*Desmos chinensis* Lour. [image: Desmos chinensis Lour.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93449040>
*DES-mos* -- Greek: *desmos* (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Desmos> *chi-NEN-sis* -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=chinensis> *commonly known as*: Chinese eagle claw, dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • *Assamese*: বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • *Kannada*: ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu • *Konkani*: रानचाफा ranchapha • *Malayalam*: കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram • *Marathi*: रानचाफा ranchapha • *Mizo*: zunin-damdawi • *Nepali*: माले लहरा maale laharaa *botanical names*: *Desmos chinensis* Lour. ... *homotypic synonym*: *Unona chinensis* (Lour.) DC. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Desmos chinensis* var. *lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • *Unona discolor* Vahl • *Unona lawii* Hook.f. & Thomson ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 19 June 2025 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 *dwarf ylang-ylang* - Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. <https://www.researchtrend.net/jnbr/pdf/An%20annotated%20checklist%20of%20Dicotyledonus%20Angiosperms%20in%20Darjeeling%20Himalayas.pdf> J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208. - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmos_chinensis> - The Free Encyclopedia *Chinese eagle claw, Sahyadri ylang-ylang* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Eagle%20Claw.html>, retrieved June 19, 2025 ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya *বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa* - Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/posts/3306628329568069/?comment_id=3306760012888234¬if_id=1656336079075997¬if_t=group_comment&ref=notif> *জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa* - Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/permalink/3306628329568069/?comment_id=3306633312900904¬if_id=1656336079075997¬if_t=group_comment&ref=notif> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu* - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/102767/14/14_chapter%208.pdf> by P S Udayan ~~~~~ 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 *रानचाफा ranchapha* - name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *रानचाफा ranchapha* - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... 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 ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian *zunin-damdawi* - Rai, Prabhat. (2010). Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources of Mizoram, India: Implication of Traditional Knowledge in Health Care System <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274832147_Ethnomedicinal_Plant_Resources_of_Mizoram_India_Implication_of_Traditional_Knowledge_in_Health_Care_System>. Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 14. - Documentation of Medicinal Plants based on Traditional Practices in the Indo-Burma Hotspots Region of Mizoram, North East India <https://www.emergentresearch.org/uploads/38/1788_pdf.pdf> by H. Lalramnghinglova ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *माले लहरा maale laharaa* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/Dm4EWxOcMWI/m/CuKFsqYoAAAJ> - विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश <https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Assam, ***Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, ***Odisha, Sikkim, ***Tamil Nadu, West Bengal - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 19/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Goa :: for *Unona lawii* Hook.f. & Thomson ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 27-06-2022 ¦ Last updated: 18:16 19-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 1:12 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks Garg ji for the appreciation. > > *Assamese name added* ... > > > > *Desmos chinensis* Lour. > [image: Desmos chinensis Lour.] > > *DES-mos* -- Greek: *desmos* (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Desmos> > *chi-NEN-sis* -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=chinensis> > > *commonly known as*: dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • *Assamese*: > বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • *Malayalam*: കാരപ്പൂമരം > karappumaram • *Marathi*: रानचाफा ranchapha • *Mizo*: zunin-damdawi • > *Nepali*: माले लहरा maale lahara > > > *botanical names*: *Desmos chinensis* Lour. ... *synonyms*: *Desmos > chinensis* var. *lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. > & Thomson) Saff. • *Unona lawii* Hook.f. & Thomson ... and many more > synoyms listed at POWO > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72771-1#synonyms> > Bibliography / etymology > ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ > *dwarf ylang-ylang* > > - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmos_chinensis> > > *Sahyadri ylang-ylang* > > - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... this name > is based on the distribution of plant in the Western Ghats (Sahyadri) > of India ranging to Sri Lanka; the yellowish-green flowers are similar to > those of ylang-ylang, a name given to flowers of *Cananga odorata* > (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson ... Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmos_chinensis> > > ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ > *বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa* > > - Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... > facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/posts/3306628329568069/?comment_id=3306760012888234¬if_id=1656336079075997¬if_t=group_comment&ref=notif> > > *জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa* > > - Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... > facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/permalink/3306628329568069/?comment_id=3306633312900904¬if_id=1656336079075997¬if_t=group_comment&ref=notif> > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > *ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu* > > - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... Floristic > inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of > Karnataka, India > > <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/102767/14/14_chapter%208.pdf> > by P S Udayan > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > *കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram* > > - Wikipedia > > <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82> > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > *रान चाफा ran chapha* > > - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... *Further > Flowers of Sahyadri*, a field guide to identify flowers of northern > Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar > > ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ > *zunin-damdawi* > > - Rai, Prabhat. (2010). Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources of Mizoram, > India: Implication of Traditional Knowledge in Health Care System > > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274832147_Ethnomedicinal_Plant_Resources_of_Mizoram_India_Implication_of_Traditional_Knowledge_in_Health_Care_System>. > Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 14. > - Documentation of Medicinal Plants based on Traditional Practices in > the Indo-Burma Hotspots Region of Mizoram, North East India > <https://www.emergentresearch.org/uploads/38/1788_pdf.pdf> by H. > Lalramnghinglova > > ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ > *माले लहरा maale lahara* > > - Wikipedia > > <https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE> > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > *no given name* > > - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... 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%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ > *no given name* > > - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... 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%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION ~~~~~ > > - for *Desmos chinensis* Lour. ... global distribution: s China to > tropical Asia ... POWO > > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72771-1#distribution-map> > - for synonym *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... endemic > distribution: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra > Pradesh ... 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%201.pdf> > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > > ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 6:24 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great efforts, Dinesh ji >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> On Mon, 27 Jun, 2022, 8:18 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Names compiled / updated at >>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> On Wednesday, 19 June 2013 at 13:41:22 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: >>> >>>> via Species >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > D >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/d> > >>>> *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. ... *family*: Annonaceae >>>> [image: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff.] >>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/8988553456/> >>>> >>>> [image: Flowers of India] <http://www.flowersofindia.net/> [image: >>>> Discussions at efloraofindia] >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#%21topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Desmos%20lawii> >>>> [image: more views in flickr] >>>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Desmoslawii&m=tags&z=m> [image: more >>>> views on Google Earth] >>>> <http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Desmoslawii&format=kml_nl> >>>> >>>> >>>> *DES-mos* -- Greek: *desmos* (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary >>>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Desmos> >>>> *LAW-ee-eye* -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist >>>> >>>> >>>> *commonly known as*: Sahyadri ylang-ylang >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/sahyadri-ylang-ylang> >>>> • *Malayalam*: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/karappumaram-karappumaram> >>>> • *Marathi*: रानचाफा ranchapha >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/ranacapha-ranchapha> >>>> >>>> >>>> *botanical names*: *Desmos lawii* (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. ... >>>> *synonym*: *Unona lawii* Hook.f. & Thoms. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>>> ~ ~ >>>> Photographed at Akala Gavi, Ulavi, Karnataka on 25 MAY 13 >>>> Many thanks to Shrikant Ingalhalikar for the ID. >>>> >>>> More views of the sighting ... >>>> [image: Ranchapha (Marathi: रानचाफा)] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8893454345%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcf18wT91DfZefVd3Dj_qY3nSJ_Bw> >>>> [image: >>>> Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff.] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8893482797%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcgNhiFDIe5M3mvQY8ZaoVo31blBQ> >>>> [image: >>>> Karappumaram (Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം)] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8893473915%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcL3ISb8VOydat1g53UL1vulx55ew> >>>> [image: >>>> Sahyadri ylang-ylang] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8893491501%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdGoG2QPz3u5Cszoo7gXPMV9fBXKg> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/bd0e316a-d2f8-47c6-a6bd-9cd2fe4ccebcn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/bd0e316a-d2f8-47c6-a6bd-9cd2fe4ccebcn%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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