Thursday 9 September 2021

Ariopsis peltata Nimmo

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
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕಲ್ಲುಕೆಸು kallukesu
~~~~~ 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
नागमणी nagamani
  • Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

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