Dear Dinesh ji, I think *Holigarna grahamii* can be called *Vellai ceru, வெள்ளை செரு* (in contrast to karunceru or black ceru, which is *H. arnottiana*), consistent with its Malayalam name Vellacheru.
The adjective vellai (= white) seems fitting as the plant features whitish flowers, white latex, pale greyish bark and glaucous leaves. Best, Vijayasankar On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijayasankar ji, > > Please help with coining a Tamil name for *Holigarna grahamii* (Wight) > Kurz, if feasible. > I could not find any name given to this species. > > *Holigarna arnottiana* Hook.f.have following names: கருஞ்செரு karunceru, > காட்டுசெரு kattuceru > Reference: *BIOTIK > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holiarno/holiarno_ta.html>* > (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive > shared Knowledge base) > > 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/CAOZ1_20LxG6wjULT-Gso44dzUqSQGD3JPw5iQOZQk4LWfoYrzQ%40mail.gmail.com.
