Dinesh ji, These additional Tamil names (just variants) can be added to *H. grahamii*: *Vellai charai (வெள்ளை சாரை) *and *Vencharai (வெண்சாரை)* since these spellings are also used in the literature for *Holigarna* (e.g. Biotik <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holiarno/holiarno_ta.html>, India Biodiversity Portal <https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/13026>).
PS: The name Charai / Saarai சாரை refers to *Buchanania lanzan*. Vijayasankar On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM Vijay Raman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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_21a0YDqtZ7L3a_ByoRjqHzcXgPZtQRcSc1oAcKLPcot3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
