Marathi name added ...



*commonly known as*: sweet clock-vine, white lady • *Assamese*: চিমিন ফুল
chimin phool • *Haryanvi*: चिमीन chimine • *Hindi*: चिमीन chimine •
*Kannada*: ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ hegala balli, ಇಂದ್ರಪುಷ್ಪ indrapushpa • *Malayalam*:
നൂർവൻ വള്ളി noorvan valli • *Marathi*: चिमणी chimani, चिमीन chimine • *Mizo*:
zawnga-fian-parvar • *Odia*: ଚକ୍ରକେଦାର chakrakedar • *Tamil*: இந்திரபுஷ்பி
intirapushpi, காச நங்கை kaasa nangai, தண்ணிக் கொடி thanni kodi, வெள்ளைச்
செடி vellai chedi • *Telugu*: ఇంద్రతీగ indrathige, పాలతీగ palathiga • *Tulu*:
ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು pugelu ballu




Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/thunbergia-fragrans-roxb.html

Regards.
Dinesh


On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.
>>
>> On Monday, September 29, 2025 at 11:02:32 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for the help with
>>> the Malayalam name and validating its English spelling.
>>> Regards.
>>> Dinesh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fabulous pic and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and
>>>> English names are correct, regards, Sam.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 28 Sept, 2025, 7:18 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *Thunbergia fragrans* Roxb.
>>>>> [image: Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.]
>>>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79244425>
>>>>>
>>>>> *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>
>>>>> *FRAY-granz* -- fragrant ... Dave's Botanary
>>>>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=fragrans>
>>>>>
>>>>> *commonly known as*: sweet clock-vine, white lady • *Haryanvi*: चिमीन
>>>>> chimine • *Hindi*: चिमीन chimine • *Kannada*: ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ hegala
>>>>> balli, ಇಂದ್ರಪುಷ್ಪ indrapushpa • *Malayalam*: നൂർവൻ വള്ളി noorvan
>>>>> valli • *Marathi*: चिमीन chimine • *Mizo*: zawnga-fian-parvar • *Odia*:
>>>>> ଚକ୍ରକେଦାର chakrakedar • *Tamil*: இந்திரபுஷ்பி intirapushpi, காச நங்கை
>>>>> kaasa nangai, தண்ணிக் கொடி thanni kodi, வெள்ளைச் செடி vellai chedi •
>>>>> *Telugu*: ఇంద్రతీగ indrathige, పాలతీగ palathiga • *Tulu*: ಪುಗೆಲ್
>>>>> ಬಳ್ಳು pugelu ballu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *botanical names*: *Thunbergia fragrans* Roxb. ... *heterotypic
>>>>> synonyms*: *Thunbergia roxburghia* Nees • *Thunbergia scandens* Pers.
>>>>> ex Nees • *Thunbergia volubilis* Pers. ... and more at POWO
>>>>> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 25 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
>>>>> *sweet clock-vine, white lady*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Flowers of India
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sweet%20Clock%20Vine.html>,
>>>>>    retrieved September 25, 2025
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Devanagari* (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in:
>>>>> *Haryana*, Delhi
>>>>> *चिमीन chimine*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Haryana Forest Flora
>>>>>    <https://haryanaforestflora.in/specimen/view/399> - A
>>>>>    Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar
>>>>> Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya
>>>>> Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand*
>>>>> *चिमीन chimine*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Haryana Forest Flora
>>>>>    <https://haryanaforestflora.in/specimen/view/399> - A
>>>>>    Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*
>>>>> *ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ hegala balli, ಇಂದ್ರಪುಷ್ಪ indrapushpa*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - 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
>>>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4046/b7c3785cdc923ad9e082de933208c38d>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep
>>>>> *നൂർവൻ വള്ളി noorvan valli*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ...
>>>>>    efloraofindia
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/VdJOea_gNyQ/m/Tj9-v-axAAAJ>
>>>>>    - 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
>>>>>    - or നൂറൽ വള്ളി nooral valli ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ -
>>>>>    സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF>
>>>>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*,
>>>>> Karnataka
>>>>> *चिमीन chimine*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - *Common Indian Wild Flowers* by Isaac Kehimkar
>>>>>    - *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first 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
>>>>> *zawnga-fian-parvar*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - ENVIS Centre Mizoram :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram
>>>>>    <http://mizenvis.nic.in/Database/Biodiversity_1444.aspx>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar
>>>>> Islands
>>>>> *ଚକ୍ରକେଦାର chakrakedar*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath.
>>>>>    (2023). Floral Diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest
>>>>>    Division, Odisha
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_Floral_diversity_of_Koira_and_Barsuan_Ranges_Bonai_Forest_Division_Odisha>
>>>>>    - Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of
>>>>>    Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321966050_Floral_Diversity_of_Nandankanan_Wildlife_Sanctuary>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry,
>>>>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands
>>>>> *இந்திரபுஷ்பி intirapushpi*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4046/b7c3785cdc923ad9e082de933208c38d>
>>>>>
>>>>> *காச நங்கை kaasa nangai, தண்ணிக் கொடி thanni kodi, வெள்ளைச் செடி
>>>>> vellai chedi*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with these names
>>>>>    ... efloraofindia
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/yAYzy5Wfvc8/m/Gmvd3eTgAAAJ>
>>>>>    - Tamil names of Botanical names
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://books.google.com/books?id=EIE5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false>
>>>>>    by Yercaud Ilango
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*,
>>>>> *Telangana*, Puducherry
>>>>> *ఇంద్రతీగ indrathige, పాలతీగ palathiga*
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Flora Andhrika
>>>>>    <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Thunbergia+fragrans>
>>>>>    - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
>>>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>>>    
>>>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4046/b7c3785cdc923ad9e082de933208c38d>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
>>>>> written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in
>>>>> Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in:
>>>>> *Karnataka*, north Kerala
>>>>> *ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು 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 ... ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು pugelu ballu = shoulder vine, named
>>>>>    so due to its therapeutic efficacy against shoulder wounds
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~ 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: 20:36 25-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:44 28-09-2025
>>>>> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Names compiled / updated at
>>>>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/thunbergia-fragrans-roxb.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>
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