... epithet *nil* (in context of *Ipomoea nil*) is derived from the Arabic name for a species of Morning Glory ... reference: Dave's Botanary ... http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/go/3905/ Regards.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > In latin "nil" means NOTHING!! :) > Pankaj > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Balkar ji ... my belief too, Ipomoea nil ... this nil (blue) is unique > among > > any Ipomoea ... my own thought. > > > > commonly known as: blue morning glory, Japanese morning glory, white-edge > > morning glory • Assamese: নীল কলমৌ nil kalmou • Bengali: কালাদানা > kaladana, > > নীলকলমি nilkalami • Gujarati: કાલા દાના kala dana • Hindi: कालादाना > > kaladana, नीलकलमी neelkalmi • Kannada: ಗೌರೀಬೀಜ gowri beeja, ಕೊಳ್ಳಿ ಬೀಜ > kolli > > beeja • Malayalam: taliyari • Marathi: काळादाणा kaladana, नीलपुष्पी > > neelpushpi • Punjabi: mirchaí ਮਿਰਚੈਈ, phaprúság ਫਪਰੂ ਸਾਗ • Sanskrit: > कलंजनी > > kalanjani, कृष्णबीज krishnabijah • Tamil: காக்கட்டான் kakkattan • Telugu: > > కొల్లి విత్తులు kolli vittulu > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Dear All > >> Flora of Panipat District- Ipomoea nil > >> (pls Correct me if i am wrong) > >> -- > >> Regards > >> > >> Dr Balkar Singh > >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > >> Arya P G College, Panipat > >> Haryana-132103 > >> 09416262964 > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
