Names of Plants in India :: Olax imbricata Roxb.

Dinesh Valke

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May 19, 2013, 4:12:46 AM5/19/13

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Olax imbricata Roxb. ... family: Olacaceae

OH-laks -- smelling; referring to plants' odorous nature ... A Latin Dictionary
im-brih-KAY-tuh -- shingled, overlapping ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: south Asian olax • Marathi: कुकुर्बिट kukurbit

botanical names: Olax imbricata Roxb. ... synonyms: Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. • Ximenia olacoides Wight & Arn. ... Flora of China

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Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on 23 FEB 13

... more views on the same day, at same place:

... more views of the same plant (at same place), on another day - 20 APR 13:

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Dinesh

Satish Phadke

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May 19, 2013, 9:03:35 AM5/19/13

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Very good pictures Dinesh

A different family too; Olacaceae which I blindly read as Oleaceae initially.

Dr Satish Phadke

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Dinesh Valke

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May 19, 2013, 9:16:40 AM5/19/13

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Thank you very much Satish ji. ... Yes, a new family for me too with only two Olax species in collection.

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Dinesh

Makarand Kulkarni

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May 19, 2013, 9:49:48 AM5/19/13

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WoW... very nice pictures Dinesh ji... this is an important plant to me as it is Larval Host Plant of Leaf Blue butterfly... I ll search for this plant in Yeoor hills.... as I see this butterflythere very often. Thnx for sharing beautiful pics.

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Dinesh Valke

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May 19, 2013, 10:40:47 AM5/19/13

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Many many thanks Makarand ji for the appreciation.

Dear friends ... would like to add query to this post.

Though this plant is known to be distributed in Indo-Malesian region, not much about it is discussed on internet. I am not sure of its distribution in India. Keen to know about its common names in Konkani, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu.

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Dinesh

Prashant Awale

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May 19, 2013, 10:53:45 PM5/19/13

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Nice Find and good photographs. I remember spotting Olax sp. at CBD Belapur Hills. Kindly have a look at following link.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Olax$20$20|sort:relevance/indiantreepix/JokCOkH2uDE/-0V_E7xGetwJ

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Prashant

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 15, 2023, 10:27:54 AM12/15/23

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/olax-imbricata-roxb.html

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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 15, 2023, 10:33:40 AM12/15/23

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Olax imbricata Roxb.

OL-aks -- smelling; referring to plant's odorous nature ... Wikipedia

im-brih-KAY-tuh -- shingled, overlapping ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: south Asian olax • Assamese: চেলকনা chelkana, কপহুৱা kapahua • Kannada: ಗೋಪುರಕಾಯಿ gopurakaayi, ಸರಳಿಬಳ್ಳಿ saraliballi • Malayalam: മന്നൻകോരൻ കൊടി mannankoran-kodi • Marathi: कुकुर्बिट kukurbit • Tamil: வண்டதுளுகு vandathuluku

botanical names: Olax imbricata Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 14 December 2023

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

south Asian olax

name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name - suggesting the distribution of this plant in the world

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

চেলকনা chelkana, কপহুৱা kapahua

Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi and Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಗೋಪುರಕಾಯಿ gopurakaayi, ಸರಳಿಬಳ್ಳಿ saraliballi

Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala

മന്നൻകോരൻ കൊടി mannankoran-kodi

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... or മന്നാംകോരൻ കൊടി mannankoran-kodi
Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

कुकुर्बिट kukurbit

Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

வண்டதுளுகு vandathuluku

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB

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

*Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, *Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, *Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal

Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.
Khanna, K K. (2017). Angiospermic plants of Uttar Pradesh - A Check-list. Geophytology. 47. 69-110.
Botanical Survey of India
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.3; last update Dec. 11th, 2023. Last accessed 14/12/2023.

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 15-12-2023 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/olax-imbricata-roxb.html

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Dinesh

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 16, 2023, 3:15:22 AM12/16/23

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Nice work and good pic dear Dinesh ji, with regards, Sam.

J.M. Garg

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Dec 20, 2023, 4:23:31 AM12/20/23

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Great work, Dinesh ji

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 20, 2023, 7:21:49 AM12/20/23

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Thanks very much, Garg ji and Sam ji, for the appreciation.
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Dinesh

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