As the flowers are white like jasmines, tribal people call such flowers as malli and for bearing tubers it is called malli-dumpa; even many parasitic herbs such as Striga is with white flowers, and grows on roots of jowar, grass etc, hence it is named as jonnamalli, when orobanche with small white flowers grows on tobacco it is called, pogakumalli .
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM Mandru Ramesh Chowdary < mandrurameshchowd...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>> -- A.Lalithamba -- 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/CAOd090s5NcwStWmfVAkSvHTB38JcWFdJUJiya5wJADzeEwtqwA%40mail.gmail.com.
