roh-doh-MIR-tus -- Greek: rhodo (red), myrtos (myrtle) ... Dave's Botanary
toh-men-TOH-suh -- covered with fine, matted hairs ... Dave's Botanary
par-VEE-flor-uh or par-vi-FLOR-uh -- small flowers ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Ceylon hill gooseberry, hill guava • Kannada: ಗುಡ್ಡ ನೆಲ್ಲಿ gudda nelli, ತವುಟೆ ಗಿಡ tavute gida • Malayalam: കാട്ടുപേര kaattupera, ചെറുകൊട്ടിലാമ്പഴം cherukottilaambazham, കൊരട്ട koratta, തവിട്ടുമരം thavittumaram • Tamil: மலைக்கொய்யா malai-k-koyya, தவிட்டுக்கொய்யா tavittu-k-koyya
botanical names: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk. ... homotypic synonyms: Cynomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Scriv. • Myrtus tomentosa Aiton ... accepted infraspecifics: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. parviflora (Alston) A.J.Scott ... homotypic synonyms: Rhodomyrtus parviflora Alston ... and more at POWO, retrieved 14 June 2024
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Ceylon hill gooseberry
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
hill guava
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಗುಡ್ಡ ನೆಲ್ಲಿ gudda nelli
- for Rhodomyrtus parviflora Alston ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
ತವುಟೆ ಗಿಡ tavute gida
- The Tower of Babel - An International Etymological Database Project
- or ತವುಟಿ tavuti ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കാട്ടുപേര kaattupera
- Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook
ചെറുകൊട്ടിലാമ്പഴം cherukottilaambazham, കൊരട്ട koratta, തവിട്ടുമരം thavittumaram
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
மலைக்கொய்யா malai-k-koyya, தவிட்டுக்கொய்யா tavittu-k-koyya
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- for Rhodomyrtus parviflora Alston ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. parviflora (Alston) A.J.Scott ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.3; last update June 16th, 2024. Last accessed 23/06/2024.
~~~~~ Last updated: 16:06 23-06-2024 ~~~~~
No comments:
Post a Comment