Croton malabaricus Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 204 1873. (syn; Oxydectes malabarica (Bedd.) Kuntze); Habit- Trees up to 18 m tall. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets terete, stellate scaly. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules linear, caducous; petiole 3-11 cm long, terete, stellate scaly; lamina 7.5-15.5 x 3.8-10.5 cm, broadly-elliptic to ovate, apex acuminate, base retuse, margin entire, chartaceous, densely silvery stellate scaly beneath, glabrous above; 1 to 2 pairs nerves arising from the base; midrib almost flat above; secondary nerves 5-8 pairs; tertiary nerves distantly percurrent. Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence racemes; flowers unisexual, monoecious, white. Fruit and Seed- Capsule obovoid, 2.5 cm long, brown tomentose, seeds 3. Subcanopy tree in evergreen forests up to 1200 m. Endemic to the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris. Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.) QUERY:: Names of Plants in India :: Croton malabaricus in Kannada and Tamil : 10 posts by 5 authors. please validate whether I have put correctly the name in native script – ಯೆಟ್ಟಿಮರ for yettimara Reference: Biotik Dear Tamil-knowing friends … please help with the name “thavattu palavu” (* பலவு) in native script … a name for Croton malabaricus Reference: TN ENVIS In Tamil, I think, it could most likely be தவிட்டுபலவு tavittupalavu. I think the following book is useful for your reference. Thanks very much for pointing to this reference … Very informative and useful. Thank you for sending the pdf Its nice old book will help me a lot The Tamil translation is correct, … The “palavu” (பலவு) portion of the name sounds like a variation of “polavu” (பொலவு) or “pulavu” (புலவு) which refer to Pterospermum spp. What you are referring as a Kannada name of Croton malabaricus is correct name which you have written in My mother language. Thanks … for the continuous follow-up with unresolved queries. Many thanks to … for validating the name typed in Kannada script. Thus we have: ಯೆಟ್ಟಿಮರ yettimara in Kannada AND தவிட்டுபலவு tavittupalavu in Tamil. In Kannada Yettimara is written right. But when I hear the pronunciation from locals I can be really sure of the script. (Yettimara or Yethimara) ‘Mara’ means tree. Many thanks … Will wait for any validating comment for this doubt.
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Croton malabaricus
Updated on December 24, 2024