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

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will.

~~~~~ 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

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study for Exploratory Drilling of Oil Exploration in the Block PEL of Kangra-Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.(2009)

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

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Jamir, N.S. & Takatemjen, & Limasemba,. (2010). Traditional knowledge of Lotha-Naga tribes in Wokha district, Nagaland. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9. 45-48.
• Wild and Cultivated Plants of Jammu, Kashmir And Ladakh by Om Prakash Vidyarthi I.F.S.
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.3; last update Aug. 16th, 2023. Last accessed 30/08/2023.

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Primulaceae evergreen shrub "Maesa indica" "Baeobotrys indica" "wild berry" "wild tea" "wind berry"