muh-MEHS-uh-lawn -- adopted from the Greek name of
Arbutus fruit ...
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
term-in-AL-ee or
term-in-AL-ay -- terminal position ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: smallest Indian memecylon •
Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare •
Konkani: सान अंजनी saan anjani •
Malayalam: ചെറിയ കായാവ് cheriya kaayaavu •
Tamil: சிறு காயா chiru kaya
botanical names:
Memecylon terminale Dalzell ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Memecylon amabile Bedd. ...
POWO
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
smallest Indian memecylon
- name coined, for want of name; perhaps the smallest of the Indian (Memecylon) species ... THE BOMBAY FLORA,
or, SHORT DESCRIPTIONS of all THE INDIGENOUS PLANTS HITHERTO DISCOVERED
IN OR NEAR THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY together with A SUPPLEMENT OF
INTRODUCED AND NATURALISED SPECIES by Nicolas A Dalzell M.A. and
Alexander Gibson, F.L.S., 1861
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare
- name coined, for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare = small nekkare; based on the name ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dodda nekkare = big nekkare, given name for Memecylon malabaricum Cogn.
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
सान अंजनी saan anjani
- name coined, for want of name; सान saan = small (size); अंजनी anjani = given name for Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
ചെറിയ കായാവ് cheriya kaayaavu
- name coined, for want of name ... many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
சிறு காயா chiru kaya
- name coined, for want of name ... many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic
~~~~~ Last updated: 20-09-2023 ~~~~~