Another very useful contribution Dinesh ji. On Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 6:36:39 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> *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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