an-siss-troh-KLAD-us -- Greek: ankistron (fish hook); clados (branch) ... Dave's Botanary
hey-nee-AH-nus -- named for Dr B Heyne, German botanist and traveller ... Wikipedia
commonly known as: kardal • Konkani: करदळ karadal • Malayalam: മോതിരവള്ളി modiravalli • Marathi: करदळ karadal (or करदळी karadali)
botanical names: Ancistrocladus heyneanus Wall. ex J.Graham ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO, retrieved 21 January 2026
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
kardal
- Flowers of India, retrieved January 21, 2026
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
करदळ karadal
- Marathi name borrowed, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മോതിരവള്ളി modiravalli
- Jose Mathew - Floristic and ethnobotanical studies of Achankovil forests Western Ghats Kerala :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
- Pius O L - Resource inventory of the plants used in the Indian systems of medicine and folklore medicinal practices in the Malappuram District of Kerala :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
करदळ karadal (or करदळी karadali)
- Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). A dictionary, Marathi and English. 2d ed., rev. and enl. Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's press, 1857. ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
- विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, *Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu; endemic
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.12; last update Dec. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 21/01/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).
- Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
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Created on: 20:56 21-01-2026 ¦ Last updated: 11:16 22-01-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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