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Raghu Dixit during an awesome concert at IISC, Bangalore on Holi
Could not resist clicking this tiny little one lying on ground against the stick, as my first explore was a shot of these dandelion weeds/cotton seed.
Shot RAW, saved as jpeg and cropped. No other processing.
Bombacaceae (baobab family) » Bombax insigne
BOM-baks -- from the Greek bombyx (silk), referring to the silken fibers from this tree
in-SIG-nee or in-SIG-nay -- meaning, remarkable or distinguished
commonly known as: silk cotton tree • Andaman: didu, dumboil • Bengali: সেমল semal • Kuki: inpang • Malayalam: കല്ലിലവ് kallilav, പൃള prila • Manipuri: খুমন তেৰা khuman tera • Marathi: देव सावर dev-savar • Sanskrit: कूटशाल्मली kutasalmali • Tamil: கல்இலவு kalilavu
Native of: India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database • Flowers of Sahyadri by S Ingalhalikar
Fun at Bangalore: Selected pics taken at the time of my internship at GARL Lab, SERC, IISc, Bangalore, India [24 May - 25 Jul 2008]
Asteraceae (aster, daisy, or sunflower family) » Blumea belangeriana
blum-EE-uh -- named after Karl Ludwig von Blume, Dutch botanist
¿ bay-lan-ger-ee-AY-nuh ? -- probably named for M. Charles Bélanger
commonly known as: Belanger's blumea
Endemic to: Konkan and Malabar Western Ghats (of India)
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database • The Flora of British India, Vol. 3
Phyllanthaceae » Flueggea leucopyrus ♀
Flueggea -- named for John Fluegge, a German cryptogamic botanist
loo-koh-PY-russ -- from the Greek leuco (white), pyrus (ancient name for pear)
commonly known as: bushweed, cool pot, Indian snow berry, thermacole plant, white honey shrub • Chinese: 聚花白饭树 ju hua bai fan shu • Hindi: ¿ ऐंटा ainta ? • Konkani: parpo • Malayalam: ചെരിംക്ലാവ് cerimklaav • Marathi: पांढरफळी pandharphali • Sanskrit: भूरिफली bhuriphali, पान्डुफली panduphali, श्वेतकम्बुज shwetakambuja • Tamil: வறட்பூலா varat-pula, வெள்ளைப்பூலாஞ்சி vellai-p-pulanci • Telugu: పులుగుడు pulugudu
References: NPGS / GRIN • eFlora • Sahyadri Database
Scrophulariaceae (scrophularia, or figwort family) » Sopubia delphinifolia
sow-PEW-bee-uh -- not sure of pronunciation, meaning not known
del-FIN-ee-foh-lee-uh -- meaning, delphinium-leaved
commonly known as: common sopubia, delphinum-leaved sopubia • Gujarati: દુધાળી dudhali • Marathi: दुधाळी dudhali • Santal: dak-kadur
Native to: Western Ghats (India)
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database • NPGS / GRIN
Convolvulaceae (convolvulus, bindweed, or morning glory family) » Ipomoea campanulata
ip-oh-MEE-uh or ip-oh-MAY-uh -- meaning, worm-like; referring to coiled flower bud
kam-pan-yoo-LAH-tuh or kam-pan-yoo-LAY-tuh -- meaning, bell-shaped
commonly known as: no common name in English • Marathi: तांबर वेल tambar-vel • Malayalam: adamboe
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database
Leguminosae or Fabaceae s. l. (legume, pea, or bean family) » Moullava spicata
mo-OWL-luh-wah -- named for Moullava Adanson ?
spi-KAH-tuh or spy-KAY-tuh -- meaning, grows ears (like corn), in spikes
commonly known as: candy corn plant, false thorn, flaming spike climber, rat bean • Kannada: gajjigaballi, hoogliganje • Marathi: वागाटी wagati, वाकेरी wakeri, वाकेरी चे भात wakeri che bhaat • Tamil: karantikkonrai, pulinakkagondai
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database
Growing in wild profusion by the roadside !!!
www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri_enews/newslet...
