Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling. Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Vibrant pictures and great work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English > names are correct, regards, Sam Kuzhalanattu. > > On Fri, 26 Dec, 2025, 5:36 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Holigarna grahamii* (Wight) Kurz >> [image: Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> [image: Holigarna >> grahamii (Wight) Kurz] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> [image: Holigarna >> grahamii (Wight) Kurz] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> [image: Holigarna >> grahamii (Wight) Kurz] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> >> >> >> ¿ *ho-lee-GAR-nuh* ? -- most probably, from the Kannada name of the >> plant - ಹೋಲಿಗಾರ *holigaara* >> *GRAM-ee-eye* -- named for John Graham, author of Catalogue of Plants >> (Bombay) >> >> *commonly known as*: blistering varnish tree • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಎಲೆ >> ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ dodda ele holegaara, ಕಂಕಣಗಾಳ kankanagaala • *Konkani*: बिबोई >> biboi • *Malayalam*: ആനച്ചേര് aanacheru • *Marathi*: बिबोई biboi, >> सुद्रबिलो sudrabilo >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Holigarna grahamii* (Wight) Kurz ... *homotypic >> synonyms*: *Holigarna wightii* N.P.Balakr. • *Katou-tsjeroe grahamii* >> (Wight) Kuntze • *Semecarpus grahamii* Wight ... POWO >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 25 December 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 >> *blistering varnish tree* >> >> - Flowers of India >> >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blistering%20Varnish%20Tree.html>, >> retrieved December 25, 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* >> *ದೊಡ್ಡ ಎಲೆ ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ dodda ele holegaara, ಕಂಕಣಗಾಳ kankanagaala* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4135/992d07f37e4bd78fde99e30ea9bd4410> >> - S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and >> medicinal plants of Mysore >> <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - >> Mandayam Digital Library >> - or ದೊಡ್ಡೆಲೆ ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ doddele holegaara ... BIOTIK >> <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holigrah/holigrah_ka.html> >> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive >> shared Knowledge base) >> >> ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam >> (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) >> ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat >> *बिबोई biboi* >> >> - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo >> methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. >> >> <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> >> Portugal, Imprensa >> Nacional, 1898. >> - V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note >> on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area - Shodhganga :: a reservoir >> of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >> *ആനച്ചേര് aanacheru* >> >> - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം >> >> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> - Manjunath, K.M., H.S. Shashwathi, H.M.R. Jain & Y.L. Krishnamurthy >> (2024). The genus *Holigarna* Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. (Anacardiaceae) in >> the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. >> <https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/8622/9669> >> *Journal >> of Threatened Taxa* 16(1): 24469–24484. >> - or simply ചേര് cheru ... BIOTIK >> <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holigrah/holigrah_ma.html> >> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive >> shared Knowledge base) >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *बिबोई biboi* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4135/992d07f37e4bd78fde99e30ea9bd4410> >> >> *सुद्रबिलो sudrabilo* >> >> - मराठी विश्वकोश <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/25951/> - >> महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ >> >> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, ***Tamil Nadu; endemic >> >> - 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 25.12; last update Dec. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 25/12/2025 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> - Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of >> Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262059791_Check_List_of_Wild_Angiosperms_of_Bhagwan_Mahavir_Molem_National_Park_Goa_India> >> Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. >> >> *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the >> state >> ~~~~~ Created on: 18:44 25-12-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:01 26-12-2025 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/12/holigarna-grahamii-wight-kurz.html >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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