Names of Plants in India: Maesa indica (Roxb.) A.DC.

MAY-suh -- from the Arabic vernacular name maas ... Dave's Botanary
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: wild berry, wild tea, wind berry • Adi: etjun jayun, nyanyur • Assamese: ঔৱাপাত awuapat, মেচপৰা machhpora, চেচু sesu • Bengali: রঞ্জনী ramjani • Dogri: डुमटू dumtoo • Garo: samnakhatok • Garhwali: gadchiana, जिउंदली jiundali • Hindi: बुरकनी burkani, कृमिघ्न फल kramighna phal • Kannada: ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಹರಗಿ gudde haragi, ಮಂಡಸೆ mandase, ತನಿಪಾಲ thanipaala • Khasi: dieng sohjala-tyrkai • Konkani: आटकी ataki • Kumaoni: gadchiana, जिउंदली jiundali, nagapadhera • Lepcha: purmo-kung • Lotha: mungshen tssung • Magadhi: तामोम्बन tamomban • Malayalam: കിരിതീ kirithi, കുറ്റിവിഴാൽ kuttivizhaal, വണ്ണാത്തി vannathi, വണ്ണൻമരം vannanmaram • Mao (in Manipur): kohravii • Marathi: आटकी ataki • Mech (people): phudupjoh, sirkhi • Mising (or Miri): kisu-tanop, tasing-mon • Mizo: ar-ngeng • Nepali: कालो बिलौने kaalo bilaunae • Nyishi: chonium • Synteng (or Jaintia): dieng-pyllein-dakha • Tamil: பெரிய உன்னி periya-unni • Tulu: ತನಿಪಾಲೆ thanipaale

botanical names: Maesa indica (Roxb.) A.DC. ... homotypic synonyms: Baeobotrys indica Roxb. ... and many more at GBIF

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

wild berry

Flowers of India

wild tea, wind berry

Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh - by RD Reddy & Md Sharfuddin Khan

~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~

etjun jayun, nyanyur

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 31 August 2023

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

ঔৱাপাত awuapat, চেচু sesu

Many thanks to Ashim Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De

মেচপৰা machhpora

Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

রঞ্জনী ramjani

BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

डुमटू dumtoo

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook ... also डुमटी dumti, डूमना doomna

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

samnakhatok

Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

gadchiana, जिउंदली jiundali

names need to be put in Devanagari script
Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बुरकनी burkani

कृमिघ्न फल kramighna phal

Dictionary of Economic Plants in India by Umrao Singh, A M Wadhwani, B M Johri

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಹರಗಿ gudde haragi

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
or ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಹರ್ಗಿ gudde hargi ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ಮಂಡಸೆ mandase

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
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)

ತನಿಪಾಲ thanipaala

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

dieng sohjala-tyrkai

Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

आटकी ataki

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~

gadchiana, जिउंदली jiundali

names need to be put in Devanagari script
Forest Flora for Kumaon by A. E. Osmaston, F.L.S.

nagapadhera

name needs to be put in Devanagari script
Chopra R. N. Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956)
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
or nanapadhera ... Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

purmo-kung

The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ LOTHA ~~~~~

mungshen tssung

Jamir, N.S. & Takatemjen, & Limasemba,. (2010). Traditional knowledge of Lotha-Naga tribes in Wokha district, Nagaland. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9. 45-48.

~~~~~ MAGADHI ~~~~~

तामोम्बन tamomban

BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കിരിതീ kirithi

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... or also കീരിത്തീ kiritthi
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

കുറ്റിവിഴാൽ kuttivizhaal

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

വണ്ണാത്തി vannathi, വണ്ണൻമരം vannanmaram

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with these names ... efloraofindia
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MAO (in Manipur) ~~~~~

kohravii

Adani Lokho - The Folk Medicinal Plants of the Mao Naga in Manipur, North East India. IJSRP, Volume 2, Issue 6, June 2012

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

आटकी ataki

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... or आठकी ataki; also अटकी ataki

~~~~~ MECH (people)~~~~~

phudupjoh

Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

sirkhi

Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

~~~~~ MISING (Miri) ~~~~~

kisu-tanop, tasing-mon

Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De
Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

ar-ngeng

State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

कालो बिलौने kaalo bilaunae

Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208.

~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~

chonium

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 31 August 2023

~~~~~ Synteng (or Jaintia) ~~~~~

dieng-pyllein-dakha

Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

பெரிய உன்னி periya-unni

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
or பெரிய உண்ணி periya-unni ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ತನಿಪಾಲೆ thanipaale

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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