Author Topic: ~ 99 Tamil Flowers - Kurunji Paatu ~  (Read 9025 times)

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« Reply #60 on: August 24, 2014, 02:09:28 PM »
61.சிறுசெங்குரலி ciṟru-ceṅn-kurali

A mountain creeper; கருந்தாமக்கொடி.

Sami Identifies it as Water Chestnut – Trapa bispinosa.


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« Reply #61 on: August 24, 2014, 02:10:47 PM »
62.கோடல் kōṭtal
வெண்காந்தள் veṇ-kāntaḷ- White species of Malabar glory lily, m. cl., Gloriosa superba; செடிவகை. (புறநா. 90, உரை.)

Yellow glory lilly – Gloriosa superba


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« Reply #62 on: August 24, 2014, 02:12:05 PM »
63. கைதை kaitai
[M. kaidā.] Fragrant screw-pine. தாழை. Pandanus odoratissimus;


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« Reply #63 on: August 24, 2014, 02:13:05 PM »
64. வழை vaḻlai

சுரபுன்னை cura-puṉṉnai Long-leaved two-sepalled gamboge, Ochrocarpus longifolius;


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« Reply #64 on: August 24, 2014, 02:14:21 PM »
65. காஞ்சி kāñci
, n. 1. River portia. See ஆற்றுப்பூவரசு. , Trewia nudiflora;


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« Reply #65 on: August 24, 2014, 02:15:31 PM »
66. கருங்குவளை karun-ṅ-kuvaḷlai – கருங்குவளை (மணிக் குலை)
Red Water Lily- Nymphaea rubra; குவளைவகை.


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« Reply #66 on: August 24, 2014, 02:16:46 PM »
67. பாங்கர் pāṅnkar

, n. Tooth brush tree.உகா ukā – Salvadora persica; ஓமை.


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« Reply #67 on: August 24, 2014, 02:18:06 PM »
68. மராஅம் marāam
Lac tree – Shorea talura


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« Reply #68 on: August 24, 2014, 02:19:20 PM »
69. தணக்கம் taṇnakkam

Whirling Nut , Gyrocarpus jacquinii (synonym Gyrocarpus americanus) – vernacular name in Telugu – Tanakkam


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« Reply #69 on: August 24, 2014, 02:20:28 PM »
70. ஈங்கை īṅnkai
Īnkai is identified as Mimosa rubicaulis by Lexicon. And Sami identifies a similar species Mimosa torta (synonyms of acacia caesia mentioned in his paper). Mimosa torta seems to be right identification since Mimosa rubicaulis has habitat of Himalayas and is not natural to Tamil Nadu.


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« Reply #70 on: August 25, 2014, 02:50:22 PM »
71. இலவம் ilavam

Red-flowered silk-cotton tree, Bombax malabaricum;


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« Reply #71 on: August 25, 2014, 02:51:11 PM »
72. கொன்றை koṉṟnrai
சரக்கொன்றை – Indian laburnum, m. tr., Cassia fistula; சரஞ்சரமாகப் பூக்கும் கொன்றைவகை.


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« Reply #72 on: August 25, 2014, 02:52:04 PM »
73. அடும்பு aṭtumpu
, n. [K. Tu. aḍumbu, M. aṭumbu.] Hare leaf. அடம்பு. [M. aṭampu.] Hare-leaf, m. cl., Ipomaea biloba L.


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« Reply #73 on: August 25, 2014, 02:53:25 PM »
74. ஆத்தி ātti

Ātti can either be Bauhinia racemosa or Bauhinia tomentosa
Royal Flower worn by the Chola Kings




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« Reply #74 on: August 25, 2014, 02:54:10 PM »
75.  அவரை avarai

[K. M. Tu. avara.] Field-bean, cl., Dolichos lablab; கொடிவகை.

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