Beautiful images and useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 12:05:07 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> 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]. 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