNymphaeanouchali%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzefQ3Jwd4H6qDkehDk0nPIRu8h_UA> > > > *NIM-fee-uh* or *nim-FAY-uh* -- from the Greek mythology *Nymphaia* (water > goddess) ... Dave's Botanary > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DNymphaea&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze_mICs7NTPUYtsvUdu92TzLvQeUQ> > ¿ *nouchali* ? -- etymology ? > > > *commonly known as*: blue lotus > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/blue-lotus> > , blue water lily > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/blue-water-lily> > , star lotus > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/star-lotus> > • *Assamese*: কুমুদ kumud > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/assamese/kumuda-kumud> > • *Bengali*: শাপলা shapla > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/sapala-shapla> > • *Gujarati*: કુમુદ kumud > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/kumuda-kumud> > • *Hindi*:नीलकमल neelkamal > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/nilakamala-neelkamal> > • *Kannada*: ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/naidile-naidile> > • *Kashmiri*: कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kashmiri/kumudapuspam-kumudapushpam> > • *Konkani*: साळुक saluka > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/saluka-saluka> > • *Malayalam*:ആമ്പല് ambal > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/ampal-ambal> > , ചിറ്റാമ്പല് cirrambal > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/cirrampal-cirrambal> > • *Manipuri*: থরিক থরো thariktharo > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/manipuri/tharika-tharo-thariktharo> > • *Marathi*: कुमुद kumud > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/kumuda-kumud> > • *Nepali*: निल कमल nil kamal > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/nila-kamala-nil-kamal> > • *Oriya*: ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/nila-ka-im-nila-kaim> > • *Pali*: इंदीवर indivara > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/pali/indivara-indivara> > • *Persian*: نيلوفر nilofar > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/persian/nilofar> > • *Punjabi*: ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/nilophara-nilofar> > • *Sanskrit*: इन्दीवर indivara > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/indivara-indivara> > • *Tamil*: கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/karuneytal-karu-neytal> > •*Telugu*: ఇందీవరము indivaramu > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/indivaramu-indivaramu> > > > > Blue Water Lily is the *State Flower > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/home/state-flowers>* of > two states of India: *Andhra Pradesh* and *Telangana* (indivaramu, > Telugu: ఇందీవరము). > > > > *botanical names*: *Nymphaea nouchali* Burm.f. ... *synonyms*: *Nymphaea > cyanea* Roxb. ex G.Don • *Nymphaea stellata* Willd. ... more synonyms > listed at NPGS / GRIN > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F402222&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzczTiduAcGmAiPVWYLxozFxBjQaxg> > • *The Plant List* (2013). 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