Clematis zeylanica (L.) Poir.

KLEM-uh-tiss or klem-AT-iss -- ancient Greek klematis (vine); climbing ... Dave's Botanary
zey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Ceylon clematis, Ceylon naravelia • Assamese: চাগল লতি chagal lati, গোৰাপচৈ gorap-choi • Bengali: ছাগলবাটি chagalabati • Garo: behalisham, jyrmailasam, sangongri, shamgangri • Hindi: वातनाशिनी vatanasini • Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿಬಳ್ಳಿ agniballi, ಅರಗಿನಬಳ್ಳಿ araginaballi, ಚರಚರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ charachara balli, ನಾಕ್ ಚಿಕನಿ naak chikani • Karbi: khoro-soi-rikang, nongnongbiki-ringkang • Khasi: jyrmai-lasam • Konkani: नरवेल naravel • Lepcha: tumbumchilop • Malayalam: എരിവള്ളി erivalli, കരുപ്പക്കൊടി karuppakkoti, തലവേദനവള്ളി thalavedanavalli, പൊഴന്തലച്ചി pozhanthalachi, വാതംകൊല്ലി vaathamkolli, വാതക്കൊടി vaathakkodi • Marathi: नरवेल naravel • Mishing: ৰামনাম ৰিবে ramnam-riube • Nepali: रसगार्गी rasagaargee • Odia: ଚଂଗୁଲ ବତୀ changul bati, ଗଣମାରି ganamari • Sanskrit: धनवल्ली dhanavalli, कृशानुग krshanuga • Tamil: வாதம்கொல்லி vatamkolli • Telugu: కారు పిప్పల తివ్వ karu pippala tivva, ముక్కు పీనాస తీగ mukku peenasa teega, పుల్ల బచ్చల pulla bachala • Tulu: ತರೆಕುತ್ತುಥ ಬಳ್ಳು tharekutthutha ballu


botanical names: Clematis zeylanica (L.) Poir. ... homotypic synonyms: Atragene zeylanica L. • Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... heterotypic synonyms: Atragene lobata Llanos • Naravelia lobata (Llanos) Merr. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 30 October 2023

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 ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Ceylon clematis, Ceylon naravelia

• Flowers of India ... names derived from the scientific names

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

চাগল লতি chagal lati

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

গোৰাপচৈ gorap-choi

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

ছাগলবাটি chagalabati

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Many thanks to Surajit Koley for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
• ছাগল chagala = a he-goat (with curling horns); বাতি bati = horns ... refers to achenes / follicles, alluding to curled horns of a he-goat

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

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

behalisham

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Sharma, U.K., Pegu, S. - Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'. - J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 7, 16 (2011).
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

jyrmailasam

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Sharma, U.K., Pegu, S. - Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'. - J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 7, 16 (2011).

sangongri, shamgangri

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

वातनाशिनी vatanasini

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... UMARANI, B. & K, Saravanan, & BEGAM, A.. (2022). THERAPEUTICS ROLE OF Naravelia zeylanica AND THEIR ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS IN DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 369-374. 10.56557/upjoz/2022/v43i243334.
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Mikawlrawng K, Rani R, Kumar S, Bhardwaj AR, Prakash G. Anti-paralytic medicinal plants - Review. J Tradit Complement Med. 2017 Mar 9;8(1):4-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.02.001. PMID: 29321983; PMCID: PMC5755955.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅಗ್ನಿಬಳ್ಳಿ agniballi, ಅರಗಿನಬಳ್ಳಿ araginaballi

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... P S Udayan - Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India - Shodhganga

ಚರಚರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ charachara balli

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ನಾಕ್ ಚಿಕನಿ naak chikani

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~

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

khoro-soi-rikang, nongnongbiki-ringkang

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

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

jyrmai-lasam

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

नरवेल naravel

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

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

tumbumchilop

• the name needs to be rendered in native script
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

എരിവള്ളി erivalli, പൊഴന്തലച്ചി pozhanthalachi, വാതംകൊല്ലി vaathamkolli, വാതക്കൊടി vaathakkodi

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

കരുപ്പക്കൊടി karuppakkoti, തലവേദനവള്ളി thalavedanavalli

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

नरवेल naravel

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~

written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri

ৰামনাম ৰিবে ramnam-riube

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

रसगार्गी rasagaargee

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal
• or रसगाग्रि rasagaagri ... for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Sharma, U.K., Pegu, S. - Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'. - J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 7, 16 (2011).
• or रशगाग्रि rashagaagri ... for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ଚଂଗୁଲ ବତୀ changul bati, ଗଣମାରି ganamari

