Desmos chinensis Lour.

DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Chinese eagle claw, dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Kannada: ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu • Konkani: रानचाफा ranchapha • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale laharaa


botanical names: Desmos chinensis Lour. ... homotypic synonym: Unona chinensis (Lour.) DC. ... heterotypic synonyms: Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • Unona discolor Vahl • Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... and more at POWO, retrieved 19 June 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

dwarf ylang-ylang

• Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208.
• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Chinese eagle claw, Sahyadri ylang-ylang

• Flowers of India, retrieved June 19, 2025

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa

• Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook

জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu

• for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India by P S Udayan

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

रानचाफा ranchapha

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

रानचाफा ranchapha

• for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

zunin-damdawi

• Rai, Prabhat. (2010). Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources of Mizoram, India: Implication of Traditional Knowledge in Health Care System. Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 14.
• Documentation of Medicinal Plants based on Traditional Practices in the Indo-Burma Hotspots Region of Mizoram, North East India by H. Lalramnghinglova

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

माले लहरा maale laharaa

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

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

Assam, *Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, *Odisha, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 19/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Goa :: for Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 27-06-2022 ¦ Last updated: 18:16 19-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Annonaceae climber "Desmos chinensis" "Unona chinensis" "Desmos chinensis var. lawii" "Desmos lawii" "Unona discolor" "Unona lawii" "Chinese eagle claw" "dwarf ylang-ylang" "Sahyadri ylang-ylang"