Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation. Regards. Dinesh On Saturday, 27 December 2025 at 17:08:26 UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote:
> 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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