Names of Plants in India: Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum

mel-LAS-toh-muh -- from the Greek melas (black) and stoma (mouth) ... Dave's Botanary
mal-uh-BATH-ree-kum -- of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian rhododendron, Malabar melastome • Adi: kechi-yaying • Apatani: pepu yoyu • Assamese: ফুটকলা phutkala, ফুটুকা phutuka • Bengali: বন তেজপাতা bon tejpata, দাঁতরাঙা dantaranga, লুটকি lutki, ফুটুল phutul • Galo: acha-kaya, raja • Garo: bol khakhu, khakhuchi • Hindi: फुटकी phutki • Jharua: tokle-gach • Kachari: khusemphang • Kannada: ಅಂಕೇರ್ಕಿ ankerki, ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dodda nekkare, ಕೆಂಕರಿಕೆ kenkarike • Karbi: bit-bit-arong, longle bik bik • Khasi: dieng-soh-khing, ka-dieng-kum, syntew-soh-pydang • Kokborok: murkong • Konkani: नाकेरी nakeri • Kuki: leidum, mulkong • Lepcha: tungbram • Lotha: chuthuksuru • Malayalam: അതിരാണി athiraani, കദളി kadali, കലംപൊട്ടി kalampotti, തോട്ടുകാര thottukaara • Manipuri: ꯅꯨꯔꯥꯥꯈꯨꯗꯣꯡꯂꯩ nura khudonglei, ꯌꯥꯆꯨꯕꯤ yachubi • Marathi: लाखेरी lakheri, पालोरे palore, रिंधा rindha • Mech: thung-khu • Mizo: bui-lu-kham • Nepali: अंगेरी angeree, चुलेसी chulesee • Nyishi: de-sengne, dai-hitey, enchi • Odia: ଗଙ୍ଗେଇ gongei • Rongmei: bobuchunmei, longumpo • Sanskrit: तिनीशः tinisah • Tagin: dai-dasa • Tamil: கடலை katalai, நாக்குக் கரப்பான் nakku-k-karappan • Tangsa: kengjang • Telugu: నెక్కరి nekkare, నెక్కరిసెల్య nekkaresaelya, పాతుడు pathudu • Tulu: ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ nekkare

botanical names: Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum ... heterotypic synonyms: Melastoma malabathricum var. adpressum C.B.Clarke ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Indian rhododendron

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

Malabar melastome

Flowers of India
Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh

kechi-yaying

Joffry SM, Yob NJ, Rofiee MS, Affandi MM, Suhaili Z, Othman F, Akim AM, Desa MN, Zakaria ZA. Melastoma malabathricum (L.) Smith Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Pharmacological Properties: A Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:258434. doi: 10.1155/2012/258434. Epub 2011 Dec 28. PMID: 22242040; PMCID: PMC3254175.

~~~~~ APATANI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Apa Tani, Tanw

pepu yoyu

Ayam, Victor. (2017). Ethnomedicine of Wild Plants of Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh. International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 2349-0365. 5. 1-12. 10.20431/2349-0365.0507001.

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

ফুটকলা phutkala

ৱিকিপিডিয়া - মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

ফুটুকা phutuka

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das ... or ফুটুকী phutuki

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand

বন তেজপাতা bon tejpata, দাঁতরাঙা dantaranga, লুটকি lutki, ফুটুল phutul

উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ

~~~~~ GALO ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh

acha-kaya, raja

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 12 September 2023

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

bol khakhu, khakhuchi

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das ... or khakkhi, khakkhu

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

फुटकी phutki

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ JHARUA ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal ... a dialect of Assamese, spoken by Kochs and Hajongs

tokle-gach

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)

khusemphang

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಅಂಕೇರ್ಕಿ ankerki

The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
Shiddamallayya, N et al International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 2 (1): 202-208 (2014)
or ಅಂಕರ್ಕೆ ankarke ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dodda nekkare

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... or just ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ nekkare or ನೆಕ್ಕರಿಕ nekkarika (a thing given to young children for licking) ... ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ dodda nekkare = large licking herb; this plant is among the largest, whose tender shoot juice is given to lick (as a bitter medicinal agent to young children)
Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

ಕೆಂಕರಿಕೆ kenkarike

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng

bit-bit-arong

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

longle bik bik

Teron, Robindra & Borthakur, Sashin. (2013). Folklore claims of some medicinal plants as antidote against poisons among the Karbis of Assam, India. Pleone. 7. 346-356.

