Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 1912. (Syn: Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson); . DES-mos — Greek: desmos (band or chain) … Dave’s Botanary LAW-ee-eye — named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist . commonly known as: Chinese eagle claw, dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Kannada: ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu • Konkani: रानचाफा ranchapha • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale laharaa Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html . Young shoots sericeus tomentose. Leaves 9-13 x 3-4 cm, ovate-oblong, apex acute, base rounded, glaucous below, nerves 8 pairs. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 2-4 cm long, slender, bracteate; sepals to 9 x 6 mm, obovate, pubescent, yellowish green; petals biseriate, 5-7 x 0.5 cm, linear-oblong, pubescent; stamens 1 mm long; ovaries many, densely hairy, stigma globose, red. Fruitlets to 7 x 6 mm, globose-oblong, stipitate, beaked; seeds globose; stipe 1 cm long, slender. Flowering and fruiting: October-January Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests South India and Sri Lanka
Names of Plants in India :: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff.: 5 images. 1 post by 1 author.   DES-mos — Greek: desmos (band or chain) … Dave’s Botanary LAW-ee-eye — named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist commonly known as: Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha botanical names: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. … synonym: Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thoms. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Akala Gavi, Ulavi, Karnataka on 25 MAY 13 Many thanks to … for the ID. More views of the sighting … Desmos chinensis Lour. DES-mos — Greek: desmos (band or chain) … Dave’s Botanary chi-NEN-sis — of or from China … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale lahara botanical names: Desmos chinensis Lour. … synonyms: Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson … and many more synoyms listed at POWO Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ dwarf ylang-ylang Sahyadri ylang-ylang
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa
জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ रान चाफा ran chapha
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ zunin-damdawi
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ माले लहरा maale lahara ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ no given name
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ no given name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION ~~~~~
~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html DES-mos — Greek: desmos (band or chain) … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: Chinese eagle claw, dwarf ylang-ylang, Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Assamese: বন চেনিচম্পা ban chenichampa, জোৰ লেৱা joorlewa • Kannada: ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu • Konkani: रानचाफा ranchapha • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha • Mizo: zunin-damdawi • Nepali: माले लहरा maale laharaa botanical names: Desmos chinensis Lour. … homotypic synonym: Unona chinensis (Lour.) DC. … heterotypic synonyms: Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân • Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff. • Unona discolor Vahl • Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson … and more at POWO, retrieved 19 June 2025 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 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 dwarf ylang-ylang
Chinese eagle claw, Sahyadri ylang-ylang
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ಕರಿಬೀಳು karibeelu
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat रानचाफा ranchapha
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep കാരപ്പൂമരം kaarappoomaram
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka रानचाफा ranchapha
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese … spoken in: Mizoram … other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian zunin-damdawi
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) … spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim माले लहरा maale laharaa
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Assam, *Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, *Odisha, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 27-06-2022 ¦ Last updated: 18:16 19-06-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/desmos-chinensis-lour.html . Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Desmos lawii in Uttara Kannada :: DVMAR05 : 6 posts by 5 authors. 5 images. Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. at Akala Gavi on 25 MAY 13 Nice pictures of Desmos lawii      Annonaceae of central WG (Goa, Karnataka) – 1. Desmos lawii : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments(5). The form of the corolla seems to be quite variable in this species. There is another species D. viridiflorus distributed in Kerala, but the differences seem very unclear to me. Anybody on the group seen D. viridiflorus?    Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Desmos lawii at Karnataka:: PKA-March-16:::: : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. This climbing Shrub was spotted en-route ” Aakalu Gavi Caves, Ulavi, Karnataka”. Another very good upload.
       ANAPR21 Desmos chinensis Lour. (syn. Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff.) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Family: Annonaceae So far as I know, it is a variable species. Both are different as per A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- Species in India with distribution: Desmos chinensis Lour.- India; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Burma Desmos dumosus (Roxb.) Saff.- India [West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram]; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Burma Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff.- India [Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu] …………………………………………………………….. Which one you are referring to here ? I am attaching herewith an image of the possible isolectotype of Desmos lawii downloaded from the website of Kew herbarium (K 000691354) for comparison. Image of the lectotype is available at the website of Gray Herbarium (GH 00039292). While Desmos chinensis is a widespread species, the other, i. e. D. lawii, recognized by Ian Turner (2015) as a distinct species, is restricted to peninsular India. The latter was once merged with D. chinensis with a varietal status. Thank you very much … for bringing up this descrepancy. Thank you too, for clarifying, …
. References: A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015 POWO (Desmos chinensis Lour.) Catalogue of Life (Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Bân) The Plant List Ver.1.1 Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal A synopsis of Annonaceae in Indian subcontinent |
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