Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation. Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/6RybrUOHSI4/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/85e79a97-0202-4a41-b3f9-412aee91f749n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/85e79a97-0202-4a41-b3f9-412aee91f749n%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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