The govt website of Kohima <https://kohima.nic.in/history/> says: "The name Kohima derives its name from “KEWHIRA” which is the name of the village where Kohima town is located. Kohima village , also called ‘Bara Basti’ is the second largest village in Asia and forms the North-Eastern part of Kohima Urban area today." The flowers connection may just be a modern folklore. Although I have many resources with names of plants in Naga tribes, never came across *Kewhi*. Websites just copy paste from each other. Tabish
On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 8:31:17 AM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > The name of Kohima, is supposed to be after wildflower Kewhi or Kewhira. > Could not find its botanical name even in Wikipedia. Could it be the > Rhododendron arboreum or something else? > > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f75bbe41-3afa-44eb-af0d-e3871382755dn%40googlegroups.com.
