Names of Plants in India :: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.

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Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. ... family: Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. 

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NIM-fee-uh or nim-FAY-uh -- from the Greek mythology Nymphaia (water goddess) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ nouchali ? -- etymology ? 


commonly known as: blue lotus, blue water lily, star lotus • Assamese: কুমুদ kumud • Bengali: শাপলা shapla • Gujarati: કુમુદ kumud • Hindi:नीलकमल neelkamal • Kannada: ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile • Kashmiri: कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam • Konkani: साळुक saluka • Malayalam:ആമ്പല്‍ ambal, ചിറ്റാമ്പല്‍ cirrambal • Manipuri: থরিক থরো thariktharo • Marathi: कुमुद kumud • Nepali: निल कमल nil kamal • Oriya: ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim• Pali: इंदीवर indivara • Persian: نيلوفر nilofar • Punjabi: ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar • Sanskrit: इन्दीवर indivara • Tamil: கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal •Telugu: ఇందీవరము indivaramu 


Blue Water Lily is the State Flower of two states of India: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (indivaramu, Telugu: ఇందీవరము).



botanical names: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. ... synonyms: Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don • Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... more synonyms listed at NPGS / GRIN • The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.

Ushadi Micromini

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Oct 29, 2014, 1:39:04 PM10/29/14
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very well done as usual, thanks Dinesh

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 30, 2014, 12:36:05 AM10/30/14
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Thank you very much, Usha di.
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Dinesh

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Nov 2, 2014, 11:51:42 AM11/2/14
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કુમુદ refers to the night-blooming white water-lily. The blue-flowered, day-blooming Nymphaea nouchali is known as નીલ કમલ (કમળ) in Gujarati. Also simply known as કમળ in Gujarati. In વનસ્પતિશાસ્ત્ર (1966), the pioneering botanist Jayakrishna Indraji has documented a curious name of this plant, કાળાં કમલ, apparently alluding to its black tuberous rhizomes. JI refers to the night-blooming lotus & water-lily plants as ચંદ્રવિકાશી કમળ and to the day-blooming as સૂર્યવિકાશી કમળ. 

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A clarification on the year of publication of વનસ્પતિશાસ્ત્ર, it was published in AD 1910. In my previous email, I inadvertently typed the Vikram Samvat year mentioned in the book.

Best wishes, Viplav

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much Viplav ji for the information and clarity on names of water lily. Thus કમળ kamal, in Gujarati, is a generic name for both: lotus as well as water lily. I will revise my notes with all the names and the info.

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Ushadi Micromini

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Nov 2, 2014, 12:32:48 PM11/2/14
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dear Viplav
very nice to know

After independence it seems our languages have become quite inovative...
niteblooming is chandravikasi... and day blooming is suryavikasi

i marvel at this .. and love it..very apt ,appropriate and quite poetic..


could you please send me full citation of this book?
that includes publishers name and town
Full address if available
I would certainly like to buy it

thank you usha di



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I am referring to the original first edition (1000 copies were printed in 1910) which was generously gifted to me by a family friend in Kachchh.

It is a very well-known book in Gujarati circles. Has been reprinted by Pravin Prakashan, Rajkot. I don't have their contact details at hand.

Best wishes, Viplav

Ushadi Micromini

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Viplav
so the indian adjectives were made prior to throwing off of the yokel...
wonderful
I am glad to know
gujarati writers were resourceful did very well by the language
right now I am reading a book of synopsis of Gujarati literature (written in english) by Dr. Nalin Patel..
quite and eye opener.

usha di

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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I have been trying to know what actually nouchali mean, but can't find any reference. Even N.L.Burman didn't mention this name anywhere in his book (as far as I can find). This word must be name of a guy and most likely from your area or a bit lower in Coromandel. Some old names are hard to find but you can look out for variants of the name in the telephone directory :)
I love etymology !!!
Pankaj

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And very nice pic for sure. Pink colours are hard to capture, infact I have never seen Nymphaea of this color !!
Pankaj


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Promila Chaturvedi

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In hindi it is Kumudni.
Promila

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Yes Kamal for Lotus and Kumud for Lily.
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As stamen are more than 50, compared to 10 to 30 in Nymphaea nouchali, image should be of Nymphaea micrantha Perr. & Guill. as per images and references herein.

