Thursday 10 November 2022

Ficus pumila L.

Ficus pumila L.

FY-kus or FIK-us -- from Latin for Ficus carica, an edible fig ... Dave's Botanary
POO-mil-uh -- small, dwarf ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: climbing fig, creeping fig • Arabic: تين قزمي • Assamese: লতা ডিমৰু lata dimaru • Bengali: লতা বট lata bata • Gujarati: નખીવેલ nakhivel, વડવેલ vadvel • Hindi: छिपकली बेल chipkali bel • Konkani: ओणती कम्बळि onntii kambali • Malayalam: മതിൽപ്പറ്റി mathilppati • Manipuri: ꯐꯛꯂꯥꯡ ꯍꯩꯕꯣꯡ phaklang heibong • Marathi: वाघनखी vaghnakhi • Tamil: கொடி அத்தி koti atti, ஊர்ந்து செல்லும் அத்தி urntu cellum atti, தவழும் அத்தி tavalum atti • Urdu: چڑی پنجہ chidi panja


botanical names: Ficus pumila L. ... homotypic synonyms: Plagiostigma pumila (L.) Zucc. ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
climbing fig, creeping fig
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
تين قزمي
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
লতা ডিমৰু lata dimaru
  • Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
লতা বট lata bata
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
નખીવેલ nakhivel
વડવેલ vadvel
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
छिपकली बेल chipkali bel
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
ओणती कम्बळि onntii kambali
  • name given for want of name; ओणती onntii = wall; कम्बळि kambali = blanket ... the plant's creeping habit is often used to render walls of gardens and buildings, as an ornamental cover
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
മതിൽപ്പറ്റി mathilppati
  • Wikipedia
  • Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook ... മതിൽ = wall; പറ്റി = something that gets stuck; thus മതിൽപ്പറ്റി = wall sticker
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
ꯐꯛꯂꯥꯡ ꯍꯩꯕꯣꯡ phaklang heibong
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
वाघनखी vaghnakhi
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
கொடி அத்தி koti atti, ஊர்ந்து செல்லும் அத்தி urntu cellum atti, தவழும் அத்தி tavalum atti
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
چڑی پنجہ chidi panja
  • Wikipedia
  • Many thanks to Dr Tabish Qureshi for help with this name ... the name refers to the root / tendril alluding to a little bird's paw
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Moraceae creeper climber liana Ficus Plagiostigma "Ficus pumila" "Plagiostigma pumila" "climbing fig" "creeping fig"

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