Names of Plants in India: Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth

if-uh-juh-NY-uh -- Iphigenia, daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon ... Wiktionary
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian grass lily • Dogri: जामुनी भुंजचक्करी jaamni bhunjchakri • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ kaadu bellulli, ನೀರು ಬಾಳೆ neeru baale • Malayalam: ഇരുണ്ട ഭൂയിചക്രം irunda bhooyichakram • Marathi: जांभळे भुईचक्र jambhale bhui-chakra • Odia: ବାଇଗଣୀ ଭୁଇଁ ଚକ୍ର baigani bhuin-chakra • Tamil: நீர்ப்பனை neerpanai, புல்லாமணக்கு pullamanakku • Telugu: కాకి కాటుక kaki katuka

botanical names: Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth ... homotypic synonyms: Anguillaria indica (L.) R.Br. • Melanthium indicum L. ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Indian grass lily

name coined, for want of name by Flowers of India ... Indian = from the epithet, indica, meaning of or from India; grass lily = a generic name for most species of Iphigenia

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

जामुनी भुंजचक्करी jaamni bhunjchakri

name coined, for want of name; many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name via personal communication ... जामुनी भुंजचक्करी jaamni bhunjchakri = violet ground-wheel -- based on coined-name in Marathi

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ kaadu bellulli

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

ನೀರು ಬಾಳೆ neeru baale

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ഇരുണ്ട ഭൂയിചക്രം irunda bhooyichakram

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... ഇരുണ്ട ഭൂയിചക്രം irunda bhooyichakram = dark ground-wheel -- based on coined-name in Marathi

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

जांभळे भुईचक्र jambhale bhui-chakra

name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers ... जांभळे jambhale -- the colour of flower, dark violet; भुईचक्र bhui-chakra -- wheel belonging to earth, alludes to the appearance of the flower near to ground