• Many thanks to Kumar Prabhat Das for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

धनवल्ली dhanavalli

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

कृशानुग krshanuga

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

வாதம்கொல்லி vatamkolli

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

కారు పిప్పల తివ్వ karu pippala tivva, ముక్కు పీనాస తీగ mukku peenasa teega, పుల్ల బచ్చల pulla bachala

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

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

ತರೆಕುತ್ತುಥ ಬಳ್ಳು tharekutthutha ballu

• for Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 24th, 2023. Last accessed 30/10/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 01-11-2023 ~~~~~

Ranunculaceae perennial "straggling shrub" "Clematis zeylanica" "Naravelia zeylanica" "Atragene lobata" "Atragene zeylanica" "Naravelia lobata" "Ceylon clematis" "Ceylon naravelia"

Myristica fragrans Houtt.

my-RIS-ti-kuh -- from the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing) ... Dave's Botanary
FRAY-granz -- fragrant ... Dave's Botanary

The fruit of this plant is the source of two different spices - nutmeg (the seed) and mace (seed covering)... read more at Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

the seed

commonly known as: nutmeg • Arabic: جوز jauz • Assamese: জাঁইফল jaiphol • Bengali: জায়ফল jayaphala, মালতীফল malatiphala • Bodo: जाइफल jaiphal • Dogri: जैफल jaiphal • Garo: joipol • Gujarati: જાયફળ jayaphala • Hindi: जातीफल jati-phal, जायफल jaiphal, कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi, ಜಾತಿಫಲ jaatiphala • Kashmiri: जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal • Khasi: jaiphol • Konkani: जायफळ jayaphal • Malayalam: ജാതി jaathi, ജാതിക്കാ jaathikka • Manipuri: ꯖꯥꯌꯄꯍꯜ jayphal • Marathi: जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala • Nepali: जाइफल jaaiphal • Odia: ଗନ୍ଧାଳୀ gandhali, ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala, ଜାତି jati, ଜାତିଶସ୍ୟ jati-sasya, କୋଷଫଳ koshaphala, ଲବ laba, ମଜ୍ଜାସାର majjasara, ମାଳତୀ ଫଳ malati phala, ପୁଟ puta, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରଞ୍ଜନ ranjana, ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ samudranta, ସୁମନଃ ଫଳ sumanah phala, ସୁରଭି surabhi, ତୃଖ trukha • Punjabi: ਜਾਫਲ jafal • Sanskrit: द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati, जातिफल jatiphala, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोश kosha, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुटक putaka, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha • Tamil: ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai • Telugu: జాజికాయ jajikaya, జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu • Tibetan ཛའ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ dza-ti-pha-la • Urdu: جائيپهل jayaphal, کوش kosh, لو lava, سربهی surabhi

the seed covering

commonly known as: mace • Assamese: জয়িত্ৰী joyitri • Bengali: জয়ত্রী jayatri • Dogri: जैफल दी जवित्री jaiphal di javitri • Gujarati: જાયપત્રી jayapatri • Hindi: जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावत्री jawatri, जायपत्री jayapatri • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi, ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jaapatre • Konkani: जायपत्री jayapatri, मनपत्री manpatri • Malayalam: ജാതിപത്രി jaathipatri • Marathi: जायपत्री jayapatri • Nepali: जाइपत्रि jaaipatri • Odia: ଗୁଡ଼ତ୍ୱଚ gurdatwacha, ଜାଇତ୍ରୀ jaitri, ଜାତିପର୍ଣ୍ଣ jati-parna, ଜାତିପତ୍ର jati-patra, ଜୟପତ୍ରୀ jaya-patri, କୋଷ kosha, ମାଳତୀ ପତ୍ରିକା malati patrika, ମନୋଜ୍ଞା manojna, ମୁଖ ଶୋଧନ mukha sodhana, ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ର sumanah patra, ସୌମନସା saumanasa • Persian: بسباسه basbaasa • Punjabi: ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri • Sanskrit: गुडत्वच gudatvacha, जातीपत्त्री jatipattri, कोश kosha, मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, पुटक putaka, सौमनसा saumanasa, सौमनसायनी saumanasayani, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra • Tamil: சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci • Telugu: జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri • Tibetan: ཛའ་ཏི་པ་ཏྲ dza-ti-pa-tra • Urdu: جاتي پتري jati-patri, جاوتري jawatri, جائيپتري jayapatri


botanical names: Myristica fragrans Houtt. ... homotypic synonyms: Palala fragrans (Houtt.) Kuntze ... heterotypic synonyms: Myristica aromatica Sw. • Myristica moschata Thunb. • Myristica officinalis L.f. ... POWO, retrieved 19 October 2023

