Canscora perfoliata Lam.

kan-SKO-ruh -- from the Malabar kansjan-kora for the type species Canscora perfoliata
per-foh-lee-AY-tuh or per-foh-lee-AH-tuh -- leaf surrounding a stem ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: pierced-leaf canscora • Malayalam: കാഞ്ചന കോര kansjan-kora • Marathi: मोठा किलवर motha kilwar


botanical names: Canscora perfoliata Lam. ... synonyms: Canscora grandiflora Wight • Canscora macrocalyx Miq. ex C.B.Clarke • Canscora ventricosa J.F.Gmel. • Pladera alata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. • Pootia triflora Dennst. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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pierced-leaf canscora

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കാഞ്ചന കോര kansjan-kora

• ENVIS - FRLHT

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मोठा किलवर motha kilwar

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

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