Many many thanks Vijayasankar ji for the clarity. Me too thought so - *karalli* is a Telugu name given to *Carallia lucida*; and the genus name *Carallia* is derived from it ... Paxton's Botanical Dictionary<http://archive.org/stream/cu31924001341662/cu31924001341662_djvu.txt> .
Perhaps, due to proximity of regions, adjoining population of Tamil may have borrowed the Telugu name - I am referring to mention of *karalli* as Tamil name for *Carallia integerrima* ... http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2327&parname=2326 ... unless put in error. My query arose because none of கரல்லி / கறல்லி / காரல்லி / காறல்லி are found in Tamil dictionaries or any web page on internet. I am considering to drop this karalli as a name in Tamil for C. brachiata. One observation: The Useful Plants of India (NISCAIR) has not put any name in Tamil for *C. brachiata*. ஆண்டிமிரம் (antimiram) is found at Biotik ... http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/carabrac/carabrac_ta.html Seems ambiguous because only Biotik and FRLHT mentions it ... perhaps it is based on names in neighbouring languages, and relatively recent coined word. I will take அந்திமிரியம் as a better form of ஆண்டிமிரம். Many thanks once again. Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dinesh ji, > > 'karalli' is a Telugu name, as per FRLHT database. > The script for Tamil name 'Andimiriam' (not familiar to me!) may be > அந்திமிரியம். > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Tamil-knowing friends, >> Would like to validate the name *karalli* in Tamil for this plant. >> >> Which of these would be the correct spelling for karalli: >> கரல்லி OR கறல்லி OR காரல்லி OR காறல்லி ? >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, >>> Would like to validate the name of this plant in Kannada >>> >>> ಅಂದಿಪುನಾರ್ andipunar >>> >>> References: >>> Biotik<http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/carabrac/carabrac_en.html>• >>> FRLHT >>> / ENVIS<http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2326&parname=0> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Good set of photos >>>> Family : Rhizophoraceae >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:43 AM, raman <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Freshwater Mangrove is a tree growing up to 10 m tall. Branches are >>>>> brown, corky. Stipules are 1-2.5 cm. Leaves carried on 1 cm long stalks >>>>> are >>>>> elliptic-obovate, oblanceolate, or rarely circular, 5-15 x 2-10 cm, papery >>>>> to thinly leathery. Leaf base is wedge-shaped, margin entire or toothed, >>>>> tip pointed or shortly tapering. Inflorescences are 1-6 cm, often >>>>> resinous, >>>>> usually shining from secreted resin. Flowers are short-stalked or >>>>> stalkless. Bracteoles are 2 or 3, partially fused into a cup. Sepals are 6 >>>>> or 7, triangular, 3-4 mm. Petals are white, nearly round, 1.5 mm in >>>>> diameter, notched at the tip and unevenly lacerate. Stamens are about 2 >>>>> mm. >>>>> Ovary is bulbous, 2 mm; style 2 mm; stigma discoid, apically 4-8-lobed. >>>>> Fruit is glossy pink to red round, 5 mm in diameter. Seeds are >>>>> kidney-shaped. >>>>> >>>>> Raman >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>> >>> >>> >> > --
