Names of Plants in India: Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta

hel-LEN-ee-a -- named for Carl Niclas von Hellens (1745-1820), Finnish physician and botanist, professor at Abo (Turku) ... Plant genera named after people (1753-1853) by José A. Mari Mut
spee-see-OH-suh -- showy, spectacular ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cane-reed, crepe ginger, Malay ginger, spiral flag, spiral ginger, wild ginger • Angami: thevobuto • Assamese: দেবীটোকন debitokana, যম লাখুটি jomlakhuti • Bengali: বন্দুকি banduki, কেঁমাক kemak, কেঁউ keo, কুষ্ঠা kustha, কুড়া kura, তারা tara, টিয়াঠোঁট tiyathomta • Dogri: चमार गट्ठा chamar-gatha • Gujarati: કેઓ કંદ keo kanda, નાગછત્ર nagachatra, પેવટો pevato • Hindi: भाशुर bhasur, भास्वर bhaswar, केउ keu, कुष्ठ kushtha, कुट kut, महालकड़ी mahalakri, निरज niraja, पद्मपत्त्र padma-pattra, पद्मक padmak, पाकल pakal, पारिभाव्य pari-bhavya, पावन pavan, पुष्कर pushkar, रोग roga, विषाण vishan, व्याप्य vyapya • Kannada: ಚಂಗಲಕೋಷ್ಟ changalakoshta, ಕೊರಿಕಟ್ಟು korikattu, ಕುಂಡಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ kundige gida, ನರಿ ಕಬ್ಬು nari kabbu, ನಾಯಿ ಕಬ್ಬು naayi kabbu, ನೀರಜ neeraja, ಪದ್ಮಪತ್ರ padmapatra, ಪುಷ್ಕರಮೂಲ pushkaramula • Konkani: कोशी koshi, पोंवो pomvo • Malayalam: ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva, ചണ്ണക്കൂവ cannakkuva, കൊട്ടം kottam, നറുഞ്ചണ്ണ naruncanna, പുഷ്കരമൂലം pushkaramulam • Manipuri: ꯈꯣꯡꯕꯥꯟ ꯇꯈꯦꯂꯩ khongban takhelei • Marathi: खंबारी khambari, कोष्ट koshta, नागाळी naagaali, पेव pev, पिंगा pinga, पुष्कर pushkara, शिवणी shivani, वागचवडा vagachavada, वागराटी vagarati • Mizo: sum-bul • Nepali: बेतलौरी betalauri • Odia: ବ୍ଯାପ୍ଯ byapya, କୌବେରୀ kauberi, କଉକଉଆ kaukaua, କୁଷ୍ଠ kushtha, ପାବନ pabana, ପଦ୍ମମୂଳ padmamula, ପାକଳ pakala, ପାରିଭାବ୍ଯ paribhabya, ପୁଷ୍କର pushkara, ପୂଷ୍ପରମୂଳ pusparamula, ରୁଜ ruja, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ତରୁ swalpa taru • Pali: कुट्टा kutta, पद्मक padmaka • Rajasthani: महालकड़ी mahalakri • Sanskrit: आमय amaya, भासुर bhasura, ब्रह्मतीर्थ brahmatirtha, दुष्ट dusta, जरण jarana, ज्वरक्षय jvaraksaya, कदाख्य kadakhya, काश्मीर kashmira, कौबेर kaubera, केमुक kemuka, कुष्ठ kustha, कुठिक kuthika, कुत्स kutsa, मृत्फली mrtphali, पद्मक padmaka, पद्मपर्ण padmaparna, पद्मवर्णक padmavarnaka, पाकल pakala, पारिभाव्य paribhavya, पावन pavana, पुष्कर puskara, राजभद्रक rajabhadraka, रुजा ruja, शीतल shitala, शुष्कसम्भव shuskasambhava, श्वासारि shvasari, सुबंधुः subandhuh, उत्पल utpala, वानीरज vaniraja, विषाण visana, व्याधि vyadhi, व्याम vyama, वाप्य vyapya • Santali: ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱟᱠᱩᱠᱟᱹᱨᱟ ghorakukra, ᱚᱨᱚᱯ orop • Tamil: கோஷ்டம் kostam, வெண்கோஷ்டம் ven-kostam • Tangkhul: makeiri • Telugu: అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa, చెంగల్వకోష్టు chengalvakoshtu, కాశ్మీరము kasmiramu, కిముక kimuka, కోష్ఠము koshtamu • Tulu: ಕಣ್ಣುಥ ಮರ್ದು kannutha mardu, ಕೋರಿಕೊಟ್ಟು korikottu, ನರಿಕ್ಕಬ್ಬು narikkabbu • Urdu: کٿ kut

