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99 தமி� ��க�றி�சி பா��

99 Tamil Flower

Kurunjippaatu


1. கா�த� kāntaḷ

•Common name: Malabar glory lily, red or white species,

• Scientific/Latin name:

Gloriosa superba

• Flower sacred to Murugan


2.ஆ�ப� āmpal

• Common Name:

Water-lily

• Scientific/Latin Name: nymphaea lotus

• Also known as அ�லி.


3.அன��ச� aniccam

• a-nitya. Flower supposed to be so delicate as to droop oreven perish when smelt;The flower is extinct according to all major sources.(recently in internet a claim that Anicham flower has beenrediscovered by Mr. Kumarasamy, former professor in medicinal botany,Govt Siddha Medical College Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu, India.Scientific Name: Anagallisarvensis Linn.)

• This claim is to be confirmed –further study required.

http://siddhadreams.blogspot.com/200

5/12/this-is-plant-anicham-mentioned-

in.html


4.வைள kuvaḷai

• Common Name: Purple Indian water-lily

• Scientific/Latin Name:Nymphaeaodorata

• Also known as

ெச க!ந#$Kuvalai could also mean Karunkuvalai.


5. றி�சி kuṟiñci

• Common Name:

conehead

• Scientific/Latin

name:

Strobilanthes;

• ��வைக. (L.)


6. ெவ�சி veṭci

• Common Name:

Scarlet ixora


name: Ixoracoccinea;


7. ெச ெகா�ேவ& cen-kodu-vēri

• Common Name:

Rosy-flowered leadwort

• Scientific/Latin name: Plumbago rosea

• Also Known as

ெச ெகா'ேவலி.


8.ேதமா tē-mā (ேதமா��)

• Common

Name:

Sweet

mango

• Scientific/L

atin Name:

Mangifera

indica

•This species must be a slightly different one from the common Mango (Since the poet also mentions Mango tree later)


9. மண)�சிைக maṇi-c-cikai

• Common Name:

Crab's eye

• Scientific/Latin Name:

Abrus precatorius;

• Also known as *றி


10. உ�,� untūḻ

• Common Name:

Large bamboo


Bambusa arundinaca

• Also known as ெப-. கி�.


11. /வ)ள� kūviḷam

• Common Name:

Bael


Aegle marmelos

• Also known as வ)�வ�.


12. எ1� eṟuḻ

• A hill tree with

red flowers; ெச�நிற �2ைடயறி�சிநில56மரவைக.

• Scientific name could

not be identified.


13. 8�ள� cuḷḷi

• Common Name:

Ceylon ebony


Diospyros ebenum


14. /வ)ர� kūviram

• (flower of)

A mountain tree; மைலமரவைக

• This flower/tree has

not been identified.


15. வடவன� vaṭa-vaṉam

• Common Name:

Indian banyan


Ficusbenghalensis L


16. வாைக vākai

• Common Name:

Sirissa


Name:

Albizzia


17. டச� kuṭacam

• Common Name:

Conessi bark


Holarrhena anti-dysenterica

• Also known as டச பாைல,கச :ெவ�பாைல


18. எ-ைவ eruvai

• Common Name:

European bamboo reed


Arundo donax

• Also known as ெகா1�ைக


19. ெச-வ)ைள ceru-vilai

• Common Name:

White-flowered mussell-shell creeper


Clitoria ternatea-albiflora

• Also known as

ெவ�ைள� கா�கண�


20. க-வ)ள� karu-viḷam

• Common Name: Mussell-shell creeper


Clitoria ternateatypica

• Also known as கா�க�டா*


21.பய)ன� payiṉi

• (flower of) A kind of

tree peculiar to hilly

tracts; றி�சிநில56உ;டா�ஒ-வைகமர�

• Not Identified


22. வான� vāṉi

• (flower of) A tree; மரவைக.

