Names of Plants in India :: Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd.

thun-BER-jee-uh -- named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
my-sor-EN-sis -- of or from Mysore, India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Munzerabad creeper, Mysore clock vine • Bengali: বাসর লতা baasar lata • Kannada: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli • Malayalam: ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu • Marathi: वाघळी waghli • Tamil: பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti • Tulu: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu


botanical names: Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd. ... homotypic synonyms: Hexacentris mysorensis Wight ... and more at POWO, retrieved 09 October 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

brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Mysore clock vine

• Flowers of India, retrieved October 9, 2025

Munzerabad creeper

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Dave's Garden - one of the largest sites for gardeners in the world
• Google's AI Overview about this name's etymology: A known location for the creeper: Since the plant is native to southern India, it is plausible that it was and is found growing near Manjarabad Fort or in the wider Manjarabad region.

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

বাসর লতা baasar lata

• উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
• ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

वाघळी waghli

• 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

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti

• 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

ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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

Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic to south India, elsewhere globally cultivated as an ornamental

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.09; last update Sept. 23rd, 2025. Last accessed 09/10/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 11:24 09-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:23 09-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/thunbergia-mysorensis-wight-tanderson.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Tremendous picture and good efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.

[Dinesh Valke]

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

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