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 ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

mace, nutmeg

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~

written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia

جوز jauz

• for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

জাঁইফল jaiphol

• XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
• ৱিকিপিডিয়া - মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
• also found written as জাইফল jaiphol ... Wikisource

জয়িত্ৰী joyitri

• XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

জায়ফল jayaphala

• উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
• also জাতিফল jatiphala ... Dasa, Jnanendramohana. Bangala Bhashara Abhidhana.

মালতীফল malatiphala

• Wikisource
• Dasa, Jnanendramohana. Bangala Bhashara Abhidhana.

জয়ত্রী jayatri

• উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro

जाइफल jaiphal

• XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

जैफल jaiphal

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
• or जयफल jaiphal ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

जैफल दी जवित्री jaiphal di javitri

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

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

joipol

• Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

જાયપત્રી jayapatri

• for mace ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource

જાયફળ jayaphala

• વિકિપીડિયા - મુક્ત વિશ્વ જ્ઞાનકોશ
• for nutmeg ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावत्री jawatri (or जवत्री jawatri, जवत्तरी jawattari, जावित्री jawitri), जायपत्री jayapatri

• for mace ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

जातीफल jati-phal, कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi

• for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

जायफल jaiphal

• विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
• for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jaapatre

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಜಾತಿಫಲ jaatiphala

• or ಜಾತೀಫಲ jaatiphala / ಜಾತೀಫಳ jaatiphala ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir

जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal

• for Myristica moschata Thunb. ... A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

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

jaiphol

• Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

जायफळ jayaphal, जायपत्री jayapatri, मनपत्री manpatri

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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ജാതി jaathi, ജാതിക്കാ jaathikka

• 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

ജാതിപത്രി jaathipatri

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

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

ꯖꯥꯌꯄꯍꯜ jayphal

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

जायपत्री jayapatri

• for mace ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala

• for nutmeg ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... name variants: जयफळ jayaphala, जाईफळ jaiphala

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

जाइफल jaaiphal

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• or जाइफल् jaiphal ... Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages

जाइपत्रि jaaipatri

• Hamro Gorkha ... this webpage no longer available

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ଗନ୍ଧାଳୀ gandhali, ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala (or ଜାତିଫଳ jati-phala, ଜାତୀଫଳ jati-phala), ଜାତି jati, ଜାତିଶସ୍ୟ jati-sasya, କୋଷଫଳ koshaphala, ଲବ laba, ମଜ୍ଜାସାର majjasara, ମାଳତୀ ଫଳ malati phala, ପୁଟ puta, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରଞ୍ଜନ ranjana, ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ samudranta, ସୁମନଃ ଫଳ sumanah phala, ସୁରଭି surabhi, ତୃଖ trukha

• for nutmeg ...Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

ଗୁଡ଼ତ୍ୱଚ gurdatwacha, ଜାଇତ୍ରୀ jaitri (or ଜାୟିତ୍ରୀ jayitri), ଜାତିପର୍ଣ୍ଣ jati-parna, ଜାତିପତ୍ର jati-patra (or ଜାତିପତ୍ରୀ jati-patri), ଜୟପତ୍ରୀ jaya-patri, କୋଷ kosha (or ଜାତିକୋଷ jati-kosha, ଜାତିକୋଷୀ jati-koshi), ମାଳତୀ ପତ୍ରିକା malati patrika, ମନୋଜ୍ଞା manojna, ମୁଖ ଶୋଧନ mukha sodhana, ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ର sumanah patra (or ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ରିକା sumanah patrika), ସୌମନସା saumanasa

• for mace ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~

written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar

بسباسه basbaasa

• for mace ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts ... or بزباز bazbaaz
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਜਾਫਲ jafal (or ਜਾਇਫਲ jaefal)

• for Myristica moschata Thunb. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri (or ਜਵੱਤੀ jawatti)

• for Myristica moschata Thunb. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati (or जाति jati), जातिफल jatiphala, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोशफल koshaphala, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुट puta, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha

