ploo-MEER-ee-a -- named for Charles Plumier, French monk, botanist and illustrator ... Dave's Botanary
poo-DEE-kuh -- modest, shy ... compiled from the web
commonly known as: bridal bouquet, fiddle leaf plumeria • Bengali: নাগচম্পা nagchompa • Malayalam: കൽക്കട്ട ചെമ്പകം kalkatta chempakam
known for / parts made use of: whole plant; grown exclusively for structural landscaping and ornamental display ... compiled from the web
botanical names: Plumeria pudica Jacq. ... and more at POWO, retrieved October 26, 2026
known for / parts made use of: whole plant; grown exclusively for structural landscaping and ornamental display ... compiled from the web
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
bridal bouquet, fiddle leaf plumeria
- Flowers of India ... (accessed: October 26, 2026)
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নাগচম্পা nagchompa
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: October 27, 2026)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
नाग चंपा nag champa, सफेद चपाती चंपा safed chapati champa
- Web-sourced names; modern coinages adopted casually by regional nurseries and urban plant growers. (Note: Commercial and colloquial listings only; classified as horticultural trade slang rather than standardized botanical nomenclature.)
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കൽക്കട്ട ചെമ്പകം kalkatta chempakam
- Digital Garden of University of Kerala ... (accessed: October 27, 2026)
When Plumeria pudica first entered the commercial Indian market, large wholesale tissue-culture and mega-nurseries in West Bengal (surrounding Kolkata/Calcutta) were the primary hubs mass-propagating it via rapid stem-cutting facilities. When plant trucks and wholesale shipments arrived from Bengal into the local nurseries of Kerala, trade distributors and garden center owners casually labeled the new stock by its origin point to differentiate it from other consignments of exotic plants. Over time, the descriptive label "the Chempakam from Calcutta" stuck, shortening into Kalkatta Chempakam. ... compiled from the web.
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
introduced; cultivated for ornamental purpose (Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal)
-
... compiled from the web
~~~~~
Created on: 21:05 26-10-2026 ¦ Last updated: 17:22 27-10-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY)
~~~~~
.
No comments:
Post a Comment