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: red stake climber • Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ belli balli • Karbi: ল'জাংঠু lojangthu • Malayalam: വെട്ടടമ്പ് vettatamp • Tamil: வாதவள்ளிக்கொடி vaathavallikodi

botanical names: Erythropalum scandens Blume ... heterotypic synonyms: Dactylium vagum Griff. • Decastrophia inconspicua Griff. • Erythropalum grandifolium Elmer • Erythropalum populifolium (Arn.) Mast. • Erythropalum vagum (Griff.) Mast. • Mackaya populifolia Arn. • Modeccopsis vaga Griff. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

red stake 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

~~~~~ ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS' languages ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Andaman & Nicobar islands - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ ARUNACHAL languages ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Arunachal Pradesh - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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 / the colour of pure snow; white colour / silver ... ಬಳ್ಳಿ balli = climber, creeper ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KARBI (also known as Mikir or Arleng) ~~~~~

ল'জাংঠু lojangthu

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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

വെട്ടടമ്പ് vettatamp

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~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Manipur - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ MEGHALAYA languages ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Meghalaya - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ NAGALAND languages ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Nagaland - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ SIKKIM languages ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Sikkim - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

~~~~~ TRIPURA languages ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Tripura - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in states of India ~~~~~

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