Names of Plants in India: Meiogyne pannosa (Dalzell) J.Sinclair

my-AH-jin-ee or may-AH-jin-ee -- Greek: meion (smaller, lesser, fewer); gyne (woman, female) - referring to the carpels or ovaries of the flower ... StuartXchange
pan-OH-suh -- ragged, tattered ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Malabar fingersop • Kannada: ಭೆಂಡೇ bhendae, ಕುಡುಬೊಂಡೊ kudubondo • Malayalam: ചാവി chavi, പന്തൽമരം panthalmaram • Tulu: ಕುಡುಬೊಂಡೊ kudubondo

botanical names: Meiogyne pannosa (Dalzell) J.Sinclair ... homotypic synonyms: Desmos pannosus (Dalzell) Saff. • Polyalthia pannosa (Dalzell) Finet & Gagnep. • Unona pannosa Dalzell ... heterotypic synonyms: Annona asiatica B.Heyne ex Wall. • Unona asiatica B.Heyne ex Steud. • Uva mollis Kuntze • Uvaria mollis Wall. ... POWO, retrieved 20 May 2026

Bibliography / etymology / notes

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

Malabar fingersop

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved May 20, 2026

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಭೆಂಡೇ bhendae

P S Udayan - Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India :: Chapter 8 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET

ಕುಡುಬೊಂಡೊ kudubondo

Dr. Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama, Mangaluru, Pilikula Development Authority (Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka) ... (accessed: May 21, 2026)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ചാവി chavi, പന്തൽമരം panthalmaram

Kerala Agricultural University website designed & maintained by Centre for Information Technology ... (accessed: May 21, 2026)
Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: May 21, 2026)

~~~~~ Tulu ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕುಡುಬೊಂಡೊ kudubondo

this name, in all probability, is a Tulu name, ಕುಡು kudu = horse gram ; ಬೊಂಡೊ bondo = tender coconut - perhaps, the fruit cluster of this plant alludes to that of coconut, albeit of horse gram size - listed as Kannada name in Dr. Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama, Mangaluru, Pilikula Development Authority (Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka) ... (accessed: May 21, 2026)

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

Karnataka, Kerala, *Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu; endemic

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.03; last update Mar. 30th, 2026. Last accessed 21/05/2026.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

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