Dear Vijayasankar ji, Thanks very much for the clarity. I understand, it becomes challenging to coin a name in regional language. So we will let it stay without any name, instead of giving a kind of ambiguous name. Thank you very much. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 10:02 PM Vijayasankar Raman <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dinesh ji, > > I did some research on this but couldn't find a generic Tamil name > (equivalent to "foldwing") for the genus Dicliptera. In fact most species > in the genus lack vernacular names. As you know, the bi-lipped corolla (if > "foldwing" refers to this feature) is common in many genera in Acanthaceae. > I am not sure of any specific characteristics of this plant that can be > used in naming it. Is the plant really stinky? > > The more common species, *Dicliptera cuneata* is called Karunkurundhu > கருங்குருந்து or Thaen kurinji தேன் குறிஞ்சி (=sweet / honey > Strobilanthes) in Tamil. If the plant *D. foetida* is notably foetid, > then we can probably call it something like "Mudainaari kurundhu" முடைநாறி > குருந்து. But, I am not sure if "kurundhu" can be treated as a generic > name for *Dicliptera *as this name is also applied to *Atalantia > monophylla*. "Mudainaari kurinji" முடைநாறி குறிஞ்சி is another option. > But the name kurinji or kurinci, although generally referring to > *Strobilanthes*, is also given to different species from multiple genera > (ref. FRLHT database). > > Best regards, > > Vijayasankar > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 11:31 AM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Vijayasankar ji, >> Please check whether we can give a name to *Dicliptera foetida* >> (Forssk.) Blatt. on lines of the English descriptive name "*stinking >> foldwing*" given by dear Tabish (Flowers of India) - the name is derived >> from the scientific name. As of now, there seems to be no name given to >> this species in Tamil. >> >> You may suggest a better name; need not be on lines of the English >> descriptive name. >> >> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2j9dRftJd0ctcBC%2Bjzd7ttQx%2BARSAdiE%3Df-e%3DocJnoSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
