Cissus discolor Blume

KISS-us or SISS-us -- Latin name for ivy ... Dave's Botanary
DIS-kol-or -- two-colored, of varying colors ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: climbing begonia, rex begonia vine, painted cissus, tapestry vine, trailing begonia • Kannada: ಹುಳಿಸೊಪ್ಪು hulisoppu, ಸೋನೆಹುಳಿ sonehuli • Malayalam: ആരോൻപുളി aaronpuli, ഞെരിഞ്ഞന്പുളി nerinampuli • Manipuri: ꯀꯣꯛꯉꯧꯌꯦꯟ ꯂꯥꯕꯥ কোংগঙৌযেন লবা kongngouyen laba • Marathi: नाग वेल naga vel, तेली चा वेल teli cha vel • Nepali: जोगी लहरा jogee laharaa, सानु पुरेनि sanu pureni • Sanskrit: अम्लवेतसः amlavetasah • Tulu: ಸೋನೆಪ್ಪುಲಿ soneppuli


botanical names: Cissus discolor Blume ... synonyms: Cissus javana DC. • Vitis discolor (Blume) Dalzell ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

climbing begonia, rex begonia vine, trailing begonia

• PIER species info
• climbing begonia (or rex begonia vine, trailing begonia) is not a Begonia, but a vine having large, decorated, begonia-like leaves ... Flowers of India

painted cissus, tapestry vine

• Top Tropicals ... these are popular trade names for its ornamental nature

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಹುಳಿಸೊಪ್ಪು hulisoppu

• for synonym ... Cissus javana DC. ... Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

ಸೋನೆಹುಳಿ sonehuli

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ಸೋನೆ sone = of or during the end of monsoon season, corresponding to the Hindu month of Shravana ; ಹುಳಿ huli = sour, acidic ... thus, acidic plant of the sona (Shravana) month

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ആരോൻപുളി aaronpuli

• Kerala Plants
• for synonym ... Cissus javana DC. ... Wikipedia

ഞെരിഞ്ഞന്പുളി nerinampuli

• Kerala Plants

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯀꯣꯛꯉꯧꯌꯦꯟ ꯂꯥꯕꯥ কোংগঙৌযেন লবা kongngouyen laba

• for synonym ... Cissus javana DC. ... Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

नाग वेल naga vel, तेली चा वेल teli cha vel

• The flowering plants of Western India by the Rev. Alexander Kyd Nairne, January 1894
• the following names:
  • telit sayel ... mentioned in the Indian trees - An account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers ... by Brandis, Dietrich, Sir
  • telitsayel ... mentioned in The trees, shrubs, and woody-climbers of the Bombay Presidency by Talbot, W. A. are copied verbatim in many sites, making no sense as a name in Marathi.
  The name had gotten incorrectly transcribed by Sir Brandis and Talbot - due to any of the many limitations of vernacular languages during those times.
  Rev. Alexander Kyd Nairne had transcribed the name accurately as teli cha vel (from teli-tsa-yel).
• तेली teli = an oilman (तेल = oil) ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... thus तेली चा वेल teli cha vel = oilman's vine

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

जोगी लहरा jogee laharaa

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

सानु पुरेनि sanu pureni

• Indian trees - An account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, ... by Brandis, Dietrich, Sir

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

अम्लवेतसः amlavetasah

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಸೋನೆಪ್ಪುಲಿ soneppuli

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ... ಸೋನೆ sone = of or during the end of monsoon season, corresponding to the Hindu month of Shravana ; ಪುಲಿ puli = sour, acidic ... thus, acidic plant of the sona (Shravana) month

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