• for nutmeg ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

गुडत्वच gudatvacha, जातीपत्त्री jatipattri, कोश kosha, मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, पुटक putaka, सौमनसा saumanasa, सौमनसायनी saumanasayani, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra (or सुमनःपत्त्रिका sumanahpattrika)

• for outer skin of a nutmeg or mace ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai

• for nutmeg ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci

• for mace ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

జాజికాయ jajikaya, జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• for nutmeg ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri

• for mace ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan

ཛའ་ཏི་པ་ཏྲ dza-ti-pa-tra, ཛའ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ dza-ti-pha-la

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka

جاتي پتري jati-patri, جاوتري jawatri (or جوتري jawatri, जवत्तरी jawattari), جائيپتري jayapatri

• for mace ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

جائيپهل jayaphal, کوش kosh, لو lava, سربهی surabhi

• for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

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

cultivated

• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 17.0; last update Oct. 1st, 2023. Last accessed 04/10/2023.

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 10-11-2023 ~~~~~

Myristicaceae evergreen tree "Myristica fragrans" "Myristica aromatica" "Myristica moschata" "Myristica officinalis" mace nutmeg

Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble

mew-say-EN-duh -- Latinized form of Sinhalese name of the plant, මුස්සැන්ද mussaenda ... Dave's Botanary
GLAB-rah-tuh -- somewhat smooth ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: dhobi tree, white flag, wild mussaenda • Hindi: बेदिना bedina • Kannada: ಬೆಲ್ಲೊಟ್ಟಿ bellotti, ಬಿಳಿ ಎಲೆ ಗಿಡ bili yele gida • Konkani: सरवडी sarvadi • Malayalam: വെള്ളില vellila • Malvani: शेरवाड shervaad • Marathi: भूतकेस bhutakesa, सरवड sarvad • Sanskrit: श्रीवाटी shrivati • Tamil: வெள்ளையிலை vellaiyilai, வெள்ளை மடந்தை vellimadandai


botanical names: Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble ... homotypic synonyms: Mussaenda frondosa var. glabrata Hook.f. ... POWO, retrieved 16 October 2023

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 ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

dhobi tree

• Indian Medicinal Plants, Phytochemistry And Therapeutics (IMPPAT 2.0) database (released on June 17, 2022)

white flag

• Glimpses of Biodiversity in Panaji

wild mussaenda

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

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

बेदिना bedina

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಲ್ಲೊಟ್ಟಿ bellotti

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• or ಬೆಲ್ಲೊಟ್ಟೆ bellotte ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• or ಬೆಳ್ಳೋತಿ bellothi ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ಬಿಳಿ ಎಲೆ ಗಿಡ bili yele gida

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

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

सरवडी sarvadi

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• or शरवड sharwad ... Glimpses of Biodiversity in Panaji

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വെള്ളില vellila

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords

शेरवाड shervaad

• Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

भूतकेस bhutakesa

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

सरवड sarvad

• Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
• or सारवड saarvad ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

श्रीवाटी shrivati

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

வெள்ளையிலை vellaiyilai, வெள்ளை மடந்தை vellimadandai

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

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

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 17.0; last update Oct. 1st, 2023. Last accessed 16/10/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 16-10-2023 ~~~~~

Rubiaceae tropical endemic herbaceous rambler shrub "Mussaenda glabrata" "Mussaenda frondosa var glabrata" "dhobi tree" "white flag" "wild mussaenda"

Mucuna monosperma Roxb. ex Wight

myoo-KOO-nuh -- from the Brazilian name for these vines ... Dave's Botanary
mon-oh-SPER-muh -- single-seeded ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: elephant's scratch wort, negro bean • Assamese: আলকুহী alakuhi • Gujarati: અડદવેલિયો adadaveliyo, કાગડોળિયો kagadoliyo • Kannada: ಅಣಿಪೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ anipe balli, ಕೈವಲ್ಯ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaivalya balli, ಕೂಗರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ koogari balli • Konkani: व्हडली खातखुतली vhadhli khatkhutli • Malayalam: മലന്താളി malanthalli • Marathi: गोडीकुइरी godi kuiri, मोठी कुइली mothi kuili • Nepali: बालधेंग्रा baldhengra • Odia: ସାରଣି sarani, ଟେକ ବାଇଢଙ୍କ teka baidanka • Tamil: பெரியதெள்ளுக்காய் periya-tellukkay • Telugu: ఏనుగుదూల గొండి enugadulagondi, గుర్రపు గచ్ఛ gurrapugutcha, గుత్తపు గచ్ఛ guttapugacha, పెద్దదూల గొండి peddadulagondi


botanical names: Mucuna monosperma Roxb. ex Wight ... homotypic synonyms: Carpopogon monospermum (Roxb. ex Wight) Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Carpopogon anguineus Roxb. ex Baker • Stizolobium monospermum Kuntze ... and more at POWO