• Not Identified


23. ரவ� kuravam

• Common Name:

Bottle-flower


Weberacorymbosa

• Also known as ரா


24. ப8�ப)' pacu-m-piṭi

• Common Name:

Mysore gamboge


Garciniaxanthochymus

• Also known as ப�சிைல


25. வள� vakuḷam

• Common Name:

Pointed-leaved ape-flower


Mimusapselangi

• Also known as மகி�


26.காயா kāyā

• Common Name:

Ironwood tree


Memecylon edule


27. ஆவ)ைர āvirai

• Common

Name:

Tanner's

senna

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Cassia

auriculata


28. ேவர� vēral

• Common Name:

Swollen node-ringed semi-solid medium bamboo


Dendrocalamus strictus

• Also Known as சி1. கி�


29. =ர� cūra

• Common

Name:

Oblique-

leaved jujube

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Ziziphus

oenoplia

• Also known as =ைர


30. சி1�ைள ciru-pūlai

• Common Name:

Common wayside weed


Aerualanata


31. 1ந1 க;ண) kuṟu-naṟu-ṅ-kaṇṇi

• Common

Name:

Crab's eye

• Scientific/L

atin Name:

Abrus

precatorius

• Also known as *1

•மண)�சிைக(flower 9 in the list) also has same meaning , probably they

are two variants of the same species.


32. -கிைல kurukilai

• A tree; ஓ$ மர�.

Unidentified


33.ம-த� marutam

• Common Name:

Arjuna

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Terminaliaarjuna

• Also known as ம-6


34.ேகா க� kōṅkam

• Common Name:

False tragacanth

• Scientific/ Latin

Name:

Cochlospermum

gossypium

• Also known as

ேகா கில2


35. ேபா க� pōṅkam

• A variety of red-wood

ம�சா' மரவைக

ம�சா'• Common Name :

Red-wood

• Scientific/ Latin Name:

Adenanthera paronina


36. திலக� tilakam

• Common Name:

Barbados pride


Caesalpinia gilliesii


37. பாதி& pātiri

• Common Name:

Yellow -flowered

fragrant trumpet-

flower tree


Name:

Stereospermum

chelonoides


38. ெச-�தி cerunti

• Common Name:

Panicled golden-

blossomed pear

tree


Name:

Ochna squarrosa

• Also known as சில�தி


39. அதிர� atiral

• Common Name:

Wild jasmine


Jasminumangustifolium

• Also known as

கா��ம�லிைக


40. ச;பக� caṇpakam

• Common

Name:

Champak

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Michelia

champaca


41. கர�ைத karantai

• Common Name:

Sweet basil


Ocinum basilicum

• Also known as தி-ந#?1 ப�ைச


42. ளவ) kuḷavi

•Also known as கா��ம�லி ,மைலம�லிைகThis word means two types of flowers. Indian cork is locally called as kāṭṭu-mallii , since Atiral(flower 39) also means Wild Jasmine , I assume that thepoet would have mentioned Indian cork here since he has already mentioned atiral in the poem.

• Common

Name:

Indian cork.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Millingtonia

hortensis


43.மாமர� mā-maram (மா��)

• Common

Name:

Mango

tree

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Mangifera

indica


44. தி�ைல tillai

• Common

Name:

Blinding tree

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Excoecaria

agallocha


45. பாைல pālai

• Paalai

could mean

many

variety of

flowers –

Please see

disambigua

tion slides


46. @�ைல mullai

• Common Name:

Arabian jasmine


Name:

Jasminum

sambac

•Mullai could mean many variety of flowers – Please see disambiguation slides


47. க�ச �ைல kañcaṅ-kullai

• Common Name:

White-Basil


Ocimumalbum


48. ப)டவ� piṭavam

• Common Name:

Bedaly emetic-nut


Randia malabarica;

• Also known as �' ப)டவ�


49. ெச க- காலி ceṅ-karuṅkāli

• Common Name:

Red catechu


Acacia catechu-sundra


50. வாைழ vāḻai

• Common Name:

Plantain


Musa paradisiaca


51. வ�ள� vaḷḷi

• Common

Name:

Sweet potato


Name:

Convolvulus

batatas


52. ெநBத� neytal

• Common Name:

White Indian water-lily


Nymphaealotus alba


53. தாைழ tālai

• Common Name:

Coconut flower (with

the integument

covering it)

• Scientific Name/Latin

Name :

Cocos Nucifera

• Also known as ெத க�பாைள


54. தளவ� taḷavam

• Common

Name:

Golden jasmine


Name:

Jasminum

humile

• Also known as

ெச�@�ைல


55.தாமைர tamarai

• Common

Name:

Lotus

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Nelumbium

speciosum


56. ஞாழ� ñāḻal

• Common

Name:

Fetid cassia


Name:

Cassea

sophera

• Also known as :லிநக�ெகா*ைற


57. ெமௗவ� mauval

• Common

Name:

Wild jasmine

• Also known as கா��ம�லிைக.

