Friday, 19 August 2022

Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites

Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites

dy-oh-SPY-ros or dy-oh-SPEE-ros -- wheat (fruit) of the gods ... Dave's Botanary
oo-oh-KAR-puh -- egg-shaped fruit ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Andamans marblewood, egg-fruited ebony, zebrawood • Kannada: ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara • Konkani: ತಾಂತಿಂರೂಪ್ ಬೀಟ್ तांतिरूप् बीट् tantirup beet • Malayalam: കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali • Tamil: சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram, வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali


botanical names: Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Andamans marblewood, zebrawood
egg-fruited ebony
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara
  • name given for want of name - ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara - name borrowed from the popular commercial name - marblewood; refers to the graining and texture of wood
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
ತಾಂತಿಂರೂಪ್ ಬೀಟ್ तांतिरूप् बीट् tantirup beet
  • name given for want of name - ತಾಂತಂರೂಪ್ tantirup = form of egg (egg-like); ಬೀಟ್ beet = ebony fruit ... name coined from the descriptive epithet oocarpa
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
दक्षिणी आबनूस dakshini aabnus
  • name given for want of name - दक्षिणी dakshini = southern; आबनूस aabnus = ebony ... named so for its restricted distribution in Western Ghats of southern India and Sri Lanka
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali
  • Many thanks to Vinaya Raj for help with these names sought from Plant Dictionary in Malayalam by Prof. Mathew Thamarakkad and Dr. M Ramesh
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram
  • for egg-fruited ebony ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali
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