Memecylon terminale Dalzell

muh-MEHS-uh-lawn -- adopted from the Greek name of Arbutus fruit ... Encyclopaedia Londinensis
term-in-AL-ee or term-in-AL-ay -- terminal position ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: smallest Indian memecylon • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare • Konkani: सान अंजनी saan anjani • Malayalam: ചെറിയ കായാവ് cheriya kaayaavu • Tamil: சிறு காயா chiru kaya


botanical names: Memecylon terminale Dalzell ... heterotypic synonyms:Memecylon amabile Bedd. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

smallest Indian memecylon

• name coined, for want of name; perhaps the smallest of the Indian (Memecylon) species ... THE BOMBAY FLORA, or, SHORT DESCRIPTIONS of all THE INDIGENOUS PLANTS HITHERTO DISCOVERED IN OR NEAR THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY together with A SUPPLEMENT OF INTRODUCED AND NATURALISED SPECIES by Nicolas A Dalzell M.A. and Alexander Gibson, F.L.S., 1861

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare

• name coined, for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare = small nekkare; based on the name ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dodda nekkare = big nekkare, given name for Memecylon malabaricum Cogn.

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

सान अंजनी saan anjani

• name coined, for want of name; सान saan = small (size); अंजनी anjani = given name for Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ചെറിയ കായാവ് cheriya kaayaavu

• name coined, for want of name ... many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu

சிறு காயா chiru kaya

• name coined, for want of name ... many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia

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

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.3; last update Sept. 7th, 2023. Last accessed 20/09/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 20-09-2023 ~~~~~

Melastomataceae Melastomaceae endemic understorey shrub "Memecylon terminale" "Memecylon amabile" "smallest Indian memecylon"