Names of Plants in India: Begonia concanensis A.DC.

be-GON-yuh -- named for Michel Begon, 18th c. Governor of St Domingue, French Canada ... Dave's Botanary
kon-kuh-NEN-sis or kohn-kun-NEN-sis -- of or from Konkan (coast of Maharashtra, India) ... compiled from the web

commonly known as: Konkan begonia • Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣಿ ಆನೆಕಿವಿ konkani aanekivi • Konkani: गजकर्णिका gajakarnika • Marathi: गजकर्णिका gajakarnika • Mundari: हाती-लुतुर अरा hati-lutur ara

known for: whole plant, shoots / leaves, sap

botanical names: Begonia concanensis A.DC. ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO, retrieved 11 Nov 2021

Bibliography / etymology / notes

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Konkan begonia

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India ... (accessed: Nov 11, 2021)

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕೊಂಕಣಿ ಆನೆಕಿವಿ konkani aanekivi

name given for want of name ... ಕೊಂಕಣಿ konkani = of or from the Konkan coast; ಆನೆಕಿವಿ aanekivi = elephant's ear, the large sepals allude to elephant's ears

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

गजकर्णिका gajakarnika

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

गजकर्णिका gajakarnika

name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers ... गजकर्णिका gajakarnika, Sanskrit word - literal meaning: elephant's ear, the large sepals allude to elephant's ears.

~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~

written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha

हाती-लुतुर अरा hati-lutur ara

A modern botanical neologism coined as a direct translation of the Marathi coined-name, derived from Sanskrit-rooted Gajakarnika (literally "elephant’s ear"), referencing the plant's large, distinctive floral sepals. The suffix ara denotes its habit as a small forest herb with local culinary utility. Note: This name is an intentional linguistic introduction and is not historically recorded in native Munda folklore.

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

**Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.05; last update May 20th, 2026. Last accessed 02/07/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).
GOA :: Prabhugaonkar, A.; Sardesai, M.M.; Janarthanam, M.K. — Further additions to the flora of Goa — Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. 33(1); 2009; 37-43. ... (accessed: July 1, 2026)
JHARKHAND :: Shyam Biswa, †P. Lakshminarasimhan, Adani Lokho (2025) — Flora Of Koderma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand — BSI, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ... (accessed: July 2, 2026)

** historically reported from undivided Bihar; not distributed in modern Bihar
NOTE: Regional names are intentionally coined across diverse languages to provide this geographically isolated species with a local identity.

~~~~~ Created on: 13:56 11-11-2021 ¦ Last updated: 20:14 02-07-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~