Great picture and good work dear Dinesh ji. Both Malayalam and English names are correct. Regards, Sam Kuzhalanattu.
On Thu, 22 Jan, 2026, 12:08 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Ancistrocladus heyneanus* Wall. ex J.Graham > [image: Ancistrocladus heyneanus Wall. ex J.Graham] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82243740> > > *an-siss-troh-KLAD-us* -- Greek: *ankistron* (fish hook); *clados* > (branch) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> > *hey-nee-AH-nus* -- named for Dr B Heyne, German botanist and traveller > ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Heyne> > *commonly known as*: *kardal* • *Konkani*: करदळ karadal • *Malayalam*: > മോതിരവള്ളി modiravalli • *Marathi*: करदळ karadal (or करदळी karadali) > *botanical names*: *Ancistrocladus heyneanus* Wall. ex J.Graham ... > *synonyms*: no synonyms known ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, > retrieved 21 January 2026 > Bibliography / etymology > Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid > permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise > their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites > may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of > India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> > mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just > enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best > prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu > amplo*. > ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ > written and spoken widely, in most parts of India > *kardal* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kardal.html>, retrieved > January 21, 2026 > > ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam > (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) > ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat > *करदळ karadal* > > - Marathi name borrowed, for want of name > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep > *മോതിരവള്ളി modiravalli* > > - Jose Mathew - Floristic and ethnobotanical studies of Achankovil > forests Western Ghats Kerala > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/97482> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 21, 2026) > - Pius O L - Resource inventory of the plants used in the Indian > systems of medicine and folklore medicinal practices in the Malappuram > District of Kerala > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/129228> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 21, 2026) > - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം > > <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF> > ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *करदळ karadal (or करदळी karadali)* > > - Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). *A dictionary, Marathi and English* > . <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> 2d ed., rev. > and enl. Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's > press, 1857. ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > - विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश > <https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B3> > ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Goa, ***Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, ***Tamil Nadu; endemic > > - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist > and Distribution of the World Flora. > <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> > Version 25.12; last update Dec. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 21/01/2026 > (dd/mm/yyyy). > - Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of > Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262059791> Check List. 9. > 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the > state > ~~~~~ Created on: 20:56 21-01-2026 ¦ Last updated: 11:16 22-01-2026 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/01/ancistrocladus-heyneanus-wall-ex-jgraham.html > > 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/CADkXgDQXUthf4O3eVdKkvBAf%2Bdh_8tJjfdkHM6LAjbwdGmDk5w%40mail.gmail.com.
