Flowers 51-60 of 99 flowers mentioned in Kurunji Paatu.
51. வள்ளி vaḷḷlli
Could be lot of yam varieties. Dioscorea Sp.
52. நெய்தல் neytal
1. [K. neydal.] Red- blue water-lily, Nymphaea stellata; வெள்ளாம்பல்.
53. தாழை tāḻlai (page 1854)
Spathe of the coconut tree; தெங்கம்பாளை- Coconut flower with the integument covering it; தென்னம்பூ உள்ளடங்கிய உறை.
Talavam is identified as semmullai – red jasmine.
There are two varieties of Jasmine with red color –
1.Red Kunda – Jasminum elongatum
2.Red Jasmine – Jasminum polyanthum
, n. < tāmarasa. 1. Lotus, Nelumbium speciosum;
56. ஞாழல் ñāḻlal :
1. Orange cup-calyxed brasiletto-climber wagaty. Caesalpinia cucullata
57. மௌவல் mauval
Poet’s Jasmine – Jasminum officinale
Indian jasmine – Jasminum pubescens – Vernacular name in Malayalam is kurukati mulla.
59. சேடல் cēṭtal
பவளமல்லிகை – Night-flowering jasmine, s. tr., Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
60. செம்மல் cemmal
சாதிப்பூ – Spanish Jasmin – Jasminum grandiflorum; முல்லைப்பூ வகை.
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