Saturday 5 February 2022

Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.

Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.

seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh -- from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain) ... Dave's Botanary
her-SOO-tuh -- hairy ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hairy ceropegia • Hindi: खलूला khaloola • Kannada: ಕಂದೀಲು ಹೂವು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kandilu hoovu balli • Marathi: हामण haamana • Rajasthani: खिलोड़ा khilora • Tamil: விளக்குப்பூ கொடி vilakkuppoo kodi • Telugu: ఎర్రగడ్డ erragadda, పాము తీగ pamuteega


botanical names: Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn. ... synonyms: Ceropegia hispida Blatt. & McCann • Ceropegia jacquemontiana Decne. • Ceropegia ophiocephala Dalzell ... and more listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
hairy ceropegia
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
खलूला khaloola
  • S S Kambale & S R Yadav Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India
  • खलूला, among other possibilities of transliteration of the English written word khaloola, is found mentioned in one of the comments to a YouTube upload
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕಂದೀಲು ಹೂವು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kandilu hoovu balli
  • a generic name given for want of name; this species is found to be distributed in Karnataka ... Flora of Peninsular India
  • this given name's literal meaning: lantern flower climber
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
हामण haamana
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
खिलोड़ा khilora
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
விளக்குப்பூ கொடி vilakkuppoo kodi
  • a generic name given for want of name; this species is found to be distributed in Tamil Nadu ... Flora of Peninsular India
  • Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with making of this name ... efloraofindia
  • this given name's literal meaning: lantern flower climber
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
ఎర్రగడ్డ erragadda, పాము తీగ pamuteega
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

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