Description:
Malvaceae (mallow family) »
Thespesia populnea thess-PEE-zee-uh -- from the Greek thespios (marvelous, divine) pop-ULL-nee-uh -- pertaining to or similar to Populus (poplar) commonly known as: aden apple, bhendi tree, cork tree, Indian tulip tree, John-Bull tree, king of flowers, large-leaved tulip tree, mangrove, milo (in Hawaii), Pacific rosewood, portia tree, seaside mahoe (in Florida), umbrella tree • Bengali: gajashundi, palaspipal, poresh • Gujarati: પારસ પિપળૉ paras piplo • Hindi: bhendi, gajadanda, पारस पीपल paras-pipal • Kannada: arasi, bangali • Malayalam: ചിലാന്തി cilaanthi, പൃപ്പരുത്തി prapparuththi, പൃവരശ് pravaras • Marathi: आष्ट aashta, आस aas, पारस भेंडी paras-bhendi, पारोसा पिंपळ parosa pimpal, पिंपरणी pimparani, पिंपरी pimpari • Sanskrit: पार्श्वपिप्पल parshwapippal • Tamil: பூவரசு puvarasu • Telugu: గంగరావి gangaravi Native to: India References:
Flowers of India •
Dave's Garden •
Zipcode Zoo •
EcoPort. Date: 27 June 2009, 16:25. Source:
Arasi (in Kannada). Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.