Humboldtia brunonis Wall.

hum-bold-TEE-ah -- named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer ... Dave's Botanary
brun-OH-nis -- named for Robert Brown, Scottish botanist ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Brown's humboldtia • Kannada: ಹಾಸಿಗೆ ಮರ hasige mara, ಕಾಡು ಅಶೋಕ kadu ashoka • Malayalam: കാട്ടശോകം kattasokam • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟಸೋಕೊ kattasoko


botanical names: Humboldtia brunonis Wall. ... homotypic synonyms: Batschia brunonis (Wall.) Kuntze ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Brown's humboldtia

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಹಾಸಿಗೆ ಮರ hasige mara, ಕಾಡು ಅಶೋಕ kadu ashoka

• Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കാട്ടശോകം kattasokam

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• The Tamil Nadu Forest Department - Plants of Tamil Nadu
• Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಕಾಟ್ಟಸೋಕೊ kattasoko (or ಕಾಟ್ಟಸೋಕೆ kattasoke)

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಕಾಟ್ಟಸೋಕೊ kattasoko OR ಕಾಟ್ಟಸೋಕೆ kattasoke = wild asoka tree, due to the resemblance of its flowers with that of Saraca asoca, wild nature and use as its substitute

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Fabaceae Caesalpiniaceae endemic perennial evergreen understorey tree Batschia Humboldtia "Humboldtia brunonis" "Batschia brunonis" "Brown's humboldtia"