Very elaborate details, thanks Dinesh ji. On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 3:37:54 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation. > Dinesh > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Vibrant beauty and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, regards, Sam. >> >> On Fri, 3 Oct, 2025, 9:19 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Thunbergia grandiflora* (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb. >>> [image: Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.] >>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317479053> >>> >>> *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> >>> *gran-dih-FLOR-uh* -- with large flowers ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=grandiflora> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: Bengal clock vine, Bengal trumpet vine, blue sky >>> flower, blue sky vine, blue trumpet vine • *Adi*: cocoriang, kingoreib >>> • *Ahom*: হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota • >>> *Assamese*: হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota, kukua >>> loti, ননং nonong • *Bengali*: নীল লতা neel lota • *Bodo*: serfa • >>> *Dogri*: नीलगास neelgaas • *Garo*: khakkhu • *Hajong*: nul-lata • >>> *Hindi*: नील लता neel lata • *Kachari*: dumangkhlong, tumakhlung • >>> *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda hegala balli • *Karbi*: >>> nong-nonga-rikang • *Khasi*: jermie-khnong, syntew-jarmi-chankhnow • >>> *Kokborok*: vako • *Kui*: ଛୋଟ ଘଣ୍ଟି chhota ghanti • *Kuki*: thang-wakoi >>> • *Manipuri*: ꯁꯝꯕꯜ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ sambal khudop • *Mech*: dengkhakhlu • *Mizo*: >>> va-ko, vakohrui, zawngafian • *Nagamese*: loyga • *Nepali*: काग चुच्चे >>> kaag chuchche, काग फुली kaag phulee, कनेसी लहरा kanesi laharaa • >>> *Nyishi*: piji • *Rabha*: bakhor lewa • *Tamil*: வங்காள கடிகாரக் கொடி >>> vankaala katikaarak koti • *Tulu*: ಮಲ್ಲ ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು malla pugelu ballu >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Thunbergia grandiflora* (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb. >>> ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Pleuremidis grandiflora* (Roxb.) Raf. ... >>> *heterotypic >>> synonyms*: *Thunbergia chinensis* Merr. • *Thunbergia cordifolia* Nees >>> • *Thunbergia grandiflora* f. *alba* Leonard • *Thunbergia malvifolia* >>> Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, >>> retrieved 29 September 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 >>> *Bengal clock vine, Bengal trumpet vine, blue sky flower, blue sky vine, >>> blue trumpet vine* >>> >>> - Flowers of India >>> >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bengal%20Clock%20Vine.html>, >>> retrieved September 29, 2025 >>> >>> ~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* >>> *cocoriang, kingoreib* >>> >>> - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of >>> useful plants of north-east India >>> >>> <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> >>> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site >>> ... >>> Accessed on 29 September 2025 >>> >>> ~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Ahom*, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars >>> for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile *Ahom >>> kingdom* (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this >>> language: Tai-Ahom >>> *হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota* >>> >>> - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of >>> useful plants of north-east India >>> >>> <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> >>> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site >>> ... >>> Accessed on 29 September 2025 >>> - Borah, Dipankar & Gogoi, Tridip & Sarma, Jintu & Borah, Punam & >>> Gohain, Bichitra & Mili, Chiranjib & Upadhyaya, Ankur & Basumatary, >>> Jenima >>> & Neog, Kasturi & Wangpan, Tonlong & Tangjang, Sumpam. (2021). >>> Compendium >>> of plants used for preparation of traditional alcoholic beverages by >>> four >>> major ethnic communities of Assam, northeast India. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350578721> Biodiversitas >>> Journal of Biological Diversity. 22. 2019-2031. 10.13057/biodiv/d220451. >>> >>> ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal >>> Pradesh, Meghalaya >>> *হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota* >>> >>> - Many thanks to Ratneswar Kachari and Monoj Nath for help with >>> these names ... facebook >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2855731231240108&set=gm.3331481890416046&idorvanity=1637558626475056> >>> >>> *kukua loti* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> - or kukua lota ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of >>> certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam >>> >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/68399/12/12_chapter%205.pdf> >>> >>> - Shodhganga >>> - the name needs to be rendered in native script >>> >>> *ননং nonong* >>> >>> - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of >>> useful plants of north-east India >>> >>> <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> >>> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site >>> ... >>> Accessed on 29 September 2025 >>> - Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & Das, Abhaya & Upadhyaya, >>> Ankur & Mipun, Puranjoy. (2020). Assessment of non-timber forest >>> products (NTFPs) in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, Northeast India. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341271954> Ethnobotany >>> Research and Applications. 19. 1-15. 10.32859/era.19.43.1-15. >>> >>> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >>> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *নীল লতা neel lota* >>> >>> - BENGAL PLANTS >>> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> >>> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID >>> >>> ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other >>> names for this language: Boro >>> *serfa* >>> >>> - Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of >>> Goalpara district, Assam >>> >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/68399/12/12_chapter%205.pdf> >>> >>> - Shodhganga >>> >>> ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... >>> spoken by the Dogras >>> *नीलगास neelgaas* >>> >>> - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... >>> facebook >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid05hTtamhXEvuFZfQgsTtDtkfz2yYgCZitTLpiRMPiDG5obSKhUZUZRZeXDchAxUiJl> >>> >>> ... or निलगासी nilgaasi >>> >>> ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Roman*, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: >>> *Meghalaya*, Assam >>> *khakkhu* >>> >>> - Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of >>> Goalpara district, Assam >>> >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/68399/12/12_chapter%205.pdf> >>> >>> - Shodhganga >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Bengali-Assamese* (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, >>> Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal >>> *nul-lata* >>> >>> - Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of >>> Goalpara district, Assam >>> >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/68399/12/12_chapter%205.pdf> >>> >>> - Shodhganga >>> >>> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar >>> Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya >>> Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* >>> *नील लता neel lata* >>> >>> - Flowers of India >>> >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bengal%20Clock%20Vine.html>, >>> retrieved October 2, 2025 >>> >>> ~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~ >>> written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, >>> Nagaland ... other names for this language: Cachari, Plains Kachari (Boro >>> or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa) >>> *dumangkhlong, tumakhlung* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* >>> *ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda hegala 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 >>> >>> ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, >>> Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng >>> *nong-nonga-rikang* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Latin* (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: >>> *Meghalaya*, Assam >>> *jermie-khnong, syntew-jarmi-chankhnow* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~ >>> written in: Koloma, *Latin*, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... >>> spoken in: *Tripura* ... other names for this language: Tripuri, >>> Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera >>> *vako* >>> >>> - Deb, Chitta & Sharma, Ibeeka & Jamir, Narola. (2023). Ethno-medicinal >>> anti-diabetics plants of Northeast India: A review. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371082857> Journal of >>> Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 12. 86-110. >>> 10.22271/phyto.2023.v12.i3b.14668. >>> >>> ~~~~~ KUI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Odia* (କୁଇ) ... spoken in: *Odisha* ... spoken by the >>> Kandhas ... other names for this language: Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, >>> Kanda, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy >>> *ଛୋଟ ଘଣ୍ଟି chhota ghanti* >>> >>> - Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & >>> Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha >>> >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340871248_Diversity_of_Climbers_of_Odisha> >>> >>> ~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Assam, Nagaland ... other >>> names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki >>> *thang-wakoi* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: >>> *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei >>> *ꯁꯝꯕꯜ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ sambal khudop* >>> >>> - Ningombam, D. & Devi, S. & Singh, Potsangbam & Pinokiyo, Athokpam >>> & Thongam, Biseshwori. (2014). Documentation and Assessment on >>> Knowledge of EthnoMedicinal Practitioners: A Case Study on Local Meetei >>> Healers of Manipur. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273713192> IOSR Journal of >>> Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 9. 53-70. 10.9790/3008-09115370. >>> >>> ~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari*, Roman ... spoken by: Mech people (Bodos of >>> north West Bengal) >>> *dengkhakhlu* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... >>> other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian >>> *va-ko* >>> >>> - Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & >>> Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE >>> MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA. >>> >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308886133_WILD_EDIBLE_PLANT_RESOURCES_USED_BY_THE_MIZOS_OF_MIZORAM_INDIA> >>> >>> KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. >>> 106-126. >>> - Dictionary of the Lushai language >>> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/lorrain/> by James Herbert >>> Lorrain >>> >>> *vakohrui, zawngafian* >>> >>> - Jamir SI, Sherpa PN, Komu LT, Lalhriatpuii TC and Lalhlenmawia H: >>> Anti-inflammatory >>> activity, HPTLC analysis of ß sitosterol from methanolic leaf extracts >>> of *Thunbergia >>> grandiflora* Roxb., traditional herbal plant from Mizoram, India. >>> <http://doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.14(8).3993-02> Int J Pharm >>> Sci & Res 2023; 14(8): 3993-02. doi: >>> 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.14(8).3993-02. >>> >>> ~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Nagaland* ... the Naga languages >>> are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga >>> peoples >>> *loyga* >>> >>> - Flora of Assam >>> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam3/mode/2up?view=theater> >>> Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De >>> >>> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, >>> *Assam*, *Sikkim* >>> *काग चुच्चे kaag chuchche, काग फुली kaag phulee* >>> >>> - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... >>> efloraofindia >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cSYOhpPi34s/m/r9NZnQ_bAAAJ> >>> >>> *कनेसी लहरा kanesi laharaa* >>> >>> - Ghosh, Chandra (University of North Bengal) 2006 - Biology of Tea >>> Garden Weeds in Darjeeling District of West Bengal (India) >>> <http://hdl.handle.net/10603/147591> - Shodhganga >>> - Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the >>> Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/mode/2up> - >>> The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun >>> - J. N. Cowan - Nepalese plant names used in the Darjeeling District >>> and their significance >>> >>> <https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/30977/CowanJM_1927_v2redux.pdf> >>> >>> ~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... >>> spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other >>> names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, >>> Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung >>> *piji* >>> >>> - Toku, Bani & Deuri, Mundeep & Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & >>> Das, Abhaya. (2021). Traditional phyto-medicines from the districts >>> along the course of Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh, India: A >>> review. >>> >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353605849_Traditional_phyto-medicines_from_the_districts_along_the_course_of_Subansiri_river_in_Arunachal_Pradesh_India_A_review> >>> >>> ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, >>> Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya >>> *bakhor lewa* >>> >>> - Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of >>> Goalpara district, Assam >>> >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/68399/12/12_chapter%205.pdf> >>> >>> - Shodhganga >>> >>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *வங்காள கடிகாரக் கொடி vankaala katikaarak 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 >>> *ಮಲ್ಲ ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು malla pugelu 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 ~~~~~ >>> throughout >>> >>> - 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 25/09/2025 >>> (dd/mm/yyyy). >>> >>> ~~~~~ Created on: 15:03 29-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:08 03-10-2025 >>> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Names compiled / updated at >>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/thunbergia-grandiflora-roxb-ex-rottler.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/aadbb585-d331-465d-a395-226b27e6137cn%40googlegroups.com.
