per-ih-STY-lus -- Greek: peri (around), stylos (column) ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of plant collector J S Law, ICS and botanist
commonly known as: lax-flowered peristylus • Gujarati: શિથિલ ફૂલછડી shitil phulchadi • Hindi: निर्मल फूलछडी nirmal phulchadi • Kannada: ಇಬ್ಬನಿ ಪುಷ್ಪಬಾಣ ibbani pushpabaana • Malayalam: മഞ്ഞുള്ള പൂവമ്പ് manjulla poovambu • Marathi: फुलकाडी अमरी phulkadi amri • Odia: ଶାନ୍ତ ଫୁଲ-ତୀର saanta phula-tira • Tamil: பனி பூ-அம்பு pani pu-ampu • Telugu: మల్లి దుంప malli dumpa
botanical names: Peristylus lawii Wight ... homotypic synonyms: Habenaria lawii (Wight) Hook.f. ... POWO, retrieved 27 March 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lax-flowered peristylus
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved on March 27, 2024
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
શિથિલ ફૂલછડી shitil phulchadi
- name coined, for want of name; શિથિલ shitil = loose, lax ... descriptive of the flowers arranged along the stem; ફૂલછડી phulchadi = flower-stick ... a generic name coined for Peristylus spp.
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
निर्मल फूलछडी nirmal phulchadi
- name coined, for want of name; निर्मल nirmal = serene, spotless ... descriptive of the flowers' beauty; फूलछडी phulchadi = flower-stick ... a generic name coined for Peristylus spp.
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಇಬ್ಬನಿ ಪುಷ್ಪಬಾಣ ibbani pushpabaana
- name coined, for want of name; ಇಬ್ಬನಿ ibbani = dewy ... suggestive of the plant's moist habitat; ಪುಷ್ಪಬಾಣ pushpabaana = flower-arrow ... a generic name coined for Peristylus spp. ... in mythology, ಪುಷ್ಪಬಾಣ pushpabaana = any of the arrows of Kāma, the Love God
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
മഞ്ഞുള്ള പൂവമ്പ് manjulla poovambu
- name coined, for want of name; മഞ്ഞുള്ള manjulla = misty ... suggestive of the plant's moist habitat; പൂവമ്പ് poovambu = flower-arrow ... a generic name coined for Peristylus spp.
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with coining the name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
फुलकाडी अमरी phulkadi amri
- for want of name, name coined by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଶାନ୍ତ ଫୁଲ-ତୀର saanta phula-tira
- name coined, for want of name; ଶାନ୍ତ saanta = calm, gentle, serene ... descriptive of the flowers' poise; ଫୁଲ-ତୀର phula-tira = flower-arrow ... a generic name coined for Peristylus spp.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பனி பூ-அம்பு pani pu-ampu
- name coined, for want of name; பனி pani = dewy, refreshing, soothing ... descriptive of the plant's nature; பூ-அம்பு pu-ampu = flower-arrow ... a generic name coined for Peristylus spp.
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
మల్లి దుంప malli dumpa
- Many thanks to Mandru Ramesh Chowdary for help with the name ... efloraofindia
- Many thanks to A Lalithamba for help with the name ... efloraofindia ... మల్లి malli = jasmine ... the white flowers resemble those of jasmine ; దుంప dumpa = tuber ... the tuber paste applied externally for insect bites
- Kandagatla, Ramesh & Ragan, Ajmeera & Suthari, Sateesh & Raju, Vatsavaya. (2018). PERISTYLUS LAWII (ORCHIDACEAE): A NEW RECORD FOR TELANGANA STATE, INDIA. 41.
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, *Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand
- Kandagatla, Ramesh & Ragan, Ajmeera & Suthari, Sateesh & Raju, Vatsavaya. (2018). PERISTYLUS LAWII (ORCHIDACEAE): A NEW RECORD FOR TELANGANA STATE, INDIA. 41.
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.2; last update March 25th, 2024. Last accessed 27/03/2024.
State-wise / language-wise, this species does not seem to have gained ethnobotanical importance; also, does not seem to be popular enough for earning a worthy name; ironically, even at a family level, there is no generic name given to "orchid" in almost any of the Indian languages.
~~~~~ Last updated: 29-03-2024 ~~~~~
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