Monday, 27 November 2023

Nothopegia beddomei Gamble

Nothopegia beddomei Gamble

¿ noth-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh ? -- Greek: nothos (false); pege (fountain) ... Dave's Botanary
BED-o-my -- named for Col Richard Henry Beddome, British botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Beddome's nothopegia • Kannada: ಅಂಬಟ ambata, ಉಳುಗೇರ ulugera • Malayalam: ഈര ira • Tamil: சிகட்டை cikattai, பேச்சேறு மரம் pecceru maram


botanical names: Nothopegia beddomei Gamble ... POWO, retrieved 26 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Beddome's nothopegia
  • name coined, for want of name; name derived from the binomial; the commemorative epithet beddomei named after Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (1830 – 1911), a British military officer, naturalist in India, chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department ... Wikipedia
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಅಂಬಟ ambata, ಉಳುಗೇರ ulugera
  • BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
ഈര ira
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சிகட்டை cikattai, பேச்சேறு மரம் pecceru maram
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
~~~~~ Last updated: 27-11-2023 ~~~~~
Anacardiaceae tropical perennial evergreen tree "Nothopegia beddomei" "Beddome's nothopegia"

Sunday, 26 November 2023

Mappia nimmoniana (J.Graham) Byng & Stull

Mappia nimmoniana (J.Graham) Byng & Stull

¿ MAP-pee-uh ? -- named for Marcus Mappus, French physician and botanist ... A forgotten Alsatian botanist: Marcus Mappus Filius (1666-1736) by H. H. Heine
¿ nim-moh-NEE-yen-uh ? -- named for Joseph Nimmo, who completed Graham's catalogue ... Indian Journal of History of Science, 17(2):353-364

commonly known as: fetid holly, stinking tree • Bengali: অমৃতা amrita • Kannada: ದುರ್ನಾತದ ವರ durnaathada mara, ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆ ಮರ durvaasane mara, ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari • Konkani: घाणेरा ghanera • Malayalam: പീനാറി peenaari • Marathi: अमृता amruta, घाणेरा ghanera, काळागुरा kalagura, नरक्या narkya • Nepali: अमृता amritaa • Odia: ଅମୃତା amruta • Tamil: அரளி arali, சொறிலை corilai, கல் குருஞ்சி kal kurunchi, பில்லி பிச்சு pilli picchu


botanical names: Mappia nimmoniana (J.Graham) Byng & Stull ... homotypic synonyms: Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J.Graham) Mabb. • Premna nimmoniana J.Graham ... heterotypic synonyms: Mappia foetida (Wight) Miers • Mappia oblonga Miers • Nothapodytes foetida (Wight) Sleumer ... and many many more at POWO, retrieved 24 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
fetid holly
  • for Mappia oblonga Miers ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
stinking tree
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
অমৃতা amrita
  • popular Marathi name "अमृता amruta" borrowed, for want of name; derived from the Sanskrit word "अमृत amrita" meaning "elixir, nectar, ambrosia" ... a name given because of the plant's anti-cancer therapeutic properties
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದುರ್ನಾತದ ವರ durnaathada mara, ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari
ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆ ಮರ durvaasane mara
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
घाणेरा ghanera
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
പീനാറി peenaari
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
अमृता amruta
  • for Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J.Graham) Mabb. ... WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge
घाणेरा ghanera, नरक्या narkya
  • for Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J.Graham) Mabb. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
काळागुरा kalagura
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
अमृता amritaa
  • popular Marathi name "अमृता amruta" borrowed, for want of name; derived from the Sanskrit word "अमृत amrita" meaning "elixir, nectar, ambrosia" ... a name given because of the plant's anti-cancer therapeutic properties
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଅମୃତା amruta
  • popular Marathi name "अमृता amruta" borrowed, for want of name; derived from the Sanskrit word "अमृत amrita" meaning "elixir, nectar, ambrosia" ... a name given because of the plant's anti-cancer therapeutic properties
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அரளி arali
சொறிலை corilai, பில்லி பிச்சு pilli picchu
கல் குருஞ்சி kal kurunchi
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
~~~~~ Last updated: 28-11-2023 ~~~~~
Icacinaceae evergreen tree "Mappia nimmoniana" "Nothapodytes nimmoniana" "Premna nimmoniana" "Mappia foetida" "Mappia oblonga" "Nothapodytes foetida" "fetid holly" "stinking tree"

