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Names of Plants in India :: Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC.

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Dinesh Valke

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Jan 29, 2025, 10:18:58 AMJan 29
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Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC.

Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC.

wall-en-BERG-ee-uh -- named for Georg Goran Wahlenberg, Swedish professor of botany ... Dave's Botanary
mar-jen-AY-tuh or mar-jeh-NAH-tuh -- border, edge; possibly referring to where the plant grows ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Asiatic bellflower, southern rockbell • Assamese: খমনা বন khamana ban • Kurukh: दुद्मा अर्क्सा dudma arxa • Marathi: केरडी kerdi • Mundari: tosad kesari • Nagpuri: दुद्मा साग dudma sag


botanical names: Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC. ... homotypic synonyms: Campanopsis marginata (Thunb.) Kuntze • Campanula marginata Thunb. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 28 January 2025
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Asiatic bellflower, southern rockbell
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
খমনা বন khamana ban
  • Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook ... a generic name given to several species of Wahlenbergia
~~~~~ KURUKH ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कुँड़ुख़), Assamese-Bangla (কুড়ুখ্), Odia (କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍), Kurukh Banna and Tolong Siki ... spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people ... spoken in: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura ... other names for this language: Kurux, Oraon, Uraon, Uranw
दुद्मा अर्क्सा dudma arxa
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
केरडी kerdi
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
tosad kesari
~~~~~ NAGPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नागपुरी), Kaithi (historically) ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha ... spoken by: Nagpuria people, also Nagpuri or Sadan ... other names for this language: Sadri, Sadani
दुद्मा साग dudma sag
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout
State-wise / language-wise, this species is poorly documented ¦ poorly observed ¦ this species does not seem to have gained ethnobotanical importance ¦ does not seem to be popular enough for earning worthy regional names
~~~~~ Created on: 20:24 28-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:52 29-01-2025 ~~~~~






Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 29, 2025, 10:33:24 AMJan 29
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Nice picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, regards, Sam.

Saroj Kasaju

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Jan 29, 2025, 10:38:03 AMJan 29
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Nepali Name : निलो टिके Nilo Tike 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 29, 2025, 10:38:40 PMJan 29
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Thank you very very much, Saroj ji, for helping with the name of this plant.
Regards.
Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 29, 2025, 10:59:25 PMJan 29
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Nepali and Bengali names added ...




commonly known as: Asiatic bellflower, southern rockbell • Assamese: খমনা বন khamana ban • Bengali: নাক ফুল naak phul • Kurukh: दुद्मा अर्क्सा dudma arxa • Marathi: केरडी kerdi • Mundari: tosad kesari • Nagpuri: दुद्मा साग dudma sag • Nepali: निलो टिके nilo tike

Saroj Kasaju

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Jan 29, 2025, 11:02:58 PMJan 29
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OK Dinesh ji.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju
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