Names of Plants in India: Dimocarpus longan Lour.

dy-mo-KAR-pus -- Greek: dis (twice); karpos (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary
LONG-an -- Cantonese: lùhng-ngáahn 龍眼, literally 'dragon eye' ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia

commonly known as: dragon's eyes, eyeball tree, longan • Abor: tagong-asing • Assamese: আচফল asphol, কাঠ লিচু kath lichu, মীৰ গছ mir goch, নগালিচি nagalichi, টোকৰা tokra • Bengali: আঁশফল ashphol, কাঠলিচু kathalichu • Garo: samphal bol • Kachari: asuri-baphang • Kannada: ಕನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kanekendala • Khasi: dieng loba • Konkani: वुंब wumb • Kuki: marli-thing • Malayalam: ചെമ്പുന്ന chempunna, ചോളപ്പൂവം cholapoom, പൊരിപ്പൂവം poripoom, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna • Manipuri: নোংগাঙ হৈ nonggang hei • Marathi: ओंब omb, उंब umb • Mikir: marli-arong, mirchesu • Mizo: thei-fei-mûng • Tamil: செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam, பிரப்பன் pirappan, பூவம் puvam • Tibetan: འབྲུག་མིག 'brug-mig

botanical names: Dimocarpus longan Lour. ... synonyms: Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. • Scytalia longan (Lour.) Roxb. ... accepted infraspecifics: Dimocarpus longan var. echinatus Leenh. • Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan • Dimocarpus longan var. longetiolatus Leenh. • Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus Leenh. • Dimocarpus longan var. obtusus (Pierre) Leenh. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

dragon's eyes

ENVIS - FRLHT
the name is literal meaning of the epithet longan, derived from the Cantonese: lùhng-ngáahn 龍眼 - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia

eyeball tree

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia

longan

ENVIS - FRLHT
the epithet longan is derived from the Cantonese name for the species; the Cantonese name lùhng-ngáahn 龍眼 - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ ABOR (hill tribes that live in the area surrounding the Assam valley) ~~~~~

tagong-asing

for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

আচফল asphol

List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia

নগালিচি nagalichi

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
or নগালিচু nagalichu ... many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook

কাঠ লিচু kath lichu, মীৰ গছ mir goch, টোকৰা tokra

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

আঁশফল ashphol

for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia

কাঠলিচু kathalichu

Wikipedia

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

samphal bol

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
FLORA OF INDIA VOL.5

~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~

asuri-baphang

or asri-baphang ... for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
or asri-baphang ... for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kanekendala

for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or ಕೆನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kenekendala
or ಕಾನಕೆಂದೆಲ kanakendela or ಕೆಂದಾಳೆ kendale ... for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

dieng loba

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

वुंब wumb

for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ KUKI (an ethnic group native to the Mizo Hills) ~~~~~

marli-thing

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ചെമ്പുന്ന chempunna, ചോളപ്പൂവം cholapoom, പൊരിപ്പൂവം poripoom, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna

Wikipedia

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

নোংগাঙ হৈ nonggang hei

Flowers of India
for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

ओंब omb, उंब umb

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ MIKIR (ethnic community, mostly concentrated in the hill district of Karbi Anglong of Assam) ~~~~~

marli-arong, mirchesu

for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

thei-fei-mûng

State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016
for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... Nautiyal, Bhagwati P. (2012).Studies on wild edible fruits of Mizoram, India used as ethno-medicine. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 10.1007/s10722-012-9799-5.
Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain ... the name of a tree with edible fruit somewhat resembling the lichi. It bears fruit only occasionally, and an abundant crop is said to portend a period of drought.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam