Sunday 17 December 2023

Olax psittacorum (Lam.) Vahl

Olax psittacorum (Lam.) Vahl

OL-aks -- smelling; referring to plant's odorous nature ... Wikipedia
sit-a-KOR-um -- Greek: psittakos (of parrots) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: parrot olax, sprawling olax • Bengali: ককো আরু koko-aru • Gondi: अरदफरी aradphari, कोरपा बाजी korpa bhaji • Hindi: कटीहरी katihari, ढेनिआनी dheniani • Kannada: ಬಾಪನಮುಷ್ಠಿ baapanamushti, ಕರಡು karadu • Kui: madalkura • Marathi: हरतफरी haratfari, हरडुली harduli, उर्चिर्री urchirri • Odia: ବଦର badara, ଭଦଭଦଳିଆ bhadabhadalia • Santal: ᱦᱩᱱᱰ hund • Tamil: கடலிறஞ்சி kataliranci • Telugu: బాపనముష్టి baapanamushti, మురికి మల్లె muriki malle, తురకవేప turakavepa


botanical names: Olax psittacorum (Lam.) Vahl ... synonyms: Fissilia psittacorum Lam. • Olax scandens Roxb. ... and more at Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Last accessed 15/12/2023.
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
parrot olax
  • name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name; derived from the epithet psittacorum = of parrots
sprawling olax
  • name coined, for want of name; loose translation of Olax scandens, a synonym of this species
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ককো আরু koko-aru
  • Many thanks to Dr Usha Desai for help with this name ... efloraofindia
  • for Olax scandens Roxb. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ GONDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गोंडी), Gunjala Gondi, Masaram Gondi, Telugu ... spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana ... native name of this language: Koitur
अरदफरी aradphari
कोरपा बाजी korpa baji
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
ढेनिआनी dheniani
  • or धेनिआनी dheniani ... many thanks to Dr Ritesh Kumar Choudhary for help with this name ... efloraofindia
  • for Olax scandens Roxb. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
कटीहरी katihari
  • for Olax scandens Roxb. ... Plants of Bihar Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited
  • the name rendered in native script needs validation
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಾಪನಮುಷ್ಠಿ baapanamushti
ಕರಡು karadu
~~~~~ KUI ~~~~~
written in: Odia (କୁଇ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andhra Pradesh ... spoken by the Kandhas ... other names for this language: Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
madalkura
  • for Olax scandens Roxb. ... A Manual of Indian Timbers by Gamble, James Sykes
  • for Olax scandens Roxb. ... Indian Woods - their identification, properties and uses - Vol. II
  • the name needs to be rendered in native script
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
हरतफरी haratfari
हरडुली harduli
उर्चिर्री urchirri
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବଦର badara
ଭଦଭଦଳିଆ bhadabhadalia
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱦᱩᱱᱰ hund
  • for Olax scandens Roxb. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கடலிறஞ்சி kataliranci
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
బాపనముష్టి baapanamushti, మురికి మల్లె muriki malle
తురకవేప turakavepa
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, *Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 17-12-2023 ~~~~~
Olacaceae scandent climbing shrub "Olax psittacorum" "Fissilia psittacorum" "Olax scandens" "sprawling olax"
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