Thursday, 23 November 2023

Strobilanthes reticulata Stapf

Strobilanthes reticulata Stapf

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
reh-tick-yoo-LAY-tuh -- netted ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hill conehead • Kannada: ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಕಾರ್ವಿ gudde kaarvi • Marathi: भुई कारवी bhui karvi


botanical names: Strobilanthes reticulata Stapf ... homotypic synonyms: Nilgirianthus reticulatus (Stapf) Bremek. • Pleocaulus reticulatus (Stapf) M.R.Almeida ... POWO, retrieved 23 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
hill conehead
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
भुई कारवी bhui karvi
  • for Nilgirianthus reticulatus (Stapf) Bremek. ... name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಕಾರ್ವಿ gudde kaarvi
  • name coined, for want of name; ಗುಡ್ಡೆ gudde = hill, suggestive of the high altitude habitat; ಕಾರ್ವಿ kaarvi = generic Marathi name for Strobilanthes spp.
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic
~~~~~ Last updated: 23-11-2023 ~~~~~
Acanthaceae endemic plietesial shrub "Nilgirianthus reticulatus" "Pleocaulus reticulatus" "Strobilanthes reticulata" "hill conehead"

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp. trinervius (Wight) Bidgood & Brummitt

Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp. trinervius (Wight) Bidgood & Brummitt

¿ nyur-uh-KANTH-us ? -- Greek: neuron (vein, nerve); ákantha (thorn, spine); spiny vein ... Dave's Botanary
¿ tet-ra-gon-uh-STAK-ee-us ? -- from the Greek tetragono (four-angled) and stachys (flower spike) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ try-NER-vee-us ? -- three-veined ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: three-veined neuracanthus • Gujarati: મોટા ગંઠેર mota ganther • Kannada: ನೀಲಿ ಹೂವು ಕಡ್ಡಿ nili huuvu kaddi • Marathi: निळगोंडा nilgonda


botanical names: Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp. trinervius (Wight) Bidgood & Brummitt ... homotypic synonyms: Neuracanthus trinervius Wight ... POWO, retrieved 21 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
three-veined neuracanthus
  • name coined, for want of name; derived from the epithet trinervius, three-veined, referring to the leaf
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
મોટા ગંઠેર mota ganther
  • name coined, for want of name; મોટા mota = big; ગંઠેર ganther = name given to Neuracanthus sphaerostachyus Dalz.
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
निळगोंडा nilgonda
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ನೀಲಿ ಹೂವು ಕಡ್ಡಿ nili huuvu kaddi
  • name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... ನೀಲಿ ಹೂವು ಕಡ್ಡಿ nili huuvu kaddi = blue flower stick
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic
~~~~~ Last updated: 21-11-2023 ~~~~~
Acanthaceae annual herb "Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp trinervius" "Neuracanthus trinervius" "three-veined neuracanthus"

Monday, 20 November 2023

Nesphostylis bracteata (Baker) D.Potter & J.J.Doyle

Nesphostylis bracteata (Baker) D.Potter & J.J.Doyle

¿ nes-pho-STY-lis ? -- anagram of Sphenostylis, from which this genus was segregated ... Flowers of India
brak-tee-AY-tuh -- having bracts (modified leaves directly beneath the flower) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian yam bean • Marathi : भेंद्री bhendri, रान पावटा raan pavata, थापटी शिंग thapati shing


