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/CADkXgDQJ_pHFMAF-Yf6VE7TVQsxY9rUnZWVBNQo597CXXRqC_Q%40mail.gmail.com.
