Coral Vine

 Pink Coral Vine

Coral Vine has a lot of names in other languages

Coral Vine has a lot of names in English and many other European and Latin American languages. It is called Coralita, Coral Bells, Coral Creeper, Sandwich Island Creeper Chain of Love, Hearts On A Chain, Honolulu Creeper, Mexican Creeper, Bride's Tears, Queen's Jewels or Queen’s Wreath,  Chinese Love Vine, Mexican Love Vine, Pink Vine, Confederate-vine, Cemetery Vine, St James’ flower, St Michael’s flower, Bee Bush and Mountain-Rose etc. in English. But because it is a native of Tropical America and probably came to India during the same time as when the AJCB Botanical Garden was started in Kolkata during mid-18th Century we hardly find its names in other vernacular languages of India and none in Sanskrit. However later some names developed in some languages and we know that it is called Anantalata in Bengali, Ice Cream Velin Marathi, Kodi Rose or Koti Rosa in Tamil. In my state I asked some locals in Southern Odisha where I find it widely spread everywhere, and they told me that they call it Boondi Phool in Odia.

The Botanical name is Antigonon leptopus.

Antigonon leptopus Alba or White Coral Vine

Dimiri

Tree of redwood fig

Names of Hill Dimiri (Cluster Fig) in different languages 

Cluster Fig is also called Country Fig, Crattock, Redwood Fig

- It is called Gulara, Gulav, Umar in Hindi.

- Dumur, Yagnadumur, Jaya Dumur in Bengali.

-Jangedumuru, Dimoree in Assamese.

-  Atti, Gular, Umber in Marathi.

-  Umbro, Umerdo, Gudar, Umar in Gujarathi.

-  Kath Gular, Gular in Punjabi.

-  Medai , Brahmamamidi, Medi Pandu, Attimaram, Bodda, Paidi, Udumbaramu in Telugu.

-  Attik or Atti, Annada, Rumadi in Tamil.

-  Athi, Athimaram in Malayalam.

-  Attihanninamara, Oudumbara, Attigida in Kannada.

- In Sanskrit it is known as Udumbar, Jantuphala, Hemdugdhaka, Yagnyasara, Yagnyayoga, Kshirvriksha, Sadaphala, Kalaskandha, Sheetvalka, Panibhuk, Apushpaphalasambandha, Audumbaram, Brahmavriksha, Haritaksha, Hemadugdha, Shetavalkala etc.

-We call it Jajnadimbri, Dimiri in Oriya.

                        The botanical name is Ficus racemosa (Moraceae (mulberry family)

udumber fruits

leafs of Ficus racemosa

Nagalingam (Cannonball Tree)

                                  Nagalinga or Topgola  

Names of Cannonball Tree in different languages

It is called Nagalingaor Topgola  in Hindi

- Kaman gola in Bengali

- Shivalingi, Kailasapatiin Marathi

- Naagalingam in Tamil

- Nagalingam in Malayalam

- Shivalingapushpam, Nagamalli ,Mallikarjuna in Telugu

- Lingada mara, Nagalingam in Kannada

- In Sanskrit it is called Nagalingam.

 We call it Nageswar or Nagachampa in Oriya.

The Botanical name is Couroupita guianensis (Lecythidaceae family) 

Medicinal Properties of Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis)

The plant has anthelmintic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic and analgesic properties.

Couroupita guianensis 

cannonball leaf

Nagamalli 

Naagalingam  leaf

Naagalingam seed

Naagalingam fruits