*Torenia indica* C.J.Saldanha [image: Torenia indica C.J.Saldanha] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115116940>
*tor-EN-ee-uh* -- named for Rev. Olof Toren, Swedish chaplain ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Torenia> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=indica> *commonly known as*: Indian wishbone flower • *Gujarati*: નાની તોરણીયા nani toraniya • *Kannada*: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಾಗೆ ಹೂ sanna kaage hoo • *Konkani*: लहान कावळ्याचो दोळो lahan kavalyacho dolo • *Marathi*: तोरणी torani • *Telugu*: చిన్న మొగకూర chinna mogakura • *Tulu*: ಎಲ್ಯ ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂ elya kakke poo *botanical names*: *Torenia indica* C.J.Saldanha ... *synonyms*: no known synonyms ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 12 November 2024 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *Indian wishbone flower* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Wishbone%20Flower.html>, retrieved November 12, 2024 ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *નાની તોરણીયા nani toraniya* - name coined, for want of name; નાની nani = small, smaller; તોરણીયા toraniya = a name coined for *Torenia asiatica* L. ... named so, as *T. indica* is morphologically similar and smaller compared to *T. asiatica* ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಾಗೆ ಹೂ sanna kaage hoo* - name coined, for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, smaller; ಕಾಗೆ ಹೂ kaage hoo = a name given to *Torenia bicolor* Dalzell ... name given to the flower ... the flower of *T. indica* is morphologically similar and smaller compared to that of *T. bicolor* ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी), *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *लहान कावळ्याचो दोळो lahan kavalyacho dolo* - name coined, for want of name; लहान lahan = small, smaller; कावळ्याचो दोळो kavalyacho dolo = crow's eye (literal meaning), otherwise a name given to few plants, one of them being *Torenia asiatica* L. ... name given to the flower ... the flower of *T. indica* is morphologically similar and smaller compared to that of *T. asiatica* ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *तोरणी torani* - name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of *Further Flowers of Sahyadri*, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers - Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/kCXGeFYtrzE/m/D3yaAGrpgT4J> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *చిన్న మొగకూర chinna mogakura* - Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2006). Ethnobotanical Observations on Some Endemic Plants of Eastern Ghats, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40222580> - Ethnobotanical Leaflets 10: 82-91. 2006. ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಎಲ್ಯ ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂ elya kakke poo* - name coined, for want of name; ಎಲ್ಯ elya = small, smaller; ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂ kakke poo = a name given to *Torenia bicolor* Dalzell ... name given to the flower ... the flower of *T. indica* is morphologically similar and smaller compared to that of *T. bicolor* ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, *!****Assam, *!****Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, *!****Himachal Pradesh, ***Jharkhand, Karnataka, *!****Kerala, ***Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *!****Manipur, ***Odisha, *!****Punjab, *!****Sikkim, *!****Tamil Nadu, ***Uttar Pradesh, ***West Bengal - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 24.11; last update November 5th, 2024. Last accessed 12/11/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Botanical Survey of India <https://www.efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=37049> - Andhra Pradesh :: Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Torenia+indica> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - Bihar :: Kumar Avinash Bharati - Checklist and key to the Scrophulariaceae of Bihar, India <https://ijarbs.com/pdfcopy/2023/june2023/ijarbs13.pdf> - Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2023). 10(6): 148-161 - Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262059791_Check_List_of_Wild_Angiosperms_of_Bhagwan_Mahavir_Molem_National_Park_Goa_India> Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora> - Himachal Pradesh :: H J Chowdhery & B M Wadhwa - FLORA OF HIMACHAL PRADESH <https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/Public_Information/publication/books/state_flora_latest/Flora%20of%20Himachal%20Pradesh%20vol%202.pdf> - Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India - Jharkhand :: Kumar Avinash Bharati - Checklist and key to the Scrophulariaceae of Jharkhand, India <https://ijgsr.com/webadmin/uploads/1%20ijgsr%20Kumar%20Avinash%20Bharati.pdf> - International Journal of Global Science Research Vol. 11, Issue. 1, April 2024, pp. 2217-2231 - Karnataka :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%202.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) - Kerala :: could not find any literature / checklist of State Flora - Madhya Pradesh :: Tiwari, Arjun & Khanna, K K & Dubey, Praveen. (2019). Flowering Plants of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334573154> - Indian Forester. 145. 663-682. - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> - Manipur :: could not find any literature / checklist of State Flora - Odisha :: Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_Floral_diversity_of_Koira_and_Barsuan_Ranges_Bonai_Forest_Division_Odisha> - Punjab :: could not find any literature / checklist of State Flora - Sikkim :: could not find any literature / checklist of State Flora - Tamil Nadu ::Flora of India Series 1 - Flora of Tamil Nadu <https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/Public_Information/publication/books/state_flora_latest/Flora%20of%20Tamil%20Nadu%20-%20Series%20I%20%20Analysis%20vol%202.pdf> - Volume 2 - Botanical Survey of India - Uttar Pradesh :: Khanna, K K. (2017). Angiospermic plants of Uttar Pradesh - A Check-list. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317617401> - Geophytology. 47. 69-110. - West Bengal :: West Bengal Biodiversity Board <https://wbbis.wb.gov.in/?tab=view_details_flora&id=1345> *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state *!* distribution doubtful ~~~~~ Created on: 11:16 12-11-2024 ¦ Last updated: 18:20 13-11-2024 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/11/torenia-indica-cjsaldanha.html Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/11/torenia-indica-cjsaldanha.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Monday 14 November 2011 at 19:38:25 UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > >> Nice close up. The flowers are so tiny Always difficult to shoot >> correctly... >> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> via Species >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > T >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/t> > >>> *Torenia indica* Saldanha >>> [image: Torenia indica Sald.] >>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/6049041125/> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of India] >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Indian%20Wishbone%20Flower.html>[image: >>> Discussions at efloraofindia] >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Torenia%20indica>[image: >>> more views in flickr] >>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Toreniaindica&m=tags&z=m>[image: more >>> views on Google Earth] >>> <http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Toreniaindica&format=kml_nl> >>> >>> >>> *tor-EN-ee-uh* -- named for Rev. Olof Toren, 18th century Swedish >>> chaplain >>> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* -- of or from India >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: Indian wishbone flower >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/indian-wishbone-flower> >>> • *Marathi*: तोरणी torani >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/torani-torani> >>> • *Telugu*: చిన్న >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/cinna-mogakura-chinna-mogakur> >>> ¿ మొగకూర >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/cinna-mogakura-chinna-mogakur> >>> ? chinna mogakur >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/cinna-mogakura-chinna-mogakur> >>> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Torenia indica* Sald. ... *synonyms*: no synonyms >>> >>> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> Plant in photo: at Naneghat, 1330 ft asl, 15 AUG 11 >>> >>> >>> Dear Telugu-knowing friends, please validate the name put in native >>> script for *chinna mogakur* -- చిన్న మొగకూర >>> >>> Another query -- is this plant endemic to southern peninsula of India -- >>> restricted distribution in Western Ghats of Maharashtra, Goa AND Eastern >>> Ghats of Andhra Pradesh ? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/0xv-CENKzKU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/609c23f1-e662-4f9b-a548-5e1790b5c2a8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/609c23f1-e662-4f9b-a548-5e1790b5c2a8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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