Names of Plants in India :: Tabernaemontana alternifolia

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Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.

commonly known as: alternate-leaved crape jasmine • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು bili kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ halmeti, ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa, ಮದ್ಲೆಮರ madle mara, ನಾಗರಕುಡ naagar kuda • Konkani: नागरकुडो nagarkudo • Malayalam: കുണ്ധലപ്പാല kundhalappaala, കുന്നിന്‍പാല kunninpaala • Marathi: नाग कुडा naag kuda, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Sanskrit: काम्पिल्लकः kampillakah, पिण्डतगर pindatagara • Tamil: குண்டலப்பாலா kundalappala, பால்வாடி palvadi • Tulu: ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa

botanical names: Tabernaemontana alternifolia L. ... synonyms: Ervatamia alternifolia (L.) S.M.Almeida • Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke • Pagiantha crispa (Roxb.) Markgr. • Pagiantha heyneana (Wall.) Markgr. • Tabernaemontana crispa Roxb. • Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. • Tabernaemontana intercedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. • Tabernaemontana oblonga Wall.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/tabernaemontana-alternifolia-l.html

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Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.

tab-er-nay-MON-tah-nuh -- named for Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus (Jakob Theodor von Bergzabern), German pharmacist, physician and botanist ... ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
al-tern-ee-FOH-lee-uh -- alternate leaves ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: alternate-leaved crape jasmine • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು bili kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ haalmeti, ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ ಗಿಡ maddarasa gida, ಮದ್ಲೆ ಮರ madle mara, ನಾಗರಕುಡ naagar kuda • Konkani: नागिल कुडो nagil kudo • Malayalam: കരുട്ടുപാല karuttupaala, കിങ്ങിണിപാല kinginipaala, കൊക്കപ്പാല kokkappaala, കുണ്ധലപ്പാല kundhalappaala, കുന്നിൻപാല kunninpaala • Marathi: नाग कुडा naag kuda, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Sanskrit: काम्पिल्लकः kampillakah • Tamil: குண்டலப்பாலா kundalappala, பால்வாடி palvadi • Tulu: ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa

botanical names: Tabernaemontana alternifolia L. ... homotypic synonyms: Ervatamia alternifolia (L.) S.M.Almeida • Pagiantha crispa (Roxb.) Markgr. • Tabernaemontana crispa Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke • Pagiantha heyneana (Wall.) Markgr. • Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. • Tabernaemontana intercedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. • Tabernaemontana oblonga Wall. ... POWO, retrieved 22 October 2024

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

alternate-leaved crape jasmine

name coined, for want of name; alternate-leaved derived from the epithet alternifolia; crape jasmine (or crepe jasmine) = a generic name given to several species of Tabernaemontana

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು bili kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ haalmeti

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)

ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಔಷಧಿ ಗಿಡಮೂಲಿಕಾ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ (ಕಂಪಾ) - Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KaMPA)

ಮದ್ದರಸ ಗಿಡ maddarasa gida

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಔಷಧಿ ಗಿಡಮೂಲಿಕಾ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ (ಕಂಪಾ) - Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KaMPA)
name variants: ಮದ್ರಸ madrasa / ಮುದ್ರಸ mudrasa ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಮದ್ಲೆ ಮರ madle mara

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
for Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
for Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke ... ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka

ನಾಗರಕುಡ naagar kuda

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

नागिल कुडो nagil kudo

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കരുട്ടുപാല karuttupaala

A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

കിങ്ങിണിപാല kinginipaala, കൊക്കപ്പാല kokkappaala

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... AnilKumar N., Salim P.M., Balakrishnan V., Sivan V.V. (2001) - Medicinal Plants known from Wayanad - M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

കുണ്ധലപ്പാല kundhalappaala, കുന്നിൻപാല kunninpaala

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

नाग कुडा naag kuda

for Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

काम्पिल्लकः kampillakah

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

குண்டலப்பாலா kundalappala, பால்வாடி palvadi

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
or பல்வடி palvadi ... for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi

for Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi = hook fruit ... named so, for its characteristic beaked fruits
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa

Many thanks to Dr Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman for help with this name ... Bodhi Nighantu - a Google Group

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

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

NOTE: not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 9th, 2024. Last accessed 22/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: ¦ Last updated: 13:10 23-10-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/tabernaemontana-alternifolia-l.html

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Dinesh

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 23, 2024, 5:40:56 AM10/23/24

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Vibrant picture and excellent work dear Dinesh ji.
Both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 23, 2024, 5:46:03 AM10/23/24

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Dear Dinesh ji,
Wikipedia Malayalam says it is കുരുട്ടുപാല kuruttupaala, I think this is correct, regards, Sam.

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 24, 2024, 6:25:00 AM10/24/24

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Okay, thanks very much, dear Sam ji.

Perhaps the spelling in the dictionary is archaic.

Will do the revision shortly.

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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 24, 2024, 6:43:44 AM10/24/24

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One Malayalam name revised ...

commonly known as: alternate-leaved crape jasmine • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕೊಡಸಲು bili kodasalu, ಹಾಲ್ಮೇಟಿ haalmeti, ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ ಗಿಡ maddarasa gida, ಮದ್ಲೆ ಮರ madle mara, ನಾಗರಕುಡ naagar kuda • Konkani: नागिल कुडो nagil kudo • Malayalam: കുരുട്ടുപാല kuruttupaala, കിങ്ങിണിപാല kinginipaala, കൊക്കപ്പാല kokkappaala, കുണ്ധലപ്പാല kundhalappaala, കുന്നിൻപാല kunninpaala • Marathi: नाग कुडा naag kuda, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Sanskrit: काम्पिल्लकः kampillakah • Tamil: குண்டலப்பாலா kundalappala, பால்வாடி palvadi • Tulu: ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಕಾಯಿ kokke-kaayi, ಮದ್ದರಸ maddarasa

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/tabernaemontana-alternifolia-l.html

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Dinesh

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