•one more wild jasmine variety (already two varieties Atiral and Kuzhal

have been mentioned) , Please see disambiguation Slides.


58. ெகா' kokudi

• Common Name:

A variety of jasmine

creeper

• @�ைல�ெகா'வைக.

One more jasmine

variety. Scientific

name unavailable.


59. ேசட� cēṭal

• Common Name:

Night-flowering

jasmine


Nyctanthes arbor-

tristis

• Also known as பவளம�லிைக


60. ெச�ம� cemmal

• Common

Name:

Flower of

Jasminum

grandiflorum

• Also known as சாதி �


61. சி1ெச ரலி ciṟu-ceṅ-kurali

• A mountain creeperக-�தாம�ெகா'

• Scientific name

couldn't be obtained.


62.ேகாட� kōṭal

• Common Name:

White species of

Malabar glory lily


Name:

Gloriosa superba

• Also known as ெவ;கா�த�


63. ைகைத kaitai

• Common Name:

Fragrant screw-pine


Pandanus

odoratissimus

• Also known as தாைழ.


64. வைழ vaḻai

• Common Name:

Long-leaved two-

sepalled gamboge


Name:

Ochrocarpus

longifolius

• Also known as 8ர:*ைன.


65. கா�சி kāñci

• Common Name:

River Portia


Name:

Trewia nudiflora

• Also known as ஆ?1 �வர8


66. மண)� ைல- Mani-k-kulai

• Common Name:

Blue Nelumbo


Pontederia

monochoria vaginalis

• Also known as க- வைள


67. பா க$ pāṅkar

• Common Name:

Tooth-brush tree


Salvadora persica

• Also known as உகா


68. மரவ� maravam

• Common Name:

Seaside Indian oak


Barringtonia

racemosa

• Also known as ெவ;கட�:


69. தண�க� taṇakkam

• Common

Name:

Small ach

root

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Morinda

umbellata


70. ஈ ைக īṅkai

• Species of

sensitive-

tree

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Mimosa

rubicaulis


71. இலவ� ilavam

• Common

Name:

Red-flowered

silk-cotton

tree

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Bombax

malabaricum


72. ெகா*ைற koṉṟai

• Common Name:

Indian laburnum


Name:

Cassia fistula

• Also known as சர�ெகா*ைற


73.அ��: aṭumpu

• Common

Name:

Hare-leaf

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

• Ipomoea

biloba L.


74. ஆ5தி ātti

• Common Name:

Common mountain ebony


Bauhinia racemosa


75. அவைர avarai

• Common

Name:

Field-

bean

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Dolichos

lablab


76. பக*ைற pakaṉṟai

• Common

Name:

Indian jalap

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Ipomoea

turpethum

• Also known as சிவைத


77. பலாச� palācam

• Common

Name:

Palas-

tree

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Butea

frondosa


78. ப);' piṇṭi

• Common

Name:

Ašōka tree

• Scientific/La

tin Name:

Saraca

indica

• Also known

as அேசா


79. வ�சி vañci

• Common Name:

Glabrous mahuaof the Malabar coast


Bassiamalabarica,

Madhucaneriifolia (Moon)

• Also known as ஆ?றிG ைப


80. ப)5திக� pittikam

• Common Name:

Large-flowered

jasmine

• Scientific Name:

Jasminum

grandiflorum

• Also known as ப)�சி,சாதிம�லிைக.

•There are 80 species of jasmine in India. Further study is required to get

exact names of each species mentioned here.

