On much of searching, I think the nearest meanings of *palum* in context of the genus name are: *stake* or *pale*. References: Worldnews <http://my.wn.com/search/acanthaceae?p=0&t=details> (search for the word *palum* on the webpage) and the Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palus> page of *palus*.
Wooden stakes / pales (palings) are normally seen used for building fences. I am assuming that the dehisced segments of persistent calyx seen in *Erythropalum scandens* fruit allude to stakes. I hope so. Please validate. Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > I searched the net and some books available with me, to find meaning of > *Erythropalum*. > While Greek *erytho* is well known to be mean "red", could not find what > *palum* in context of the genus name stands for. > *I have a feeling that it may be connected to red dehisced fruit.* > > *Palus*, in Latin would be plural form of *palum*. In Wiktionary, *palus* > <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palus> seems to have range of meanings: > swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool ... stake, prop, post. > > Please help. > > 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