botanical names: Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta ... synonyms: Banksea speciosa J.Koenig • Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht • Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. • Kaempferia speciosa (J.Koenig) Thunb. • Planera speciosa (J.Koenig) Giseke • Pyxa speciosa (J.Koenig) M.R.Almeida • Tsiana speciosa (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel. ... and many more listed at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

cane-reed, crepe ginger (or crape ginger), Malay ginger, spiral flag, wild ginger

for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

spiral ginger

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ ANGAMI ~~~~~

thevobuto

for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Diversity of food plants in Angami home gardens, Kohima District, Nagaland (India) - Akoijam Basanta Singh and Robindra Teron

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

দেবীটোকন debitokana, যম লাখুটি jomlakhuti

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

কেঁউ keo (or কেঁও keo)

for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora - Mehedi Voice
or known for the plant root as কেঁওকন্দ keokanda and কেঁওমূল keomool; the flower as কেঁওফুল keoful ... for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora - Mehedi Voice

বন্দুকি banduki, কেঁমাক kemak, কুষ্ঠা kustha, কুড়া kura, তারা tara, টিয়াঠোঁট tiyathomta

for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

चमार गट्ठा chamar-gatha

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... IJARSE Vol.No.6, Issue No.09, September 2017 Potential medicinal plants growing in Kathua district, J&K, India by Nancy Sharma, Atakshi Verma, Tishu Devi
Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with the name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

પેવટો pevato

Many thanks to Mukeshkumar Mali for help with this name ... facebook

કેઓ કંદ keo kanda, નાગછત્ર nagachatra

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

भाशुर bhasur, भास्वर bhaswar, कुष्ठ kushtha, कुट kut, निरज niraja, पद्मपत्त्र padma-pattra, पद्मक padmak, पाकल pakal, पारिभाव्य pari-bhavya, पावन pavan, पुष्कर pushkar, रोग roga, विषाण vishan, व्याप्य vyapya

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

केउ keu

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT

महालकड़ी mahalakri

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Upasani, Sughosh V et al. Ethnomedicinal plants used for snakebite in India: a brief overview. Integrative medicine research vol. 6,2 (2017): 114-130. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2017.03.001

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಚಂಗಲಕೋಷ್ಟ changalakoshta

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಕೊರಿಕಟ್ಟು korikattu, ನೀರಜ neeraja

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
ನೀರಜ neeraja, also written as ನಿರಜ niraja ... for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಕುಂಡಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ kundige gida

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ನರಿ ಕಬ್ಬು nari kabbu

comment from Prakash Kumar at facebook
ನರಿ nari = fox; ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu = sugarcane; literal meaning: fox's sugarcane

ನಾಯಿ ಕಬ್ಬು naayi kabbu

comment from Prakash Kumar at facebook
ನಾಯಿ naayi = dog; ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu = sugarcane; literal meaning: dog's sugarcane

