Oxyceros rugulosus (Thwaites) Tirveng.

ok-see-KER-os -- Greek: oxys (sharp), keras (horn); referring to thorny habit ... Dave's Botanary
rug-yoo-LOH-sus -- finely wrinkled ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: climbing randia • Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಕಾರೆ balli kaare • Konkani: वेल गेळा vel gela • Malayalam: വള്ളിക്കാര vallikkaara • Marathi: वेल गेळा vel gela • Tamil: கொடிக்காரை kodi karai


botanical names: Oxyceros rugulosus (Thwaites) Tirveng. ... homotypic synonyms: Aidia rugulosa (Thwaites) Swamin. • Griffithia rugulosa Thwaites • Randia rugulosa (Thwaites) Hook.f. ... POWO, retrieved 01 January 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

climbing randia

• name coined, for want of name, by Flowers of India, retrieved January 01, 2024

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಕಾರೆ balli kaare

• Many thanks to Gurumurthi Hegde for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

वेल गेळा vel gela

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വള്ളിക്കാര vallikkaara

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R and VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

वेल गेळा vel gela

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, 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

கொடிக்காரை kodi karai

• Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with coining this name ... efloraofindia

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

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

• 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.
• 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. 27th, 2023. Last accessed 01/01/2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 10-01-2024 ~~~~~

Rubiaceae perennial climber shrub "Oxyceros rugulosus" "Aidia rugulosa" "Griffithia rugulosa" "Randia rugulosa" "climbing randia"