thun-BER-jee-uh -- named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
gran-dih-FLOR-uh -- with large flowers ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Bengal clock vine, Bengal trumpet vine, blue sky flower, blue sky vine, blue trumpet vine • Adi: cocoriang, kingoreib • Ahom: হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota • Assamese: হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota, kukua loti, ননং nonong • Bengali: নীল লতা neel lota • Bodo: serfa • Dogri: नीलगास neelgaas • Garo: khakkhu • Hajong: nul-lata • Hindi: नील लता neel lata • Kachari: dumangkhlong, tumakhlung • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda hegala balli • Karbi: nong-nonga-rikang • Khasi: jermie-khnong, syntew-jarmi-chankhnow • Kokborok: vako • Kui: ଛୋଟ ଘଣ୍ଟି chhota ghanti • Kuki: thang-wakoi • Manipuri: ꯁꯝꯕꯜ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ sambal khudop • Mech: dengkhakhlu • Mizo: va-ko, vakohrui, zawngafian • Nagamese: loyga • Nepali: काग चुच्चे kaag chuchche, काग फुली kaag phulee, कनेसी लहरा kanesi laharaa • Nyishi: piji • Rabha: bakhor lewa • Tamil: வங்காள கடிகாரக் கொடி vankaala katikaarak koti • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು malla pugelu ballu
botanical names: Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb. ... homotypic synonyms: Pleuremidis grandiflora (Roxb.) Raf. ... heterotypic synonyms: Thunbergia chinensis Merr. • Thunbergia cordifolia Nees • Thunbergia grandiflora f. alba Leonard • Thunbergia malvifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 29 September 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
Bengal clock vine, Bengal trumpet vine, blue sky flower, blue sky vine, blue trumpet vine
- Flowers of India, retrieved September 29, 2025
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
cocoriang, kingoreib
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 29 September 2025
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom
হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 29 September 2025
- Borah, Dipankar & Gogoi, Tridip & Sarma, Jintu & Borah, Punam & Gohain, Bichitra & Mili, Chiranjib & Upadhyaya, Ankur & Basumatary, Jenima & Neog, Kasturi & Wangpan, Tonlong & Tangjang, Sumpam. (2021). Compendium of plants used for preparation of traditional alcoholic beverages by four major ethnic communities of Assam, northeast India. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 22. 2019-2031. 10.13057/biodiv/d220451.
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota
- Many thanks to Ratneswar Kachari and Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook
kukua loti
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
- or kukua lota ... Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
- the name needs to be rendered in native script
ননং nonong
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 29 September 2025
- Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & Das, Abhaya & Upadhyaya, Ankur & Mipun, Puranjoy. (2020). Assessment of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, Northeast India. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 19. 1-15. 10.32859/era.19.43.1-15.
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নীল লতা neel lota
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
serfa
- Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
नीलगास neelgaas
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook ... or निलगासी nilgaasi
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
khakkhu
- Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
nul-lata
- Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
नील लता neel lata
- Flowers of India, retrieved October 2, 2025
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Cachari, Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)
dumangkhlong, tumakhlung
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda hegala balli
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
nong-nonga-rikang
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
jermie-khnong, syntew-jarmi-chankhnow
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera
vako
- Deb, Chitta & Sharma, Ibeeka & Jamir, Narola. (2023). Ethno-medicinal anti-diabetics plants of Northeast India: A review. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 12. 86-110. 10.22271/phyto.2023.v12.i3b.14668.
~~~~~ KUI ~~~~~
written in: Odia (କୁଇ) ... spoken in: Odisha ... spoken by the Kandhas ... other names for this language: Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
ଛୋଟ ଘଣ୍ଟି chhota ghanti
- Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki
thang-wakoi
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯁꯝꯕꯜ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ sambal khudop
- Ningombam, D. & Devi, S. & Singh, Potsangbam & Pinokiyo, Athokpam & Thongam, Biseshwori. (2014). Documentation and Assessment on Knowledge of EthnoMedicinal Practitioners: A Case Study on Local Meetei Healers of Manipur. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 9. 53-70. 10.9790/3008-09115370.
~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Roman ... spoken by: Mech people (Bodos of north West Bengal)
dengkhakhlu
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
va-ko
- Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA. KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. 106-126.
- Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain
vakohrui, zawngafian
- Jamir SI, Sherpa PN, Komu LT, Lalhriatpuii TC and Lalhlenmawia H: Anti-inflammatory activity, HPTLC analysis of ß sitosterol from methanolic leaf extracts of Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb., traditional herbal plant from Mizoram, India. Int J Pharm Sci & Res 2023; 14(8): 3993-02. doi: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.14(8).3993-02.
~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples
loyga
- Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
काग चुच्चे kaag chuchche, काग फुली kaag phulee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
कनेसी लहरा kanesi laharaa
- Ghosh, Chandra (University of North Bengal) 2006 - Biology of Tea Garden Weeds in Darjeeling District of West Bengal (India) - Shodhganga
- Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun
- J. N. Cowan - Nepalese plant names used in the Darjeeling District and their significance
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
piji
- Toku, Bani & Deuri, Mundeep & Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & Das, Abhaya. (2021). Traditional phyto-medicines from the districts along the course of Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh, India: A review.
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
bakhor lewa
- Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
வங்காள கடிகாரக் கொடி vankaala katikaarak koti
- 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
ಮಲ್ಲ ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು malla pugelu ballu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.09; last update Sept. 23rd, 2025. Last accessed 25/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 15:03 29-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:08 03-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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