Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC.

wall-en-BERG-ee-uh -- named for Georg Goran Wahlenberg, Swedish professor of botany ... Dave's Botanary
mar-jen-AY-tuh or mar-jeh-NAH-tuh -- border, edge; possibly referring to where the plant grows ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Asiatic bellflower, southern rockbell • Assamese: খমনা বন khamana ban • Bengali: নাক ফুল naak phul • Kurukh: दुद्मा अर्क्सा dudma arxa • Marathi: केरडी kerdi • Mundari: tosad kesari • Nagpuri: दुद्मा साग dudma sag • Nepali: निलो टिके nilo tike


botanical names: Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC. ... homotypic synonyms: Campanopsis marginata (Thunb.) Kuntze • Campanula marginata Thunb. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 28 January 2025

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. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Asiatic bellflower, southern rockbell

• Philippine Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

খমনা বন khamana ban

• Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook ... a generic name given to several species of Wahlenbergia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

নাক ফুল naak phul

• Many thanks to Dollar Hasan for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KURUKH ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कुँड़ुख़), Assamese-Bangla (কুড়ুখ্), Odia (କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍), Kurukh Banna and Tolong Siki ... spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people ... spoken in: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura ... other names for this language: Kurux, Oraon, Uraon, Uranw

दुद्मा अर्क्सा dudma arxa

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

केरडी kerdi

• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~

written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha

tosad kesari

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ NAGPURI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नागपुरी), Kaithi (historically) ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha ... spoken by: Nagpuria people, also Nagpuri or Sadan ... other names for this language: Sadri, Sadani

दुद्मा साग dudma sag

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

निलो टिके nilo tike

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

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

almost throughout

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.01; last update January 21st, 2025. Last accessed 28/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

State-wise / language-wise, this species is poorly documented ¦ poorly observed ¦ this species does not seem to have gained ethnobotanical importance ¦ does not seem to be popular enough for earning worthy regional names

~~~~~ Created on: 20:24 28-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 09:23 30-01-2025 ~~~~~

Campanulaceae perennial "small herb" "Wahlenbergia marginata" "Campanopsis marginata" "Campanula marginata" "Asiatic bellflower" "southern rockbell"