Dinetus racemosus (Roxb.) Sweet

din-EE-tus -- from the Greek dinetos (whirled round) ... Dave's Botanary
ray-see-MO-sus -- having racemes (a type of flower cluster) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cluster-flowered dinetus, Draupadi's hair, snow creeper • Lepcha: simson-rik • Marathi: भोवरी bhowari • Nepalese: पाप्रे लहरा papre lahara • Tamil: துரோபதைகூந்தல் turopatai-kuntal


botanical names: Dinetus racemosus (Roxb.) Sweet ... synonyms: Porana cordifolia Ledeb. • Porana dichotoma Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don • Porana elegans Zoll. • Porana gagnepainiana H.Lév. • Porana racemosa J.Jacq. • Porana racemosa Roxb. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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cluster-flowered dinetus

• Convolvulaceae Unlimited

snow creeper

• Convolvulaceae Unlimited

Draupadi's hair

• for synonym Porana racemosa Roxb. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

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simson-rik

• 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.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

भोवरी bhowari

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

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

पाप्रे लहरा papre lahara

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

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

துரோபதைகூந்தல் turopatai-kuntal

• for synonym Porana racemosa Roxb. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

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