Many many thanks Sam ji for the clarification and meaning of the name. I am more interested in knowing the scientific name of *കൊതുകുവിരട്ടി kothukuviratti*. Please check if you can find it out, otherwise ignore.
Regards. Dinesh On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dinesh ji, > Both terms are correct, one is splitted and other is not splitted. It is > simply means mosquito repellent or repellent of mosquito. *കൊതുക് വിരട്ടി > kothuku viratti, കൊതുകുവിരട്ടി kothukuviratti,* here *kothuku* means > mosquito and *viratti* means make fear. > Regards, > Sam Kuzhalanattu. > > > On Sun, 11 Jan, 2026, 5:05 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you very very much Saroj ji for leading me to this webpage. >> Indeed, the featured plant is what I have posted for ID. >> Let us call Sam ji and check whether he can help us with the scientific >> name of the plant from his resources. >> >> Dear Sam ji, >> Here are 2 YouTube links that show my posted plant. >> Though the plant is labelled "kothukuviratty" OR "kothuku viratty", I am >> not able to hear / find the scientific name of the plant. Maybe you will be >> able to help. >> >> 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amWHJfxHzOw >> 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQcjb4647ac >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM Saroj Kumar Kasaju <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Freemzbasket.com%2Fproduct%2Fkothukuviratty-plan&ved=0CBYQjRxqFwoTCNi9g4WFg5IDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI&opi=89978449. >>> ?? >>> >>> Thank you >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> Date: Monday, March 1, 2021 at 7:31:39 PM UTC+5:45 >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:341660] Phytolaccaceae member FOR ID :: >>> Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane :: 11 JAN 20 >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Many thanks Garg ji and Gurcharan ji, for resurfacing this query. >>> It could be other than Phytolaccaceae ... I had got the hint of family >>> in facebook. >>> Will wait for ID of this ornamental to get resolved. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 27 February 2021 at 10:53:33 UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: >>> >>> Forwarding for ID >>> Distributed as Phytolaccaceae member?- Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/phytolaccaceae/phytolaccaceae-member/thane> >>> >>> Group discussion at >>> Phytolaccaceae member FOR ID :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane :: 11 JAN >>> 20 (google.com) >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/CrYvv70SQLE> >>> >>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:42:51 AM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: >>> >>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> Anisomeria sp. ?? >>> Thank you. >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> Thank you Saroj ji for suggesting the possibility of *Anisomeria* genus. >>> It has three species: *Anisomeria bistrata*, *Anisomeria coriacea*, and >>> *Anisomeria >>> littoralis*. >>> Most probably not *Anisomeria* - the leaves do not seem to match. >>> Let us wait for comments. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> Could not find a match as per comparative images at Phytolaccaceae >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/phytolaccaceae> >>> - >>> from me. >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: *Dinesh Valke* <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 at 22:32 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:341660] Phytolaccaceae member FOR ID :: Dattaji >>> Salvi Udyan, Thane :: 11 JAN 20 >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> [image: Dattaji Salvi Udyan] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F40527996495%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGpVXZ4VT2jwSGf8SGhcQ6O6Hn2cA> >>> Dattaji >>> Salvi Udyan Thane >>> *Date*: January 11, 2020 ... *Altitude*: about 11 m (36 feet) asl >>> ------------------------------ >>> Phytolaccaceae member >>> Many thanks to Arun Kumar N for suggesting the family ... facebook >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2Findianflora%2Fpermalink%2F3291674927540490%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGG2FMtUDCHbGB7OnT7kocAfv3YKA> >>> [image: >>> ¿ Phytolacca sp. ?] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49387618518%2Fin%2Fdateposted%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHbP86GbdszpPtl_ykediNddc3O6Q> >>> >>> [image: ¿ Phytolacca sp. ?] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49388290522%2Fin%2Fdateposted%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGXk8zEntyaJwWkCQ4eEIahruWiBA> >>> >>> [image: ¿ Phytolacca sp. ?] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49388292547%2Fin%2Fdateposted%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFQUrC8ETDLHnD7AAC0WHhoJkYWxQ> >>> >>> >>> >>> same plant at an earlier date - December 12, 2019 >>> >>> [image: P1020299_SP] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49209651542%2Fin%2Falbum-72157667571230788%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGR1WJB7EPxT0q-rZL4m18oRhSR0w> >>> >>> [image: P1020295_SP] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49209652462%2Fin%2Falbum-72157667571230788%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEIbru99XaSQJuRlemv5rdv6US_Og> >>> >>> [image: P1020294_SP] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49208947148%2Fin%2Falbum-72157667571230788%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGjZ_nAuEcYZE8_oTVjKkengq4M8w> >>> >>> [image: P1020292_SP] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49209434986%2Fin%2Falbum-72157667571230788%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEhR3-oQebIX2daRZJiDSRfELXvhw> >>> >>> 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 on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC11kA9pKH5BqivtR%2B7r%3DjaGkKARsqvjJSwoqf%2BK5BQJZg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC11kA9pKH5BqivtR%2B7r%3DjaGkKARsqvjJSwoqf%2BK5BQJZg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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