Malayalam names added ...
*commonly known as*: blistering varnish tree • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಎಲೆ ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ dodda ele holegaara, ಕಂಕಣಗಾಳ kankanagaala • *Konkani*: बिबोई biboi • *Malayalam*: ആനച്ചേര് aanacheru, നെയ്ചേര് nai-cheru, വെള്ളചേര് vellacheru • *Marathi*: बिबोई biboi, सुद्रबिलो sudrabilo Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/12/holigarna-grahamii-wight-kurz.html Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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/CABSQqC22B73BvVFViqGHWxt6z3e9VT6297a1ghdHjPqpRh%2BROA%40mail.gmail.com.
