*Thunbergia mysorensis* (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd. [image: Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200079063>
*thun-BER-jee-uh* -- named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Thunbergia> • Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peter_Thunberg> *my-sor-EN-sis* -- of or from Mysore, India ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=mysorensis> *commonly known as*: brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Munzerabad creeper, Mysore clock vine • *Bengali*: বাসর লতা baasar lata • *Kannada*: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli • *Malayalam*: ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu • *Marathi*: वाघळी waghli • *Tamil*: பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti • *Tulu*: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu *botanical names*: *Thunbergia mysorensis* (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Hexacentris mysorensis* Wight ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 09 October 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 *brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Mysore clock vine* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mysore%20Clock%20Vine.html>, retrieved October 9, 2025 *Munzerabad creeper* - 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) - Dave's Garden <https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2899> - one of the largest sites for gardeners in the world - Google's AI Overview about this name's etymology: A known location for the creeper: Since the plant is native to southern India, it is plausible that it was and is found growing near Manjarabad Fort or in the wider Manjarabad region. ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *বাসর লতা baasar lata* - উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga - S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Mandayam Digital Library - ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ <https://padakanaja.karnataka.gov.in/> ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *वाघळी waghli* - 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 ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti* - Tamil names of Botanical names <https://books.google.com/books?id=EIE5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false> by Yercaud Ilango ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic to south India, elsewhere globally cultivated as an ornamental - 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 25.09; last update Sept. 23rd, 2025. Last accessed 09/10/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 11:24 09-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:23 09-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/thunbergia-mysorensis-wight-tanderson.html 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2qShOTOW2ge8j7rfpTgUm718BS6hnijdPWg5iTpLOr6Q%40mail.gmail.com.
