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/CABSQqC0J6QFhEFse6vejki-FvzRgr3_ZYZ9e1Uo_Z8Sjz%2BT5YA%40mail.gmail.com.
