Names of Plants in India: Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl.

a-mor-fo-FAL-us -- without definite form ... Dave's Botanary
kom-yoo-TAH-tus -- changing ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: dragon stalk yam, wild yam • Gujarati: જંગલી સુરણ jungali suran, મોગરીકંદ mogarikanda, શવળા shavala, વજ્રમુષ્ઠી vajramushti • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಸುವರ್ಣಗಡ್ಡೆ kaadu suvarnagadde • Konkani: वज्रमूठ vajramuth • Malayalam: കാട്ടുചേന kaattuchena • Malvani: शेवरो shevaro • Marathi: मोगरी कंद mogari kanda, शेवळा shevala, शेवरा shevara • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಕೇನೆ kaattukene

botanical names: Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl. ... synonyms: Conophallus commutatus Schott ... more at GBIF

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

dragon stalk yam

Wikipedia

wild yam

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

જંગલી સુરણ jungali suran

Biological Diversity of Gujarat - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission

મોગરીકંદ mogarikanda, શવળા shavala, વજ્રમુષ્ઠી vajramushti

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕಾಡು ಸುವರ್ಣಗಡ್ಡೆ kaadu suvarnagadde

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

वज्रमूठ vajramuth

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

കാട്ടുചേന kaattuchena

Many thanks to VC Balakrishnan for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords

शेवरो shevaro