•http://worldflorist.blogspot.com/2007/07/jasmine-flowers.html


81. சி�6வார� cintuvāram

• Common

Name:

Three-leaved

Chaste tree

• Scientific

Name:

Vitex trifolia

• Also known as க-ெநா�சி


82. 6�ைப tumpai

• Common Name:

White dead nettle


Leucas

Also means:

• Common Name:

Bitter toombay


Leucas aspera


83. 6ழாB tuḻāy

• Common Name:

Sacred basil


Ocimumsanctum

• Also known as 6ளசி


84. ேதா*றி tōṉṟi

• Common Name: Malabar glory Lily


Variety of Gloriosasuperba

• Also known as ெச கா�த�


85. ந�தி nanti

• Common Name:

East Indian

rosebay


Name:

Tabernaemontan

a coronaria

• Also known as ந�தியாவ�ட�


86. நறவ� naṟavam

• A fragrant creeperவாசைன�ெகா'வைக

• Not Identified


87. :*னாக� puṉṉākam

• Common Name:

Kamela


Name:

Mallotus

philippinensis

• Also known as ர ம�சணாறி

•Since Punnai is already mentioned by Kapilar, I assume the secondmeaning (Kamela) is the flower he mentioned in the poem.


88. பார� pāram

• Common Name:

Indian cotton-plant


Gossypium herbaceum

• Also known as ப-5தி


89. பHர� pīram

• Common Names:

Sponge gourd, strainer vine

• Scientific Name:

Luffa acutangula

• Also known as பH$�


90. -�க5தி kurukkatti

• Common

Name:

Common

delight of the

wood

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Hiptage

madablota


91. ஆர� āram

• Common Name:

Sandalwood tree


Santalum album

• Also known as ச�தனமர�


92. கா�ைவ kāḻvai

• Common Name:

Eagle-wood


Aquilaria agallocha• Also known as அகி�


93. :*ைன puṉṉai

• Common

Name:

Mast-wood

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Calophyllum

inophyllum


94. நர�த� narantam

• Common Name:

Orange


Name:

Citrus

aurantium L.


95. நாக � nāka-p-pū

• Common

Name:

Ironwood of

Ceylon


Name:

Mesua ferrea

• Also known as சி1நாக �


96. ந�ள�-ணாறி naḷḷiruṇāṟi

• Common Name:

Tuscan jasmine


Jasminum sambacflore-

manoraepleno

jasminum sambac var.

'Grand Duke Of Tuscany‘

• Also known as இ-வா�சி


97. -�த� kuruntam

• Common

Name:

Wild lime

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Atalantia


98. ேவ ைக vēṅkai

• Common Name:

East Indian kino tree


Pterocarpusmarsupium


99. :ழ puḻaku

• Common Name:

East Indian satin-

wood, Palas tree


Name:

Chloroxylon

swietenia

• Also known as :ன@- ைக


பாைல- pālai Disambiguation

• 13 different varieties of flowers can be

addressed as pālai according to University

of Madras – Tamil Lexicon.


1.இ-�மர� iruḷ-maram

• Common Name:

Ironwood of

Ceylon


Name :

Mesua ferrea


2.@�மகி� - muḷ-makiḻ

• Common

Name:

Woolly

ironwood. @�மகி�.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Sideroxylon

tomentosum


3.கா�'- ைப kāṭṭiruppai

• Common Name:

Indian guttapercha,


Name:

Dichopsis elliptica;


4.உல�ைக பாைல ulakkai-p-pālai

• Common

Name:

Wedge-

leaved ape-

flower.

• Scientific/

Latin Name :

Mimusops

hexandra;


5. Silvery-leaved ape- flower

• Common

Name:

Silvery-

leaved ape-

flower

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Mimusops

kauki;


6.ஏழிைல பாைல ēḻ-ilai-p-pālai

• Common Name:

Seven-leaved milk-plant.


Alstoniascholaris;


7.டச பாைல kuṭaca-p-pālai

• Common Name:

Conessi-bark.


Name:

Holarrhena anti-

dysenterica;


8.கா�டல& kāṭṭalari

• Common

Name:

Mango-like

cerbera.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Tabernae-

montana

dichotoma;


9.ெவ�பாைல veṭ-pālai

• Common

Name:

Blue-dyeing

rosebay.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Wrightia

tinctoria


10.ெவ�பாைல

• Common

Name:

Woolly

dyeing

rosebay.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Wrightia

tomentosa;


11.க-ட பாைல karuṭa-p-pālai

• Common

Name:

India-rubber

vine.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Cryptostegia

grandiflora


12. Brazilian nutmeg

• Common Name:

Brazilian nutmeg


Cryptocarya wightiana

• Photos of the flowers not

available in internet.

