Thank you so much Vijayasankar ji. Giving names to nameless plants is a great joy !! Thanks for helping with apt names, I have included all three in the compilation.
Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM Vijay Raman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh ji, > > These additional Tamil names (just variants) can be added to *H. grahamii* > : *Vellai charai (வெள்ளை சாரை) *and *Vencharai (வெண்சாரை)* since these > spellings are also used in the literature for *Holigarna* (e.g. Biotik > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holiarno/holiarno_ta.html>, India > Biodiversity Portal <https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/13026>). > > PS: The name Charai / Saarai சாரை refers to *Buchanania lanzan*. > > Vijayasankar > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM Vijay Raman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Dinesh ji, >> >> I think *Holigarna grahamii* can be called *Vellai ceru, வெள்ளை செரு* (in >> contrast to karunceru or black ceru, which is *H. arnottiana*), >> consistent with its Malayalam name Vellacheru. >> >> The adjective vellai (= white) seems fitting as the plant features >> whitish flowers, white latex, pale greyish bark and glaucous leaves. >> >> Best, >> Vijayasankar >> >> On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Vijayasankar ji, >>> >>> Please help with coining a Tamil name for *Holigarna grahamii* (Wight) >>> Kurz, if feasible. >>> I could not find any name given to this species. >>> >>> *Holigarna arnottiana* Hook.f.have following names: கருஞ்செரு >>> karunceru, காட்டுசெரு kattuceru >>> Reference: *BIOTIK >>> <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holiarno/holiarno_ta.html>* >>> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive >>> shared Knowledge base) >>> >>> 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 view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC22LHCzbPYOH6Yfd11MXLEQESHN0vf3zTQjxNNqpk1QQA%40mail.gmail.com.
