Names of Plants in India :: Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

thess-PEE-zee-uh -- Greek: thespesios (marvelous, divine) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ pop-ull-nee-OY-deez ? -- resembling the sibling species Thespesia populnea (Indian tulip tree / milo)

NOTE: most of the common names are same as that of Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa

commonly known as: beach yellow hibiscus, Pacific rosewood, portia tree • Marathi: आस aasa, आष्ट aashta, पारोसा पिंपळ parosa pimpal, पार्श्वपिंपळ parshvapimpal, पिंपरणी pimparani • Odia: ହବାଲି habali • Sanskrit: भाण्ड bhanda, ब्रह्मचारिन् brahmacharin, ब्रह्मकाष्ठ brahmakastha, गर्दभाण्डक gardabhandaka, नीलरूपक nilarupaka, पक्कटी pakkati, पारिश parisha, फलपाकिन् phalapakin, फलिका phalika, फलीश phalisha, प्लक्ष plaksha, ताम्रपाकिन् tamrapakin, तूद tuda, विप्रकाष्ठ viprakashtha, विषकाष्ठ vishakashthaa • Tamil: பூவரசு puvaracu


botanical names: Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel. ... homotypic synonyms: Hibiscus populneoides Roxb. ... more at POWO, retrieved 04 November 2024

NOTE: Thespesia populnea and Thespesia populneoides are similar in that they are both trees or shrubs with showy flowers, but they have some differences in their leaves, fruits, and seeds:

• Leaves: Thespesia populnea has heart-shaped leaves that are shiny and alternate, while Thespesia populneoides has spirally arranged leaves that are light green and triangular heart-shaped.
• Fruits: Thespesia populnea has mature fruits that are easily broken, while Thespesia populneoides has mature fruits that are not broken (outer fruit splitting into 5 segments, exposing indehiscent inner fruit) ... Thespesia populneoides fruit pedicels are normally long and often hanging.
• Seeds: Thespesia populnea has broadly ovate seeds, while Thespesia populneoides has narrowly ovate seeds.
• ... Reference: Fosberg, F. Raymond; Sachet, Marie-Hélène (1972) - Thespesia populnea (L.) Solander ex Corrêa and Thespesia populneoides (Roxburgh) Kosteletsky (Malvaceae)

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

beach yellow hibiscus, Pacific rosewood, portia tree

• Plants For A Future

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

आस aasa, आष्ट aashta, पारोसा पिंपळ parosa pimpal, पार्श्वपिंपळ parshvapimpal, पिंपरणी pimparani (or पिंपरी pimpari)

• for Hibiscus populneoides Roxb. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ହବାଲି habali

• Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
• Das P K, Sahoo T, Panda P C. Forest trees of Odisha, India: An updated checklist. Plant Science Today. 2022; 9(4): 1021–1031.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

भाण्ड bhanda, ब्रह्मचारिन् brahmacharin, ब्रह्मकाष्ठ brahmakastha, गर्दभाण्डक gardabhandaka, नीलरूपक nilarupaka, पक्कटी pakkati, पारिश parisha, फलपाकिन् phalapakin, फलिका phalika, फलीश phalisha, प्लक्ष plaksha, ताम्रपाकिन् tamrapakin, तूद tuda, विप्रकाष्ठ viprakashtha, विषकाष्ठ vishakashthaa

• Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

பூவரசு puvaracu

• name of Thespesia populnea borrowed, for want of name

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

Andaman & Nicobar islands, Maharashtra (Thane district), Odisha (Kendrapara district), Tamil Nadu (Chennai district); along drier edges of the mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries

• Observations in iNaturalist: Maharashtra
• Odisha District Gazetteers Kendrapara
• N C Nair, A N Henry · 1983 · Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Series I: Analysis, Volume One
• Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 9th, 2024. Last accessed 04/11/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 09:09 04-11-2024 ¦ Last updated: 17:07 04-11-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/11/thespesia-populneoides-roxb-kostel.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very good contribution thanks for sharing.

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Dinesh ji,

We do not have this species in our database so far.

May I request you to pl. post some images along with the details like location etc. 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Yes, sure Garg ji.

I will do it tomorrow.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Dinesh ji

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