• http://www.biotik.org/india

/species/c/crypwigh/cryp

wigh_en.html


13.ெகா' பாைல koṭi-p-pālai

• Common Name:

Green wax flower.


Dregeavolubilis;


@�ைல – Disambiguation

• Mullai is general term for jasmine.

• There are around 80 varieties of Jasmine

in India.

• There are 6 atleast 6 flowers attributed to

Mullai in Tamil Lexicon


1.Arabian jasmine

• Common Name:

Arabian jasmine

• Scientific/ Latin Name: Jasminum sambac;

• Jasminum sambac is a very vast group.

• Next three slides are Indian varieties of

Jasminum sambac


1.1.;�ம�லி• Common Name:

Arabian Jasmine

'Belle of India'


Name:

Jasminum

sambac var.

'Belle of India'

• ;�ம�லி


1.2.ெகா' ம�லி• Common Name:

Arabian Jasmine

'Maid of Orleans'


Name: Jasminum

sambac var. 'Maid of

Orleans'

• ெகா' ம�லி


1.3.அ��ம�லி• Common Name:

Arabian Jasmine 'Grand Duke Of Tuscany'

• Scientific/ Latin Name: Jasminumsambac var. 'Grand Duke Of Tuscany'

• அ��ம�லி


2. Trichotomum -flowering smooth jasmine

• Common Name:

Trichotomum-flowering smooth jasmine

• Scientific/ Latin Name: Jasminumtrichotomum

• No such Scientific name is available –most probably Clerodendrumtrichotomum - has

jasmine like flowers


3.கா��ம�லிைக kāṭṭu-mallikai

• Common

Name:

Wild jasmine.

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Jasminum

angustifolium


4.ஊசிம�லிைக ūci-mallikai

• Common

Name:

Eared

jasmine

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Jasminum

auriculatum


5.Pointed leaved wild jasmine

• Common

Name:

Pointed leaved

wild jasmine

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Jasminum

malabaricum;


6.ஈ8ர.லி īcura-mūli

• Common

Name:

Indian

birthwort

• Scientific/

Latin

Name:

Aristolochia

indica


கா��ம�லிைக-

Disambiguation

• There are many different varieties of Wild

Jasmine many varieties in India.

• Next 5 will have Wild Jasmine varieties in India


1.கா��ம�லிைக• Common

Name:

Wild Jasmine

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Jasminum

angustifolium


2.கா��ம�லிைக• Common

Name:

Indian Cork

Tree, Tree

Jasmine

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Millingtonia

hortensis


3.கா��ம�லிைக

• Common

Name:

Wild kundo

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Jasminum

nervosum


4.ச க�

• Common

Name:

Wild Jasmine

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Clerodendrum

inerme


5.ெகா'வைக• Common

Name:

Malabar

Jasmine, Wild

jasmine

• Scientific/

Latin Name:

Jasminum

malabaricum


Methodology

• I have used Nachinarkuiniyar commentary to identify flower names which is not in usage now. I have used Tamil Lexicon to find thescientific names/Latin names. Using Google images I have found images for the flowers. Since Google images is not a very accurate source, I have gone through various other websites to confirm the common name and the scientific/Latin name. The list here is mostly accurate and I have mentioned comments in the places I have varied from Lexicon or Nachinarkiniyar commentary. Some flowers mentioned here are categories (it could mean lot of flowers) rather than a flower itself. I have created disambiguation page for these flowers. Finally for serious readers I have provided a further study page which have link to more details on each flower. I have tried to provide common name, scientific name and alternate Tamil name for each entry. If any reader finds any discrepancies please inform me so that I can update it.


Further Study

• Further Study Link

http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/

99tamilflowers_links/

• Easiest method to learn more about these

flowers is to google the Scientific name.


Reference

• Ten Tamil idylls – J.V. Chellaih

• Kurunjipaatu – Nachinarkiniyar commentry

• Tamil Lexicon

• Google Image search

• Google Search

• http://www.flowersofindia.net

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/


Slides prepared by

Palaniappan Vairam Sarathy

• http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2009/04/2

3/99tamilflowers_index/

• [email protected]

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99 Flowers Ppt