por-tew-LAK-uh -- carries milk ... Dave's Botanary
awl-lur-RAY-see-uh -- edible vegetable ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: common purslane • Adi: dongal oying, gubor oying • Apatani: lai hamang, pathavi • Assamese: মালভোগ খুতুৰা শাক malbhog khutur shaak • Bengali: বড় লনিয়া bara laniya, সি কলস ghee kalam, নুনিয়া nunia • Bhojpuri: नोनीया साग noneeya saag • Bodo: hangsogarmai • Dogri: कुल्फा kulfa, लूनक loonak • Garo: gagakjapha • Gujarati: મોટી લુણી moti luni • Hindi: घोल ghol, कांडली kandli, लोणा lona, लोनिया loniya, नूनिया nuniya • Kachchhi: કુનબો kunbo, લાખા લુણી lakha luni, વડી લુણી vadi luni • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗೋಣಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು dodda goni soppu, ಕಿರುಗೋಣಿ kirugoni • Kashmiri: नुनर् nunar • Konkani: गोळ gol • Malayalam: കൊഴുപ്പ kozhuppa, മണൽചീര manalcheera, ഉപ്പുചീര uppucheera • Manipuri: ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛ ꯀꯨꯟꯗꯣ leibak kundo • Marathi: घोळ ghol • Mizo: an-thau, hlo-thau • Nepali: गड्यॉउला झार gadyaulaa jhaar, कुल्फा साग kulfaa saag, नोना nonaa, नून ढिकी noon dhikee, पाइते झार paaite jhaar • Nyishi: osit oyik, pali echi, tadar-oo • Odia: ଲୋଣୀ loni • Persian: خرفه khurfa • Punjabi: ਧਮਣੀ dhamni, ਕੁਲਫਾ kulfa, ਲੂਨਕ lunak • Rajasthani: लूणखा lunkha, लूंणक्यो lunkio • Sanskrit: घोटिका ghotica, लोणिका lonika • Santali: ᱢᱚᱴᱟ ᱩᱨᱤᱪ ᱟᱞᱟᱝ mota uric alan • Tagin: tadar-oo • Tamil: கோழிக்கீரை koli-k-kirai, பருப்புக்கீரை paruppu-k-kirai • Telugu: బొడ్డు పావిలికూర boddu pavilikura, గంగాబాయిలికూర gangabaili kura, పప్పుకూర pappukura, పెద్ద పావిలికూర pedda pavilikura • Tulu: ಗೋಳಿಪದ್ಪೆ golipadpe • Urdu: گهول ghol, کانڐلي kandli, لونا lona, لونيا loniya, نونيا nuniya
botanical names: Portulaca oleracea L. ... synonyms: listed at POWO, retrieved 29 April 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
common purslane
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
dongal oying, gubor oying
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 30 April 2024
~~~~~ APATANI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Apa Tani, Tanw
lai hamang, pathavi
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 30 April 2024
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
মালভোগ খুতুৰা শাক malbhog khutur shaak
- বিকাশপেডিয়া
- Baree - The Home Garden of Assam
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
বড় লনিয়া bara laniya
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
- IDAO - an open source plants identification software
সি কলস ghee kalam
- IDAO - an open source plants identification software
নুনিয়া nunia
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
- IDAO - an open source plants identification software
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
नोनीया साग noneeya saag
- विकिपीडिया - एगो मुक्त ज्ञानकोष
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
hangsogarmai
- Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
कुल्फा kulfa, लूनक loonak
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
gagakjapha
- Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
મોટી લુણી moti luni
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
घोल ghol, कांडली kandli, लोणा lona, लोनिया loniya, नूनिया nuniya (or नोनिया noniya)
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
કુનબો kunbo, લાખા લુણી lakha luni, વડી લુણી vadi luni
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
- Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. Life sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768.
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗೋಣಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು dodda goni soppu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
ಕಿರುಗೋಣಿ kirugoni
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur
नुनर् nunar
- Many thanks to S Taffazull Hussain for help with the reasoning for removal of erroneous name कुन kuna ... efloraofindia
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
गोळ gol (गोळची भाजी golchi bhaji)
- Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കൊഴുപ്പ kozhuppa
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
മണൽചീര manalcheera
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
ഉപ്പുചീര uppucheera
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛ ꯀꯨꯟꯗꯣ leibak kundo
- Flowers of India, retrieved April 29, 2024
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
घोळ ghol
- The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
- A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
an-thau
- Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA. KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. 106-126.
hlo-thau
- Banerjee, Samar & Banerjee, Mousumi & Srivastava, Anjani. (2019). Distribution of Ethno Medicinal Plants Along Some Important Roads: A Case Study of Northern Mizoram. American Journal of Plant Biology. 4. 16. 10.11648/j.ajpb.20190402.12.
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
गड्यॉउला झार gadyaulaa jhaar, कुल्फा साग kulfaa saag, नोना nonaa, नून ढिकी noon dhikee, पाइते झार paaite jhaar
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
osit oyik, pali echi, tadar-oo
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 30 April 2024
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଲୋଣୀ loni
- Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
خرفه khurfa
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਧਮਣੀ dhamni, ਕੁਲਫਾ kulfa, ਲੂਨਕ lunak
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
लूणखा lunkha
- Tripathi, Yogesh & Prabhu, V.V. & Pal, R.S. & Mishra, R.N.. (1996). Medicinal Plants of Rajasthan in Indian System of Medicine. Ancient Science of Life. 15. 190-212.
- Malav A, Dadhich P and Jaiswal P: Ethnomedicinal plant diversity and their usage among rural communities in Nanta Forest region, Kota Int J Pharm Sci & Res 2023; 14(7): 3566-74.
लूंणक्यो lunkio
- Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017
- A dictionary of the dialects spoken in the state of Jeypore by George Macalister
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
घोटिका ghotica, लोणिका lonika
- ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱢᱚᱴᱟ ᱩᱨᱤᱪ ᱟᱞᱟᱝ mota uric alan
- ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ
~~~~~ TAGIN ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: West Dafla, Bangni ... spoken by: Tagin people or Ghasi Miri people
tadar-oo
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 30 April 2024
- Rinyo, Rubu & Taram, Momang & Kalita Hui, Pallabi & Tag, Dr. (2018). Ethnobotanical resources and traditional skills prevalent among the Tagin community of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கோழிக்கீரை koli-k-kirai, பருப்புக்கீரை paruppu-k-kirai
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
బొడ్డు పావిలికూర boddu pavilikura, గంగాబాయిలికూర gangabaili kura, పప్పుకూర pappukura, పెద్ద పావిలికూర pedda pavilikura
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಗೋಳಿಪದ್ಪೆ golipadpe
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
گهول ghol, کانڐلي kandli, لونا lona, لونيا loniya, نونيا nuniya
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.2; last update April 17th, 2024. Last accessed 29/04/2024.
~~~~~ Last updated: 06-05-2024 ~~~~~