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

dieng-soh-khing, ka-dieng-kum, syntew-soh-pydang

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~

written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera

murkong

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

नाकेरी nakeri

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
or ನಾಂಕೇರಿ nankeri ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki

leidum, mulkong

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

written in: Lepcha (or Róng), Tibetan ... spoken in: Sikkim, West Bengal

tungbram

this name needs to be put in the native script
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ LOTHA ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland, Assam ... other names for this language: Chizima, Choimi, Hlota, Kyong, Lhota, Lutha, Miklai, Tsindir, and Tsontsii ... spoken by: the Lothas, also known as Kyongs

chuthuksuru

Joffry SM, Yob NJ, Rofiee MS, Affandi MM, Suhaili Z, Othman F, Akim AM, Desa MN, Zakaria ZA. Melastoma malabathricum (L.) Smith Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Pharmacological Properties: A Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:258434. doi: 10.1155/2012/258434. Epub 2011 Dec 28. PMID: 22242040; PMCID: PMC3254175.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala

അതിരാണി athiraani

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

കദളി kadali

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... or കലദി kalathi ... many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

കലംപൊട്ടി kalampotti, തോട്ടുകാര thottukaara

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with these names ... efloraofindia
വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei

ꯅꯨꯔꯥꯥꯈꯨꯗꯣꯡꯂꯩ nura khudonglei

Flowers of India

ꯌꯥꯆꯨꯕꯤ yachubi

Joffry SM, Yob NJ, Rofiee MS, Affandi MM, Suhaili Z, Othman F, Akim AM, Desa MN, Zakaria ZA. Melastoma malabathricum (L.) Smith Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Pharmacological Properties: A Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:258434. doi: 10.1155/2012/258434. Epub 2011 Dec 28. PMID: 22242040; PMCID: PMC3254175.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

लाखेरी lakheri, पालोरे palore

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

रिंधा rindha

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

~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari, Roman ... spoken by: Mech people (Bodos of north West Bengal)

thung-khu

Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

bui-lu-kham

Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain
or bui-lu-kham-pa ... Joffry SM, Yob NJ, Rofiee MS, Affandi MM, Suhaili Z, Othman F, Akim AM, Desa MN, Zakaria ZA. Melastoma malabathricum (L.) Smith Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Pharmacological Properties: A Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:258434. doi: 10.1155/2012/258434. Epub 2011 Dec 28. PMID: 22242040; PMCID: PMC3254175.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

अंगेरी angeree, चुलेसी chulesee

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung

de-sengne, dai-hitey, enchi

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 12 September 2023
Toku, Bani & Deuri, Mundeep & Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & Das, Abhaya. (2021). Traditional phyto-medicines from the districts along the course of Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh, India: A review.

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha

ଗଙ୍ଗେଇ gongei

Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ RONGMEI ~~~~~

written in: Meitei ... spoken in: Manipur, Nagaland, Assam ... other names for this language: Ruangmei, Songbu ... spoken by the Rongmei Naga community (also known as Kabui people, Inpui people)

bobuchunmei, longumpo

Joffry SM, Yob NJ, Rofiee MS, Affandi MM, Suhaili Z, Othman F, Akim AM, Desa MN, Zakaria ZA. Melastoma malabathricum (L.) Smith Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Pharmacological Properties: A Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:258434. doi: 10.1155/2012/258434. Epub 2011 Dec 28. PMID: 22242040; PMCID: PMC3254175.
cl, Ringmichon & Shimpi, Shraddha & Gopalkrishnan, Bindu. (2009). Ethnomedicinal investigation on Melastoma malabathricum Linn. from Manipur. 4.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

तिनीशः tinisah

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAGIN ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: West Dafla, Bangni ... spoken by: Tagin people or Ghasi Miri people

dai-dasa

Rinyo, Rubu & Taram, Momang & Kalita Hui, Pallabi & Tag, Dr. (2018). Ethnobotanical resources and traditional skills prevalent among the Tagin community of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Pleione. 12. 10.26679/Pleione.12.2.2018.265-274.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu

கடலை katalai

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
or கடாலை katalai ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

நாக்குக் கரப்பான் nakku-k-karappan

Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TANGSA ~~~~~

written in: Tangsa, Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Tase and Tase Naga ... spoken by: Tangshang people or Tangsa Naga

kengjang

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 12 September 2023
Lungphi, Pyonim & Wangpan, Tonlong & Tangjang, Sumpam. (2018). Wild edible plants and their additional uses by the Tangsa community living in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Pleione. 12. 151-164. 10.26679/Pleione.12.2.2018.151-164.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

నెక్కరి nekkare, నెక్కరిసెల్య nekkaresaelya, పాతుడు pathudu (or పట్టుడు pattudu)

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ nekkare

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) by Rev. A. Männer ... or ನೆಕ್ಕಾರ್ nekkaru

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