Names of Plants in India: Erythropalum scandens Blume

¿ er-ith-roh-PAL-um ? -- Greek: erythro (red); palum (stake); dehisced segments of persistent calyx alludes to stakes
SKAN-dens -- climbing or sprawling ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: redstake climber • Assamese: হান পিলু han pilu • Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ belli balli • Karbi: han-resim, ল'জাংঠু lojangthu • Lepcha: suntúngrúng rik • Malayalam: വെട്ടടമ്പ് vettatamp • Tamil: வாதவள்ளிக்கொடி vaathavallikodi

botanical names: Erythropalum scandens Blume ... heterotypic synonyms: Erythropalum populifolium (Arn.) Mast. • Erythropalum vagum (Griff.) Mast. • Modeccopsis vaga Griff. ... and more listed at POWO, retrieved 02 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

redstake climber

name given for want of name ... name derived from the genus name Erythropalum of this woody climber: Greek: erythro (red); palum (stake); dehisced segments of persistent calyx alludes to stakes

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

হান পিলু han pilu

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 02 August 2024

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ belli balli

Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India by P S Udayan
ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ belli = a kind of medicinal plant; ಬಳ್ಳಿ balli = climber, creeper

~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng

han-resim

for Erythropalum vagum (Griff.) Mast. ... Jain, S. & Borthakur, Sashin. (1980). Ethnobotany of the Mikirs of India. Econ Bot. 34. 264-272. 10.1007/BF02858646.

ল'জাংঠু lojangthu

Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
for synonym Erythropalum vagum (Griff.) Mast. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
or written as lo-jang-thu ... Studies on herbaceous plants of Karbi Anglong district of Assam with reference to their taxonomy and economic utilisation by Snigdha Sarkar - Shodhganga

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

written in: Lepcha (or Róng), Tibetan ... spoken in: Sikkim, West Bengal

suntúngrúng 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.
the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വെട്ടടമ്പ് vettatamp

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

வாதவள்ளிக்கொடி vaathavallikodi

Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
Sutha S, Kalpana Devi V and Mohan V R - GC-MS determination of bioactive components of Erythropalum scandens Bl., Bijdr. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 01 (09); 2011: 170-173 ... this name is prevalent among the Kanikkar tribals of Kalakad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats

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

*Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, *Manipur, Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, West Bengal