Ariopsis peltata Nimmo

ar-ee-OP-sis -- from Greek arum and opsis (alike, resembling); resembling species arum ... Omnilexica
pel-TAY-tuh -- round shield, referring to shape of leaf and position of stalk in center of leaf ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: shield leaf ariopsis • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲುಕೆಸು kallukesu • Konkani: नागमणी nagamani • Malayalam: കൽത്താളു kalththaalu, കൽത്താമര kalththaamara • Marathi: खडकतेरी khadakteri, नागमणी nagamani


botanical names: Ariopsis peltata Nimmo ... synonyms: no known synonyms

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

shield leaf ariopsis

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಲ್ಲುಕೆಸು kallukesu

• Shanti Nayak's blogspot ... literal meaning: stone colocasia

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

नागमणी nagamani

• name borrowed from Marathi

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കൽത്താളു kalththaalu

• Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook ... literal meaning: stone colocasia

കൽത്താമര kalththaamara

• Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook ... literal meaning: stone lotus

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

खडकतेरी khadakteri

• Flowers of India ... literal meaning: rock arum

नागमणी nagamani

• Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

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