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Thank you very much, Garg ji, for suggesting the ID of Nymphaea micrantha Perr. & Guill. for the posted image; will correct my notes shortly.
Regards.
Dinesh

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As stamen are more than 50, compared to 10 to 30 in Nymphaea nouchali, image should be of Nymphaea micrantha Perr. & Guill. as per images and references herein.

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Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. ... family: Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. 

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth


NIM-fee-uh or nim-FAY-uh -- from the Greek mythology Nymphaia (water goddess) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ nouchali ? -- etymology ? 


commonly known as: blue lotus, blue water lily, star lotus • Assamese: কুমুদ kumud • Bengali: শাপলা shapla • Gujarati: કુમુદ kumud • Hindi:नीलकमल neelkamal • Kannada: ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile • Kashmiri: कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam • Konkani: साळुक saluka • Malayalam:ആമ്പല്‍ ambal, ചിറ്റാമ്പല്‍ cirrambal • Manipuri: থরিক থরো thariktharo • Marathi: कुमुद kumud • Nepali: निल कमल nil kamal • Oriya: ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim• Pali: इंदीवर indivara • Persian: نيلوفر nilofar • Punjabi: ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar • Sanskrit: इन्दीवर indivara • Tamil: கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal •Telugu: ఇందీవరము indivaramu 


Blue Water Lily is the State Flower of two states of India: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (indivaramu, Telugu: ఇందీవరము).



botanical names: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. ... synonyms: Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don • Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... more synonyms listed at NPGS / GRIN • The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/nymphaea-nouchali-burmf.html

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Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.

Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.

NIM-fee-uh or nim-FAY-uh -- Greek mythology: Nymphaia (water goddess) ... Dave's Botanary
no-uh-KHA-lee -- of or from Noakhali ... one of their (KEW's) specimens contains a note that Noakhali is a district in Bangladesh ... efloraofindia ... N. nouchali is national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ... Wikipedia

commonly known as: blue lotus, blue water lily, star lotus • Assamese: ভেটফুল bhetphul, কুমুদ kumud, উৎপল utpol • Bengali: কুমুদ kumuda, সাদা শাপলা sada shapala, শালুক shaluka, তারা শাপলা tara shapala • Bodo: सिलङ बिबार selong bebar • Gujarati: નીલ કમલ neel kamal, પોયણાં poyana • Hindi: नीलकमल neelkamal, नीलोत्पल neelotpal • Kannada: ಕೋಮಳೆ komale, ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile, ನೀಲ ತಾವರೆ neela thaavare • Karbi: mirdong • Kashmiri: बुमि-पोश् bumi-posh, कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam • Kokborok: lal sapla, sankha sapla • Konkani: कस्तूरी साळक kasturi salak • Malayalam: ആമ്പൽ aambal, ചിറ്റാമ്പൽ chittaambal • Manipuri: ꯊꯔꯤꯛꯊꯥ thariktha • Marathi: कुमुद kumud, उपल्या कमळ upalya kamal • Nepali: नीलो कमल neelo kamal, सेतो कमल seto kamal • Odia: ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim • Pali: इंदीवर indivara • Persian: نيلوفر nilofar • Punjabi: ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar • Sanskrit: इन्दीवर indivara • Tai: বক্ পাপ্ পুঙ্ bok pap pung • Tamil: அல்லி alli, கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal, நெய்தல் மலர் neytal malar, நீலாம்பல் nilampal • Telugu: అల్లి కాడ alli kada, అల్లి తామర alli tamara, ఇందీవరము indeevaramu, కుముద kumuda, నల్ల కలువ nalla kaluva, నల్లని పద్మము nallani padmamu, నీటి తామర neeti tamara, తెల్ల కలువ tella kaluva, ఉత్పలము utpalamu • Tibetan: དྲི་མཆོག dri mchog • Tulu: ಕೋಮಳೆ komale • Urdu: گُل نیلوفر gul-e-neelofar


