Hi Dinesh ji, Here are the Tamil names in their native script: malaiyavarai: மலையாவாரை (மலை + ஆவாரை), malaiyavaram: மலையாவாரம் (மலை + ஆவாரம்), malaiyavirai: மலையாவிரை (மலை + ஆவிரை)
I have split the Tamil words above for better clarity. *Dolichos lablab* is called "avarai" (அவரை) in Tamil. But the name "āvārai" (ஆவாரை) and "āvāram" (ஆவாரம்) refer to *Senna auriculata* (here comes the importance of phonetics!). I think the plant here (*Senna hirsuta*) is compared with *Senna auriculata* perhaps due to their morphological similarities, and distinguished from it by the prefix "malai" meaning "of hill" or "wild". The term "malai" could also refer to the hairy feature of the plant. Vijayasankar ---------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends and Vijayasankar ji, > Please help me with any of the valid name(s) among malaiyavarai, > malaiyavaram, malaiyavirai in native script listed at ENVIS / FRLHT > <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/27aa282608aadff9f81bd10ca8d655d4/8fcb03c018b34125c3d6926ccd2bd32f> > . > > I think malai / malaya / malaiya refer to mountain - though mountain / > hill does not fit in context of *Senna hirsuta*; I could be not aware of > some word similar sounding and meaning woolly / hairy. > I found அவரை avarai / ஆவாரம் avaram = field-bean, Dolichos lablab > > Regards. > Dinesh > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