ಪದ್ಮಪತ್ರ padmapatra

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಪುಷ್ಕರಮೂಲ pushkaramula

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

कोशी koshi

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available

पोंवो pomvo

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva (elephant arrowroot) is due to its large size and tubers resembling that of arrowroot ... for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ചണ്ണക്കൂവ cannakkuva, കൊട്ടം kottam, നറുഞ്ചണ്ണ naruncanna, പുഷ്കരമൂലം pushkaramulam

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯈꯣꯡꯕꯥꯟ ꯇꯈꯦꯂꯩ khongban takhelei

Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

खंबारी khambari, शिवणी shivani, वागचवडा vagachavada, वागराटी vagarati

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

कोष्ट koshta, पेव pev

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

नागाळी naagaali

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT

पिंगा pinga

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... The Gazetteer Department ... औषधी वनस्पती
meaning: revolve; perhaps referring to the spiral growing habit of the plant

पुष्करमूळ pushkarmula

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... The Gazetteer Department ... औषधी वनस्पती
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... पुष्कर pushkara, the plant; पुष्करमूळ pushkarmula, root of this plant

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

sum-bul

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

बेतलौरी betalauri

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... facebook
or बेलौरी belauri ... for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ବ୍ଯାପ୍ଯ byapya, କୌବେରୀ kauberi, କଉକଉଆ kaukaua, କୁଷ୍ଠ kushtha, ପାବନ pabana, ପଦ୍ମମୂଳ padmamula, ପାକଳ pakala, ପାରିଭାବ୍ଯ paribhabya, ପୁଷ୍କର pushkara (or ପୁଷ୍କରିଣୀ pushkarini), ପୂଷ୍ପରମୂଳ pusparamula, ରୁଜ ruja, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ତରୁ swalpa taru

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~

कुट्टा kutta (or कोट्ठा kotta), पद्मक padmaka

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary. Chipstead, 1921-1925.

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

महालकड़ी mahalakri

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Meena, Ajay & Meda, Mruthyumjaya. (2009). Folk herbal medicines used by the Meena community in Rajasthan. Asian J Tradit Med. 5.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

आमय amaya, भासुर bhasura, ब्रह्मतीर्थ brahmatirtha, दुष्ट dusta, जरण jarana, ज्वरक्षय jvaraksaya, कदाख्य kadakhya, काश्मीर kashmira, कौबेर kaubera, केमुक kemuka, कुष्ठ kustha, कुठिक kuthika, कुत्स kutsa, मृत्फली mrtphali, पद्मक padmaka, पद्मपर्ण padmaparna, पद्मवर्णक padmavarnaka, पाकल pakala, पारिभाव्य paribhavya, पावन pavana, पुष्कर puskara (or पुष्करिनी puskarini), राजभद्रक rajabhadraka, रुजा ruja, शीतल shitala, शुष्कसम्भव shuskasambhava, श्वासारि shvasari, उत्पल utpala, वानीरज vaniraja, विषाण visana, व्याधि vyadhi, व्याम vyama, वाप्य vyapya

॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

सुबंधुः subandhuh

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱟᱠᱩᱠᱟᱹᱨᱟ ghorakukra

for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora - Mehedi Voice
Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with the name ... efloraofindia

ᱚᱨᱚᱯ orop

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with the name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

கோஷ்டம் kostam, வெண்கோஷ்டம் ven-kostam

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~

makeiri

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... S. Salam & N. S. Jamir Common Spices Plant Used as Medicine by the Tangkhul Tribe of Ukhrul District, Manipur, India. IJSRP, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2016

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa, కోష్ఠము koshtamu

for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

చెంగల్వకోష్టు chengalvakoshtu

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT

కాశ్మీరము kasmiramu, కిముక kimuka

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಕಣ್ಣುಥ ಮರ್ದು kannutha mardu, ನರಿಕ್ಕಬ್ಬು narikkabbu

for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
kannutha mardu (eye medicine) arose as its stem juice is popularly used for eye diseases; ನರಿಕ್ಕಬ್ಬು narikkabbu (fox's sugarcane)

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