May be Dinesh sir, మల్లి in telugu represent jasmine which has a fragrant flowers.
Actually, I am not familiar with local names. Only up to a some extent I can Thank you On Thu, 28 Mar, 2024, 12:15 pm Dinesh Valke, <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Mandru ji, > Would మల్లిదుంప mean fragrant tuber ? > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 12:55 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Many many thanks, Mandru ji, for the prompt response, the help with the >> name, and for the important information. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 12:51 PM Mandru Ramesh Chowdary < >> mandrurameshchowd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thank you for the mail Dinesh sir, >>> Peristylus lawii is an orchid, usually used to cure insect bites such as >>> honey bee. >>> >>> The telugu name is మల్లిదుంప. >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> On Wed, 27 Mar, 2024, 12:43 pm Dinesh Valke, <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Lalithamba ji and Mandru ji, >>>> I found a Telugu name "malli dumpa" for the tuber of *Peristylus lawii* >>>> Wight >>>> *Reference*: Kandagatla, Ramesh & Ragan, Ajmeera & Suthari, Sateesh & >>>> Raju, Vatsavaya. (2018). PERISTYLUS LAWII (ORCHIDACEAE): A NEW RECORD >>>> FOR TELANGANA STATE, INDIA. >>>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326147009_PERISTYLUS_LAWII_ORCHIDACEAE_A_NEW_RECORD_FOR_TELANGANA_STATE_INDIA> >>>> 41. >>>> >>>> >>>> I am familiar with the word దుంప dumpa for tuber, typically an edible >>>> tuber. >>>> But I am not sure about malli ... would it be మల్లి ... or ... మళ్ళీ ? >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CALNKF_XF7uunjHmyKFUCTft54OP8Fhn%2Bmh7TccJjyuuirnRB%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com.
