KLEM-uh-tiss or
klem-AT-iss -- ancient Greek
klematis (vine); climbing ...
Dave's Botanary
wight-ee-AY-na -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ...
Dave's Botanary •
Wikipedia
commonly known as: lax-flowered clematis •
Marathi: सोन जाई son-jai
botanical names:
Clematis wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... and more at
POWO, retrieved 12 March 2025
Bibliography / etymology
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best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken
sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lax-flowered clematis
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
सोन जाई son-jai
- name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Arunachal Pradesh, *Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Mizoram, *Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Saudi Arabia
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
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Created on: 17:38 12-03-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:55 12-03-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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