Names of Plants in India :: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff.

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Dinesh Valke

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Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. ... family: Annonaceae

Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff.

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DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist


commonly known as: Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha


botanical names: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. ... synonym: Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thoms.



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Photographed at Akala Gavi, Ulavi, Karnataka on 25 MAY 13
Many thanks to Shrikant Ingalhalikar for the ID.

More views of the sighting ...
Ranchapha (Marathi: रानचाफा) Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. Karappumaram (Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം) Sahyadri ylang-ylang


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Dinesh Valke

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Jun 27, 2022, 10:48:30 AM6/27/22
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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html

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Dinesh Valke

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Jun 27, 2022, 10:52:30 AM6/27/22
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Desmos chinensis Lour.

Desmos chinensis Lour.

DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale lahara


botanical names: Desmos chinensis Lour. ... synonyms: Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... and many more synoyms listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
dwarf ylang-ylang
Sahyadri ylang-ylang
  • for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... this name is based on the distribution of plant in the Western Ghats (Sahyadri) of India ranging to Sri Lanka; the yellowish-green flowers are similar to those of ylang-ylang, a name given to flowers of Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson ... Wikipedia
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa
  • Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
रान चाफा ran chapha
  • for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
zunin-damdawi
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
माले लहरा maale lahara
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION ~~~~~
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
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J.M. Garg

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Jun 27, 2022, 8:54:15 PM6/27/22
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Great efforts, Dinesh ji
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Dinesh Valke

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Jun 28, 2022, 3:42:30 AM6/28/22
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Many thanks Garg ji for the appreciation.

Assamese name added ...



Desmos chinensis Lour.

Desmos chinensis Lour.

DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale lahara


botanical names: Desmos chinensis Lour. ... synonyms: Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... and many more synoyms listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
dwarf ylang-ylang
Sahyadri ylang-ylang
  • for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... this name is based on the distribution of plant in the Western Ghats (Sahyadri) of India ranging to Sri Lanka; the yellowish-green flowers are similar to those of ylang-ylang, a name given to flowers of Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson ... Wikipedia
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa
  • Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa
  • Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
रान चाफा ran chapha
  • for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
zunin-damdawi
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
माले लहरा maale lahara
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION ~~~~~
~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Dinesh Valke

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Jun 19, 2025, 9:06:39 AM6/19/25
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Desmos chinensis Lour.

Desmos chinensis Lour.

DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Chinese eagle claw, dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Kannada: ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu • Konkani: रानचाफा ranchapha • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale laharaa


botanical names: Desmos chinensis Lour. ... homotypic synonym: Unona chinensis (Lour.) DC. ... heterotypic synonyms: Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • Unona discolor Vahl • Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... and more at POWO, retrieved 19 June 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
dwarf ylang-ylang
Chinese eagle claw, Sahyadri ylang-ylang
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa
  • Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa
  • Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
रानचाफा ranchapha
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
रानचाफा ranchapha
  • for synonym Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. ... name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
माले लहरा maale laharaa
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Assam, *Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, *Odisha, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Created on: 27-06-2022 ¦ Last updated: 18:16 19-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Gurcharan Singh

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Another very useful contribution Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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