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Mirabilis jalapa
mih-RAB-ih-liss -- meaning wonderful
juh-LAP-uh or
ha-lap-uh -- of or from Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
commonly known as: four o' clock, beauty-of-the-night •
Bengali: সন্ধ্যামালতী sandhyamalati •
Hindi: गुल अब्बास gul abbas •
Kannada: gulamaji, naalku ghante hoo •
Konkani: आकाशमुरी akashmuri •
Malayalam: anthimalari, anti-mantaram, naalu mani poovu •
Manipuri: mukak lei •
Marathi: गुलबस gulabas or गुलबास gulabaas, सायंकाळें saayankaale •
Sanskrit: कृष्णकेलि krishnakeli, sandhya-raga •
Tamil: pattarashu, pattiratci •
Urdu: gul abbas
Origin: Tropical America
References:
Flowers of India •
Top Tropicals •
Dave's Garden •
EcoPort
