Names of Plants in India :: Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.

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Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.

Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.

thun-BER-jee-uh -- named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
gran-dih-FLOR-uh -- with large flowers ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Bengal clock vine, Bengal trumpet vine, blue sky flower, blue sky vine, blue trumpet vine • Adi: cocoriang, kingoreib • Ahom: হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota • Assamese: হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota, kukua loti, ননং nonong • Bengali: নীল লতা neel lota • Bodo: serfa • Dogri: नीलगास neelgaas • Garo: khakkhu • Hajong: nul-lata • Hindi: नील लता neel lata • Kachari: dumangkhlong, tumakhlung • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda hegala balli • Karbi: nong-nonga-rikang • Khasi: jermie-khnong, syntew-jarmi-chankhnow • Kokborok: vako • Kui: ଛୋଟ ଘଣ୍ଟି chhota ghanti • Kuki: thang-wakoi • Manipuri: ꯁꯝꯕꯜ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ sambal khudop • Mech: dengkhakhlu • Mizo: va-ko, vakohrui, zawngafian • Nagamese: loyga • Nepali: काग चुच्चे kaag chuchche, काग फुली kaag phulee, कनेसी लहरा kanesi laharaa • Nyishi: piji • Rabha: bakhor lewa • Tamil: வங்காள கடிகாரக் கொடி vankaala katikaarak koti • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು malla pugelu ballu


botanical names: Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb. ... homotypic synonyms: Pleuremidis grandiflora (Roxb.) Raf. ... heterotypic synonyms: Thunbergia chinensis Merr. • Thunbergia cordifolia Nees • Thunbergia grandiflora f. alba Leonard • Thunbergia malvifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 29 September 2025
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Bengal clock vine, Bengal trumpet vine, blue sky flower, blue sky vine, blue trumpet vine
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
cocoriang, kingoreib
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom
হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
হেতালতি hetaloti, কাউৰীঠোঁটীয়া লতা kaurithutia lota
  • Many thanks to Ratneswar Kachari and Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook
kukua loti
ননং nonong
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নীল লতা neel lota
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
serfa
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
नीलगास neelgaas
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook ... or निलगासी nilgaasi
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
khakkhu
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
nul-lata
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
नील लता neel lata
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Cachari, Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)
dumangkhlong, tumakhlung
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಗಲ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda hegala balli
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
nong-nonga-rikang
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
jermie-khnong, syntew-jarmi-chankhnow
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera
vako
~~~~~ KUI ~~~~~
written in: Odia (କୁଇ) ... spoken in: Odisha ... spoken by the Kandhas ... other names for this language: Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
ଛୋଟ ଘଣ୍ଟି chhota ghanti
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki
thang-wakoi
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯁꯝꯕꯜ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ sambal khudop
~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Roman ... spoken by: Mech people (Bodos of north West Bengal)
dengkhakhlu
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
va-ko
vakohrui, zawngafian
~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples
loyga
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
काग चुच्चे kaag chuchche, काग फुली kaag phulee
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
कनेसी लहरा kanesi laharaa
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
piji
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
bakhor lewa
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
வங்காள கடிகாரக் கொடி vankaala katikaarak koti
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಮಲ್ಲ ಪುಗೆಲ್ ಬಳ್ಳು malla pugelu ballu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout
~~~~~ Created on: 15:03 29-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:08 03-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~







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