OL-aks -- smelling; referring to plant's odorous nature ... Wikipedia
im-brih-KAY-tuh -- shingled, overlapping ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: south Asian olax • Assamese: চেলকনা chelkana, কপহুৱা kapahua • Kannada: ಗೋಪುರಕಾಯಿ gopurakaayi, ಸರಳಿಬಳ್ಳಿ saraliballi • Malayalam: മന്നൻകോരൻ കൊടി mannankoran-kodi • Marathi: कुकुर्बिट kukurbit • Tamil: வண்டதுளுகு vandathuluku
botanical names: Olax imbricata Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 14 December 2023
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
south Asian olax
- name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name - suggesting the distribution of this plant in the world
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
চেলকনা chelkana, কপহুৱা kapahua
- Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi and Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಗೋಪುರಕಾಯಿ gopurakaayi, ಸರಳಿಬಳ್ಳಿ saraliballi
- Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
മന്നൻകോരൻ കൊടി mannankoran-kodi
- Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... or മന്നാംകോരൻ കൊടി mannankoran-kodi
- Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कुकुर्बिट kukurbit
- Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
வண்டதுளுகு vandathuluku
- Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
- Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, *Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, *Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal
- Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.
- Khanna, K K. (2017). Angiospermic plants of Uttar Pradesh - A Check-list. Geophytology. 47. 69-110.
- Botanical Survey of India
- 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 18.3; last update Dec. 11th, 2023. Last accessed 14/12/2023.
~~~~~ Last updated: 15-12-2023 ~~~~~
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