Begonia malabarica Lam.

be-GON-yuh -- named for Michel Begon, 18th c. Governor of St Domingue, French Canada ... Dave's Botanary
mal-uh-BAR-ih-kuh -- of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Malabar begonia • Marathi: मलबारी काप्रु malabari kapru • Malayalam: ജനാംകൊല്ലി janankolli, കയ്യാലപ്പുളി kayyalappuli, രക്തസൂരി raktasuri, ചെറിയ ഞെരിഞ്ഞമ്പുളി tsjeria-narinampuli


botanical names: Begonia malabarica Lam. ... synonyms: Begonia fallax A.DC. • Begonia hydrophila Miq. • Begonia rubrosetulosa (Hassk.) A.DC. • Diploclinium lindleyanum Wight • Mitscherlichia rubrosetulosa Hassk. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Malabar begonia

• Flowers of India ... the geographical epithet - malabarica = of or from the Malabar coast, southern India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

मलबारी काप्रु malabari kapru

• name given for want of name ... मलबारी malabari = of or from the Malabar coast, southern India; काप्रु kapru = name for common begonia, Begonia crenata

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ജനാംകൊല്ലി janankolli, കയ്യാലപ്പുളി kayyalappuli, രക്തസൂരി raktasuri, ചെറിയ ഞെരിഞ്ഞമ്പുളി tsjeria-narinampuli

• Wikipedia
• ചെറിയ ഞെരിഞ്ഞമ്പുളി is also found written as ചെറിയ ഞെരിഞ്ഞന്പുളി ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

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