Names of Plants in India: Knema attenuata (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.

¿ NAY-muh ? -- Greek: kneme (knee), referring to the knee like projections on the lower part of the stem ... Tree Wealth of KTR
at-ten-yoo-AY-tuh -- thin, weak ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: tapering nutmeg, wild nutmeg • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಪಿಂಡೆ kaadu pinde, ರಕ್ತಮರ raktamara • Konkani: रान जायफळ ran jayphal • Kunbi: रान जाईफळ ran jaiphal • Malayalam: ചെന്നെല്ലി chennelli, ചോരപത്രി chorapatri, ചോരപ്പൈൻ chorappaain, ചോരപ്പാലി chorappali, ചോരപ്പം chorappam, ചോരപ്പാതിരി chorappathiri • Marathi: रान जायफळ ran jayaphal • Tamil: சுரபத்திரி cura-pattiri • Telugu: అడవి జాజికాయ adavi jajikaya • Tulu: ನೆತ್ತೆರ್ ವರ nettheru mara

botanical names: Knema attenuata (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb. ... homotypic synonyms: Myristica attenuata Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson • Palala attenuata (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze ... heterotypic synonyms: Knema attenuata var. latifrons Warb. • Myristica amygdalina J.Graham ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

tapering nutmeg

for Myristica attenuata Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

wild nutmeg

Flowers of India
Kulkarni, Satish. (2016). Tree Wealth of KTR

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಾಡು ಪಿಂಡೆ kaadu pinde

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
or ಕಾಡು ಪಿಂಡಿ kaadu pindi ... Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ರಕ್ತಮರ raktamara

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ರಕ್ತಮರ raktamara = blood tree, named so for the plant's blood red exudates and crimson arils

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

रान जायफळ ran jayphal

Flora of Goa ... webpage no longer available
Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ KUNBI ~~~~~

रान जाईफळ ran jaiphal

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ചെന്നെല്ലി chennelli, ചോരപത്രി chorapatri, ചോരപ്പൈൻ chorappaain, ചോരപ്പാലി chorappali, ചോരപ്പം chorappam, ചോരപ്പാതിരി chorappathiri

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for validating these names ... efloraofindia
വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

रान जायफळ ran jayaphal

Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

சுரபத்திரி cura-pattiri

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
for Myristica attenuata Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

అడవి జాజికాయ adavi jajikaya

name coined, for want of name; అడవి adavi = wild; జాజికాయ jajikaya = nutmeg
Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
Banik, Dipanwita & Bora, Priyankush. (2016). A taxonomic study on the diversity of Indian Knema Lour. (Myristicaceae). Taiwania. 61. 141-158. 10.6165/tai.2016.61.141.

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ನೆತ್ತೆರ್ ವರ nettheru mara