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 ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

elephant's scratch wort

• for Carpopogon monospermum (Roxb. ex Wight) Roxb. ... Flora indica by William Roxburgh
• or elephant scratchwort ... Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

negro bean

• Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants Volume 1 by T. Pullaiah · 2006
• or negro bean cowitch ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

আলকুহী alakuhi

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

અડદવેલિયો adadaveliyo, કાગડોળિયો kagadoliyo

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

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅಣಿಪೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ anipe balli

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
• Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity by Cameron, John, F. L. S
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಕೈವಲ್ಯ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaivalya balli

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಕೂಗರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ koogari balli

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

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

व्हडली खातखुतली vhadhli khatkhutli

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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

മലന്താളി malanthalli

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
• Kerala Plants

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

गोडीकुइरी godi kuiri

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• name variants: गोंडीकुइरी gondikuiri / गोंडीकुइली gondi kuili / गोंडीकुंवली gondi kunvali ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

मोठी कुइली mothi kuili

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

बालधेंग्रा baldhengra

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ସାରଣି sarani

• Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
• Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
• Misra, R. & Raina, Archana & Pani, Dipti & Das, G. & Mukherjee, Arup & Ahlawat, S.. (2021). Genetic diversity, extent of variability and indigenous traditional knowledge of Mucuna Adans. (Fabaceae) in Odisha, Eastern India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 68. 10.1007/s10722-020-01093-1.

ଟେକ ବାଇଢଙ୍କ teka baidanka

• Misra, R. & Raina, Archana & Pani, Dipti & Das, G. & Mukherjee, Arup & Ahlawat, S.. (2021). Genetic diversity, extent of variability and indigenous traditional knowledge of Mucuna Adans. (Fabaceae) in Odisha, Eastern India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 68. 10.1007/s10722-020-01093-1.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

பெரியதெள்ளுக்காய் periya-tellukkay

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

ఏనుగుదూల గొండి enugadulagondi, గుర్రపు గచ్ఛ gurrapugutcha, గుత్తపు గచ్ఛ guttapugacha, పెద్దదూల గొండి peddadulagondi

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

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

*Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, *Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, West Bengal

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 17.0; last update Oct. 1st, 2023. Last accessed 10/10/2023.

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 15-10-2023 ~~~~~

Fabaceae Papilionaceae perennial climber shrub "Mucuna monosperma" "Carpopogon monospermum" "Carpopogon anguineus" "Stizolobium monospermum" "elephant's scratch wort" "negro bean"

Pontederia vaginalis Burm.f.

pon-te-DARE-ee-uh -- named for Guilio Pontedera, professor of botany in Padua, Italy ... Dave's Botanary
vaj-in-AL-iss -- with a sheath ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: heartshape false pickerelweed, marshy betelvine, oval-leaf monochoria, oval-leaf pondweed • Assamese: ভাতমেটেকা bhat meteka, জোনাকী ফুল jonaki phul • Bengali: ছোটনখা chotnakha, নুখা nukha, পানি কচু panee kachu • Hindi: ननका nanka, पानपत्ता paanpatta • Kannada: ನೀಲೋತ್ಪಲ neelotpala • Kokborok: chichiri • Konkani: नीलोत्पल nilotpala • Malayalam: കാക്കപ്പോള kaakkappola, കരിങ്കൂവളം karinkuvalam, കുളച്ചേമ്പ് kulachempu, കുവലയം kuvalayam • Manipuri: ꯀꯛꯂꯥꯏ kaklai, ꯎꯔꯦꯟꯂꯥꯕꯥ uren laba • Marathi: नीलोत्पल nilotpala • Nepali: कर्कले झार karkale jhaar, निलो जलुके nilo jaluke • Odia: ମିରମୀରା mirmira • Sanskrit: इन्दीवर indivara • Tamil: கருங்குவளை karu-n-kuvalai • Telugu: నీరు కాచ neerukaacha, నీరుకాంచ nirokancha • Tulu: ನೀರ್ ಚೇವು neerchevu • Urdu: ننکا nanka


botanical names: Pontederia vaginalis Burm.f. ... homotypic synonyms: Gomphima vaginalis (Burm.f.) Raf. • Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... heterotypic synonyms: Monochoria pauciflora (Blume) Kunth • Pontederia cordata Lour., nom. illeg. • Pontederia pauciflora Blume ... and more at POWO

