Aspidopterys canarensis Dalzell

¿ as-pid-OP-ter-iss ? -- Greek: aspis (shield) and pteron (wing), alluding to the winged carpel ... Hand Book Of The Indian Flora Vol I
¿ kuh-nair-EN-sis ? -- of or from the Canara or Kanara region in s-w India

commonly known as: Kanara climber • Kannada: ಕೆನರಾ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kanara balli • Malayalam: കണ്ണാരംവള്ളി kannaram valli • Marathi: कन्नड वेल kannad-vel • Tamil: கன்னடம் வல்லி kannatam valli


botanical names: Aspidopterys canarensis Dalzell ... synonyms: Aspidopterys glomerata Wight ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Kanara climber

• Flowers of India ... the epithet canarensis = of or from the Canara or Kanara region in s-w India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕೆನರಾ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kanara balli

• name given, for want of name; derived from the epithet canarensis ... ಕೆನರಾ kanara = Kanara or Canara - anglicised name of the Kannada region in s-w India; ಬಳ್ಳಿ balli = creeper, climber, vine

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കണ്ണാരംവള്ളി kannaram valli

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

कन्नड वेल kannad-vel

• name given, for want of name; derived from the epithet canarensis ... कन्नड kannad = Kanara or Canara - anglicised name of the Kannada region in s-w India; वेल vel = creeper, climber, vine

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

கன்னடம் வல்லி kannatam valli

• name given, for want of name; derived from the epithet canarensis ... கன்னடம் kannatam = Kanara or Canara - anglicised name of the Kannada region in s-w India; வல்லி valli = creeper, climber, vine

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