Phyllanthaceae » Flueggea leucopyrus ♀
Flueggea -- named for John Fluegge, a German cryptogamic botanist
loo-koh-PY-russ -- from the Greek leuco (white), pyrus (ancient name for pear)
commonly known as: bushweed, cool pot, Indian snow berry, thermacole plant, white honey shrub • Chinese: 聚花白饭树 ju hua bai fan shu • Hindi: ¿ ऐंटा ainta ? • Konkani: parpo • Malayalam: ചെരിംക്ലാവ് cerimklaav • Marathi: पांढरफळी pandharphali • Sanskrit: भूरिफली bhuriphali, पान्डुफली panduphali, श्वेतकम्बुज shwetakambuja • Tamil: வறட்பூலா varat-pula, வெள்ளைப்பூலாஞ்சி vellai-p-pulanci • Telugu: పులుగుడు pulugudu
References: NPGS / GRIN • eFlora • Sahyadri Database
Lamiaceae (mint family) » Leucas stelligera
LOO-kus -- from the Greek leukos (white)
stel-LIG-er-a -- meaning, bearing stars
commonly known in Marathi as: बुरुंबी burumbi, गोमा goma
References: Further Flowers of Sahyadri by S Ingalhalikar • Sahyadri Database • IndFlora
Francis Collins, Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, speaking with students at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 3, 2011. (Photo by U.S. Consulate General, Chennai)
Malvaceae (mallow family) » Hibiscus hirtus
Hye-bisk-us -- rose-mallow
HER-tus -- hairy
commonly known as: lesser mallow • Bengali: surgumini • Gujarati: બપોરે bapore • Marathi: दुपारी dupari, नरेरी nareri • Sanskrit: अर्कपुष्पि arkapushpi
Native to: India
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database
Asteraceae (aster, daisy, or sunflower family) » Blumea belangeriana
blum-EE-uh -- named after Karl Ludwig von Blume, Dutch botanist
¿ bay-lan-ger-ee-AY-nuh ? -- probably named for M. Charles Bélanger
commonly known as: Belanger's blumea
Endemic to: Konkan and Malabar Western Ghats (of India)
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database • The Flora of British India, Vol. 3
Orchidaceae (orchid family) » Dendrobium lawianum
den-DROH-bee-um -- from the Greek, dendron (tree) and bios (life); tree of life
law-ee-AY-num -- perhaps named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist
commonly known as: Law's dendrobium • Marathi: लॉई दांडेअमरी lawi dandeamri
Endemic to: s Western Ghats (of India)
References: Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar • Wild Orchids of Sharavathi River Basin and Parts of Uttara Kannada • Enchanting Kerala
Lamiaceae (mint family) » Colebrookea oppositifolia
kohl-BROOK-ee-a -- named for Henry Thomas Colebrooke, English orientalist, botanist
op-POZ-it-i-FOHL-ee-a -- leaves arranged opposite each other
commonly known as: Indian squirrel tail • Hindi: बिंदा binda, पांसरा pansra • Kannada: ಥುಗ್ಗಿಗಿಡ thuggi gida • Konkani: भामिनी bhamini • Lepcha: umhyemkung • Marathi: भामण bhaman, dasai • Nepalese: धुर्सुली dhursuli • Oriya: bosik • Tamil: vitupucittalai • Telugu: jolidi
Distribution: India, Pakistan, SW China, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
References: Flowers of India • Sahyadri Database • eFlora
Menispermaceae (moonseed family) » Diploclisia glaucescens
dip-lo-KLIZ-ee-ah -- from the Greek diploos (double); not sure of clisia
glaw-KES-kens -- meaning, becoming glaucous
commonly known as: glaucescent diploclisia • Konkani: ravnito vatoli vetyel • Malayalam: batta-valli, natsjatam • Marathi: वाटणवेल vatan-vel, वाटोळी vatoli • Tamil: kottaiyachachi
References: Sahyadri Database • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
Lamiaceae (mint family) » Pogostemon purpurascens
po-go-STEM-on -- from the Greek pogon (beard) and stemon (thread, stamen)
pur-pur-ESS-kenz -- meaning, becoming purple
commonly known as: white-flowered pogostemon • Manipuri: সঙব্ৰৈ sangbrei, শঙব্ৰৈ shangbrei • Marathi: सफेत पांगळी safet pangli
Endemic to: Western Ghats, north-east India
References: Flowers of India • Floristic Survey of Institute of Science • Sahyadri Database
Phyllanthaceae » Flueggea leucopyrus ♂
Flueggea -- named for John Fluegge, a German cryptogamic botanist
loo-koh-PY-russ -- from the Greek leuco (white), pyrus (ancient name for pear)
commonly known as: bushweed, cool pot, Indian snow berry, thermacole plant, white honey shrub • Chinese: 聚花白饭树 ju hua bai fan shu • Hindi: ¿ ऐंटा ainta ? • Konkani: parpo • Malayalam: ചെരിംക്ലാവ് cerimklaav • Marathi: पांढरफळी pandharphali • Sanskrit: भूरिफली bhuriphali, पान्डुफली panduphali, श्वेतकम्बुज shwetakambuja • Tamil: வறட்பூலா varat-pula, வெள்ளைப்பூலாஞ்சி vellai-p-pulanci • Telugu: పులుగుడు pulugudu
References: NPGS / GRIN • eFlora • Sahyadri Database
Fun at Bangalore: Selected pics taken at the time of my internship at GARL Lab, SERC, IISc, Bangalore, India [24 May - 25 Jul 2008]
The intercultural management conference was organised as part of the Interman (Intercultural Management) Project, and was hald at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) at Bangalore on 30th March 2007. The Interman Project aims to foster Indo-German communication and understanding on a business level. The project involves leading academics from the Universities of Bremen and Jena, in Germany, and the IISC in India. Academics, managers and trainers attended the conference.