Saturday, 13 August 2022

Dimocarpus longan Lour.

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 BotanaryWikipedia

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. longanDimocarpus 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
~~~~~ 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
কাঠলিচু kathalichu
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
samphal bol
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
वुंब wumb
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ MIKIR (ethnic community, mostly concentrated in the hill district of Karbi Anglong of Assam) ~~~~~
marli-arong, mirchesu
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
thei-fei-mûng
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam
பிரப்பன் pirappan
  • for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
பூவம் puvam
  • for the popular name - longan ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
འབྲུག་མིག 'brug-mig
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