botanical names: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. ... accepted infraspecifics: Nymphaea nouchali var. nouchali ... heterotypic synonyms: Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don • Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... more at POWO, retrieved 11 December 2023
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.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
blue lotus, blue water lily, star lotus
  • Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
  • Botanically, lotus and water lily are different. However in India, as well as in many Asian countries, their regional names including the English, are used interchangeably.
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
ভেটফুল bhetphul, কুমুদ kumud, উৎপল utpol
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
কুমুদ kumuda, সাদা শাপলা sada shapala, শালুক shaluka, তারা শাপলা tara shapala
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
सिलङ बिबार selong bebar
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
નીલ કમલ neel kamal
પોયણાં poyana
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
नीलकमल neelkamal
नीलोत्पल neelotpal
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕೋಮಳೆ komale
ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile
ನೀಲ ತಾವರೆ neela thaavare
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
mirdong
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir
बुमि-पोश् bumi-posh (or बुम्ब्-पोश् bumb-posh), कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera
lal sapla
sankha sapla
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कस्तूरी साळक kasturi salak
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
ആമ്പൽ aambal
ചിറ്റാമ്പൽ chittaambal
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯊꯔꯤꯛꯊꯥ thariktha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कुमुद kumud
उपल्या कमळ upalya kamal
  • for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... मराठी शब्दकोश - मराठी भाषा विभाग - महाराष्ट्र शासन
  • for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... विकासपीडिया - ज्ञानाचा पोर्टल - भारताच्या विकासाचे प्रवेशद्वार उपक्रम (powered by MEIT & C-DAC)
  • for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
नीलो कमल neelo kamal, सेतो कमल seto kamal
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars
इंदीवर indivara
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
نيلوفر nilofar
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
इन्दीवर indivara
~~~~~ TAI AITON ~~~~~
written in: Burmese (Aiton variation, called Lik-Tai), Assamese ... spoken in: Assam ... Tai family of languages spoken in nort-east India: Tai Ahom, Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Tai Turung, Tai Khamyang and Tai Khamti
বক্ পাপ্ পুঙ্ bok pap pung
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அல்லி alli, நெய்தல் மலர் neytal malar, நீலாம்பல் nilampal
கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal
  • for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
అల్లి కాడ alli kada, అల్లి తామర alli tamara, ఇందీవరము indeevaramu, కుముద kumuda, నల్ల కలువ nalla kaluva, నల్లని పద్మము nallani padmamu, నీటి తామర neeti tamara, తెల్ల కలువ tella kaluva, ఉత్పలము utpalamu
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
དྲི་མཆོག dri mchog
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~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕೋಮಳೆ komale
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
گُل نیلوفر gul-e-neelofar
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout the plains
~~~~~ Last updated: 13-12-2023 ~~~~~
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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 13, 2023, 9:36:59 AM12/13/23
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Nice pic and great work dear Dinesh ji.
Both Malayalam and English names and spelling are correct.
With regards, Sam

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 13, 2023, 10:03:57 AM12/13/23
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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for validating the Malayalam names, and for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

J.M. Garg

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Dec 14, 2023, 4:06:52 AM12/14/23
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Great work, Dinesh ji
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J. M. Garg

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 14, 2023, 7:14:57 AM12/14/23
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Thanks very much, Garg ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 15, 2023, 4:04:18 AM12/15/23
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Another Great Contribution Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 15, 2023, 10:29:56 AM12/15/23
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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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