Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq.

Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq.

ah-GLAY-uh -- named for one of the the three Graces; the goddess of fertility or charm ... Dave's Botanary
roks-burgh-ee-AH-nuh -- named for William Roxburgh, Scottish botanist, who specialized in the flora of India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: droopy leaf, Indian boodyarra, Roxburgh's five-leaved tree of beauty • Bengali: প্রিয়ঙ্গু priyangu • Hindi: गहुला gahula, प्रियंगु priyangu • Kannada: ಕೆಂಪುನೊಳ kempunola, ಪ್ರಿಯಂಗು priyangu, ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲ ಕಾಯಿ thottila kaayi • Konkani: गव्हला gavhala • Malayalam: ചെമ്പുളി chembuli, പൂഞ്ഞാവൽ punjaaval • Marathi: गव्हला gavhala • Odia: ବିଶ୍ବକ୍ସେନା biswak-sena, ମାନିନୀ manini, ପ୍ରିଯଙ୍ଗୂ priyangu, ସର୍ବଗା sarbaga, ଶ୍ଯାମା syama • Sanskrit: गुन्द्रफला gundraphala, फलिनी phalini, प्रियङ्गु priyangu • Tamil: சொக்கலை cokkalai, கன்னிக்கொம்பு kanni-k-kompu • Telugu: ఎర్రఅందుగ erranduga, కొండందుగ kondanduga, ఎర్రఅడుగు yerradugu • Tulu: ಪುಚ್ಚೆ ಪಜ್ಜೆ pucche pajje, ಪುಚ್ಚೆ ಪಂರ್ದ್ pucche parandu


botanical names: Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq. ... homotypic synonyms: Milnea roxburghiana Wight & Arn. ... heterotypic synonyms: Aglaia littoralis Talbot • Aglaia talbotii Sundararagh. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 27 July 2025
NOTE: Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq. has been separated from Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth. ... READ: Joyce EM, Crayn DM, Rossetto M, et al. 2023. Taxonomic recircumscriptions in the Aglaia elaeagnoidea complex (Meliaceae). Blumea 68 (1): 26 – 38.
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
droopy leaf, Indian boodyarra
Roxburgh's five-leaved tree of beauty
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
প্রিয়ঙ্গু priyangu
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
गहुला gahula
प्रियंगु priyangu
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕೆಂಪುನೊಳ kempunola
ಪ್ರಿಯಂಗು priyangu
ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲ ಕಾಯಿ thottila kaayi
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
गव्हला gavhala
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെമ്പുളി chembuli
പൂഞ്ഞാവൽ punjaaval
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
गव्हला gavhala
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବିଶ୍ବକ୍ସେନା biswak-sena, ମାନିନୀ manini, ପ୍ରିଯଙ୍ଗୂ priyangu, ସର୍ବଗା sarbaga, ଶ୍ଯାମା syama
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
गुन्द्रफला gundraphala
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फलिनी phalini, प्रियङ्गु priyangu
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சொக்கலை cokkalai
கன்னிக்கொம்பு kanni-k-kompu
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
ఎర్రఅందుగ erranduga, కొండందుగ kondanduga, ఎర్రఅడుగు yerradugu
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಪುಚ್ಚೆ ಪಜ್ಜೆ pucche pajje, ಪುಚ್ಚೆ ಪಂರ್ದ್ pucche parandu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
~~~~~ Created on: 19:26 10-11-2020 ¦ Last updated: 08:29 06-08-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Meliaceae evergreen tree "Aglaia roxburghiana" "Aglaia talbotii" "Milnea roxburghiana" "Nemedra elaeagnoidea" "droopy leaf" "Indian boodyarra" "Roxburgh's five-leaved tree of beauty"
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