Let us hope we come to some conclusive consensus. My guess was based on Rhododendron arboreum being State flower of Nagaland of which Kohima is capital. But we have to find solid evidence.
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/ On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 9:39 AM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f75bbe41-3afa-44eb-af0d-e3871382755dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAHiXKpUhzywywXbKnrb4FeJWUmd6k-M%2Btk%2ByHdbAMiF7ObDieQ%40mail.gmail.com.
