Reissantia indica

Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 30:466. 1958 (Syn. Hippocratea beccarii Tuyn; Hippocratea cassinoides DC.; Hippocratea disperma Vahl (ambiguous synonym); (Hippocratea euonymoides Vahl; Hippocratea fuscescens Kurz; (≡) Hippocratea indica Willd. (basionym); Hippocratea lobbii M. Laws.; Hippocratea obtusifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Hippocratea pentandra Griff.; Pristimera indica (Willd.) A. C. Sm.; Reissantia cassinoides (DC.) Ding Hou; Tontelea disperma (Vahl) Poir.);

Java, India (Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Penang Isl., Pahan), +Singapore, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, China (Guangdong, Hainan), Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor), Borneo, Philippines (Luzon, Lubang, Mindoro, Mindanao), Sulawesi, S-Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.), Borneo as per Catalogue of Life;

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¿ pris-tee-MER-a ? — derivation obscure
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Bengali: আতরি লতা atari lata, কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya • Hindi: गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati • Kachari: sibrai-ia-dam • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli • Konkani: व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas • Kuki: bom-pel-thing • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi • Marathi: मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir • Odia: କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya • Tamil: மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi, ஓடங்கொடி odankodi • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/reissantia-indica-willd-nhalle.html

Woody climbers with looping branchlets. Leaves opposite, to 12 x 7 cm, obovate, obtusely acute, attenuate to the base; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary drooping panicles, pedicellate; sepals 5, ovate, acute, glabrous; petals 5, 3 x 1 mm, oblong, curved, glabrous; stamens 3, filaments short curved out; ovary 3-celled, sunken in the disk; ovules 2-10 in each cell. Fruit a winged samara.

Flowering and fruiting: March-April

Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests

Indo-Malesia

(from India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

Celastraceae fortnight :: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé at Uttar Kannada :: PKA9: : 6 images.

Seen this Climber at Uttar Kannada (Gersoppa Ghat).
Bot. name: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé
Syn: Hippocratea indica Willd.; Pristimera indica;
Family: Celastraceae

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Celastraceae fortnight :: Reissantia indica along Gersoppa Ghat :: DV14 : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.
Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé … also placed in Hippocrateaceae
along Gersoppa Ghat on 16 MAR 13

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Celastraceae fortnight :: Reissantia indica at Sudhagad :: PKA2 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Came across this Shrub at Sudhagad (near Pali- Maharashtra).
Bot. name: Reissantia indica

Names of Plants in India :: Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎P‎ > Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. … family: Celastraceae ~ Hippocrateaceae

¿ pris-tee-MER-a ? — derivation obscure
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maderiballi, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kangunaballi • Tamil: மொரசரக்கொடி moracarakkoti • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu
botanical names: Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. … synonyms: Hippocratea indica Willd. • Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé … Tropicos
March 16, 2013 … along Gersoppa Ghat

¿ rey-SAN-shi-ah ? — in honour of Charles Tisserant, a French clergyman, botanist and plant collector … Wikipedia

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Bengali: আতরি লতা atari lata, কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya • Hindi: गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati • Kachari: sibrai-ia-dam • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli • Konkani: व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas • Kuki: bom-pel-thing • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi • Marathi: मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir • Odia: କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya • Tamil: மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi, ஓடங்கொடி odankodi • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu

botanical names: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé … homotypic synonyms: Hippocratea indica Willd. • Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. … accepted infraspecifics, and their synonyms at POWO, retrieved 19 May 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

mopane paddle-pod

Flowers of India, retrieved May 19, 2024

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

আতরি লতা atari lata

Many thanks to Dr Akramul Hoque for help with this name … facebook
for Hippocratea indica Willd. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha

কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya

Many thanks to Dr Akramul Hoque for help with this name … facebook
for Hippocratea indica Willd. … BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati

name of close species Reissantia arborea (Roxb.) H.Hara … borrowed, for want of name; Floristic Diversity of West Champaran – बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited)
Anand Kumar – Studies of the Family Celastraceae in Jharkhand – IJARB, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2020, PP 9-14

~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin … spoken in: Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)

sibrai-ia-dam

for Hippocratea indica Willd. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli

Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ದೊಡ್ಡdodda = large, big; ಮಾತ್ರೀಬಳ್ಳಿ maatri balli = name given to Loeseneriella arnottiana (Wight) A.C.Sm. … name arose due to its close resemblance with Loeseneriella arnottiana (Wight) A.C.Sm.
other name variants: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maaderi balli, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾದ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maadri balli

ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli

Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga
FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas

name coined, for want of name; व्हडली vhadli = large, big; धवस dhavas = name given to Hippocratea obtusifolia Roxb.

~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~

written in: Roman … spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki

bom-pel-thing

for Hippocratea indica Willd. … Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi

Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with these names … facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir

name coined, for want of name; मोठी mothi = large, big; दौशीर daushir = name given to Reissantia grahamii (Wight) Ding Hou

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya

Tripathy, Pramod & Kar, Subrat & Mohapatra, Pradipta & Panda, Pratap. (2020). An updated checklist of the macrophytes of Chilika Lagoon, its uninhabited islands and shoreline.
Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
or மொரசரக்கொடி moracarakkoti … Tamil names of plants and trees found in Tamil Nadu – தமிழ் நாட்டின் தாவரங்களின் தமிழ் பெயர்கள்

ஓடங்கொடி odankodi

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

వెర్రియాప verriyaapa

Flora Andhrika – Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu