Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.

Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.

tab-er-nay-MON-tah-nuh -- named for Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus (Jakob Theodor von Bergzabern), German pharmacist, physician and botanist ... ... Dave's BotanaryWikipedia
al-tern-ee-FOH-lee-uh -- alternate leaves ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: alternate-leaved crape jasmine • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು bili kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ haalmeti, ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ ಗಿಡ maddarasa gida, ಮದ್ಲೆ ಮರ madle mara, ನಾಗರಕುಡ naagar kuda • Konkani: नागिल कुडो nagil kudo • Malayalam: കുരുട്ടുപാല kuruttupaala, കിങ്ങിണിപാല kinginipaala, കൊക്കപ്പാല kokkappaala, കുണ്ധലപ്പാല kundhalappaala, കുന്നിൻപാല kunninpaala • Marathi: नाग कुडा naag kuda, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Sanskrit: काम्पिल्लकः kampillakah • Tamil: குண்டலப்பாலா kundalappala, பால்வாடி palvadi • Tulu: ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa


botanical names: Tabernaemontana alternifolia L. ... homotypic synonyms: Ervatamia alternifolia (L.) S.M.Almeida • Pagiantha crispa (Roxb.) Markgr. • Tabernaemontana crispa Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke • Pagiantha heyneana (Wall.) Markgr. • Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. • Tabernaemontana intercedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. • Tabernaemontana oblonga Wall. ... POWO, retrieved 22 October 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
alternate-leaved crape jasmine
  • name coined, for want of name; alternate-leaved derived from the epithet alternifolia; crape jasmine (or crepe jasmine) = a generic name given to several species of Tabernaemontana
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು bili kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ haalmeti
  • for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi
ಮದ್ದರಸ ಗಿಡ maddarasa gida
ಮದ್ಲೆ ಮರ madle mara
ನಾಗರಕುಡ naagar kuda
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
नागिल कुडो nagil kudo
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കുരുട്ടുപാല kuruttupaala
കിങ്ങിണിപാല kinginipaala, കൊക്കപ്പാല kokkappaala
  • for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... AnilKumar N., Salim P.M., Balakrishnan V., Sivan V.V. (2001) - Medicinal Plants known from Wayanad - M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
കുണ്ധലപ്പാല kundhalappaala, കുന്നിൻപാല kunninpaala (or കൂനൻപാല koonanpaala)
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
नाग कुडा naag kuda
पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda
  • for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
काम्पिल्लकः kampillakah
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
குண்டலப்பாலா kundalappala, பால்வாடி palvadi
  • for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
  • or பல்வடி palvadi ... for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi
ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa
  • Many thanks to Dr Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman for help with this name ... Bodhi Nighantu - a Google Group
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
NOTE: not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
~~~~~ Created on: ¦ Last updated: 16:07 24-10-2024 ~~~~~
Apocynaceae evergreen shrub "Tabernaemontana alternifolia" "Ervatamia alternifolia" "Pagiantha crispa" "Tabernaemontana crispa" "Ervatamia heyneana" "Pagiantha heyneana" "Tabernaemontana heyneana" "Tabernaemontana intercedens" "Tabernaemontana oblonga" "alternate-leaved crape jasmine" "alternate-leaved crepe jasmine"

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