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 ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

heartshape false pickerelweed

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

marshy betelvine

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... दक्षिण कोंकणी उतरावळि - A Southern Konkani Vocabulary Collection
• marshy - the plant's habitat; betelvine - the leaves resemble to those of betel (Piper betle) vine

oval-leaf monochoria

• Flowers of India
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

oval-leaf pondweed

• Flowers of India
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... World Vegetable Center
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• or oval-leafed pondweed ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

ভাতমেটেকা bhat meteka, জোনাকী ফুল jonaki phul

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

ছোটনখা chotnakha

• Many thanks to Dr Tapas Kumar Paul for help with this name ... facebook

নুখা nukha

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Flora - Mehedi Voice

পানি কচু panee kachu

• Many thanks to Dr Tapas Kumar Paul for help with this name ... facebook
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... IDAO - CIRAD - A Multimedia Approach to Computer Aided Identification

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

ननका nanka

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Adhikari, Bhupendra & Mani, Mohan Babu & Saklani, P. & Rawat, Gopal. (2010). Medicinal plants diversity and their conservation status in Wildlife Institute of India (WII) campus. Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 14. 46-83.

पानपत्ता paanpatta

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... IDAO - CIRAD - A Multimedia Approach to Computer Aided Identification

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ನೀಲೋತ್ಪಲ neelotpala

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• name variant: ನೀಳೋತ್ಪಳ neelotpala ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~

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

chichiri

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Many thanks to "Belbari Agri Sector" for help with this name ... facebook
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Bhowmik, Somnath & Saha, Reema & Datta, B. (2008). Aquatic and marshland plants in West Tripura, India

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

नीलोत्पल nilotpala

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ... the transcribed name "nelat-phal" listed could be in error
• name variant: निळोतपळ nilotpal ... for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... दक्षिण कोंकणी उतरावळि - A Southern Konkani Vocabulary Collection ... Southern Konkani, the Konkani spoken in Kerala

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കാക്കപ്പോള kaakkappola, കുളച്ചേമ്പ് kulachempu

• Many thanks to Haneesh Km and Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

കരിങ്കൂവളം karinkuvalam

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

കുവലയം kuvalayam

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

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

ꯀꯛꯂꯥꯏ kaklai

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Hanjabam, Manoranjan. (2014).WETLAND FLORA OF MANIPUR: I. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS.

ꯎꯔꯦꯟꯂꯥꯕꯥ uren laba

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

मोर पाकळी mor pakali

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Ketaki Ghate & Manasi Karandikar - लागवड सूची : महाराष्ट्र - Oikos for ecological services

नीलोत्पल nilotpala

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

कर्कले झार karkale jhaar, निलो जलुके nilo jaluke

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ମିରମୀରା mirmira

• Many thanks to Kumar Joshabant for help with this name ... facebook
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... R Saravanan, D Kannan, SP Panda and Sudeshna Datta - Traditionally used wild edible plants of Kuldiha wildlife sanctuary (KWLS), Odisha, India - Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020; SP6: 482-488

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

इन्दीवर indivara

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

கருங்குவளை karu-n-kuvalai

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• or கருனக் குவலை karunak kuvalai ... for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

నీరు కాచ neerukaacha, నీరుకాంచ nirokancha

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

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

ನೀರ್ ಚೇವು neerchevu

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ನೀರ್ neer = water; ಚೇವು chevu = taro (Colocasia esculenta) ... thus, water taro, due to its aquatic habitat and plant body sharing resemblance with Colocasia

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka

ننکا nanka

• for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth ... IDAO - CIRAD - A Multimedia Approach to Computer Aided Identification

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

almost throughout

• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 17.0; last update Oct. 1st, 2023. Last accessed 06/10/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 10-10-2023 ~~~~~

Pontederiaceae annual perennial edible herb "Pontederia vaginalis" "Gomphima vaginalis" "Monochoria vaginalis" "Monochoria pauciflora" "Pontederia cordata" "Pontederia pauciflora" "heartshape false pickerelweed" "marshy betelvine" "oval-leaf pondweed"