*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/CABSQqC36nSWM-M8%2BVJrg6VR%3DQ8%3DGXtT8uhR%3D4acvwbrFBDoU4A%40mail.gmail.com.
