commonly known as: Himalayan string-bush, Himalayan tie-bush •
Dogri: चमलाख chamlaakh, तरटांग tartaang •
Garhwali: चंबई chambai •
Hindi: चमलिया chamliya, तिलक tilak •
Khasi: ja-tyllu, pan-jung-masi •
Kumaoni: चंबोई chamboi, चमलेटु chamletu, चमलिया chamliya •
Nepali: कालो चौलायो kaalo chaulaayo, कालो लोग्ते kaalo logte, लुल लुले lullule, पाती paatee, फुर्के पाती phurke paatee •
Pahari: चंबट chambat, तिलक tilak •
Punjabi: ਭਟਨਿੱਗੀ bhatniggi, ਤਿਲਕ tilak
botanical names:
Wikstroemia canescens Meisn. ...
homotypic synonyms:
Diplomorpha canescens (Meisn.) C.A.Mey. ... and more at
POWO, retrieved 01 February 2025
Bibliography / etymology
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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
Himalayan string-bush, Himalayan tie-bush
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
चमलाख chamlaakh, तरटांग tartaang
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
चंबई chambai
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
चमलिया chamliya, तिलक tilak
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
ja-tyllu, pan-jung-masi
~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
चंबोई chamboi, चमलेटु chamletu, चमलिया chamliya
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
कालो चौलायो kaalo chaulaayo, कालो लोग्ते kaalo logte, लुल लुले lullule, पाती paatee, फुर्के पाती phurke paatee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी),
Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language
groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
चंबट chambat, तिलक tilak
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਭਟਨਿੱਗੀ bhatniggi, ਤਿਲਕ tilak
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
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Created on: 19:07 01-02-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:39 02-02-2025
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