botanical names: Nesphostylis bracteata (Baker) D.Potter & J.J.Doyle ... homotypic synonyms: Dolichos ghaticus Santapau & Panthaki, nom. superfl. • Sphenostylis bracteata (Baker) J.B.Gillett ... POWO, retrieved 20 Nobember 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Indian yam bean
  • name coined, for want of name; on lines of common name of Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Harms - African yam bean ... Wikipedia
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
भेंद्री bhendri, रान पावटा raan pavata
  • for Sphenostylis bracteata (Baker) J.B.Gillett ... 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
थापटी शिंग thapati shing
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Maharashtra; endemic
~~~~~ Last updated: 20-11-2023 ~~~~~
Fabaceae Papilionaceae perennial climber "Nesphostylis bracteata" "Dolichos ghaticus" "Sphenostylis bracteata" "Indian nesphostylis"

Sunday, 19 November 2023

Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr.

Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr.

ner-VIL-ee-uh -- from the Latin nervus (vein) referring to distinctly fine veins in leaves ... Dave's Botanary
SIM-plecks -- simple, unbranched ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: round shield orchid, trembling nervilia • Kannada: ಒಂದೆಲೆ ತಾವರೆ ondele thaavare • Konkani: साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri • Malayalam: നിലത്താമര nilathaamara, ഓരിലതാമര orilathaamara • Marathi: साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri • Tulu: ಒಂಜಿರೆ ತಾವರೆ onjire thaavare


botanical names: Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr. ... homotypic synonyms: Epidendrum simplex (Thouars) Spreng. ... heterotypic synonyms: Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... and much more at POWO, retrieved 18 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
round shield orchid
  • for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
trembling nervilia
  • for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Flowers of India - retrieved November 18, 2023
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಒಂದೆಲೆ ತಾವರೆ ondele thaavare
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
നിലത്താമര nilathaamara
ഓരിലതാമര orilathaamara
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri
  • name coined, for want of name; साधी saadhi = simple, derived from the epithet simplex; नरवी narvi = Marathi coined name for the genus Nervilia; अमरी amri = Marathi coined name for orchid
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಒಂಜಿರೆ ತಾವರೆ onjire thaavare
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, *Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Odisha, *Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Uttarakhand
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 20-11-2023 ~~~~~
Orchidaceae "orchid family" perennial medicinal tuber herb "ground orchid" "terrestrial orchid" "Nervilia simplex" "Epidendrum simplex" "Nervilia crociformis" "round shield orchid" "trembling nervilia"

Saturday, 18 November 2023

Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey

Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey

¿ nee-oh-noh-TON-ee-ah ? -- Greek: neo (new), Notonia (genus named for Benjamin Noton, an English botanist) ... CABI Compendium
WIGHT-ee-eye -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: perennial soybean • Gujarati: સોયાબીન soyabin • Hindi: जंगली सोयाबीन jungli soyabeen • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಸೋಯಾ ಅವರೆ kaadu soyaa avare • Konkani: रान सोयाबीन ran soyabeen • Malayalam: കാട്ടഅവരയ്ക്ക വള്ളി kaattavarakka valli • Marathi: रान सोयाबीन ran soyabeen • Odia: ବଣ ସୋୟାବିନ bana soyabeen • Tamil: காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaatavaraikkodi • Telugu: అడవి సోయాబీన్ adavi soyabeen


botanical names: Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey ... homotypic synonyms: Glycine wightii (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. • Johnia wightii (Wight & Arn.) Wight & Arn. • Notonia wightii Wight & Arn. ... and 5 accepted infraspecifics at POWO, retrieved 17 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
perennial soybean
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
સોયાબીન soyabin
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
जंगली सोयाबीन jungli soyabeen
  • name coined, for want of name; जंगली jungli = wild; सोयाबीन soyabeen = soyabean
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಾಡು ಸೋಯಾ ಅವರೆ kaadu soyaa avare
  • name coined, for want of name; ಕಾಡು kaadu = wild; ಸೋಯಾ ಅವರೆ soyaa avare = soyabean
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
रान सोयाबीन ran soyabeen
  • name coined, for want of name; रान ran = wild; सोयाबीन soyabeen = soyabean
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
കാട്ടഅവരയ്ക്ക വള്ളി kaattavarakka valli
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
रान सोयाबीन ran soyabeen
  • name coined, for want of name; रान ran = wild; सोयाबीन soyabeen = soyabean
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବଣ ସୋୟାବିନ bana soyabeen
  • name coined, for want of name; ବଣ bana = wild; ସୋୟାବିନ soyabeen = soyabean
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaatavaraikkodi
  • name coined, for want of name; based on the Malayalam name given to this plant ... both the names: കാട്ടവരയ്ക്ക വള്ളി kaattavarakkavalli and காட்டவரைக்கொடி kaatavaraikkodi mean "wild lablab bean"
  • Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for validating this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
అడవి సోయాబీన్ adavi soyabeen
  • name coined, for want of name; అడవి adavi = wild; సోయాబీన్ soyabeen = soyabean
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
~~~~~ Last updated: 20-11-2023 ~~~~~
Fabaceae Papilionaceae twining prostrate perennial "climbing herb" "Glycine wightii" "Johnia wightii" "Notonia wightii" "perennial soybean"

Friday, 17 November 2023

Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm.

Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm.

nee-oh-LIT-see-a -- neo (new); Litsea (genus name meaning little or small) ... Dave's Botanary
KASS-ee-uh -- from an ancient Greek name "kasia" used by Dioscorides ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: grey bollywood, smooth-barb bollygum • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ನಿಸಂಗಿ bili nisangi, ಮಸ್ಸಿಮರ massimara • Konkani: कानवेल kanvel • Malayalam: കീഴമ്പഴം keezhambazham, പ്രാവരി praavari, വെള്ളക്കൊടല vellakkodala, വെങ്കണ venkana • Marathi: चिरचिरा chirchira, कानवेल kanvel • Tamil: மொளகா செம்பக பாலை molagaa cembaga paalai, படபடா patapataa • Telugu: కుక్క కర్పూరమ kukka karpooram


botanical names: Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm. ... homotypic synonyms: Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl • Laurus cassia L. • Persea cassia (L.) Spreng. ... accepted infraspecifics: Neolitsea cassia var. rigescens (Meisn.) Chakrab. ... homotypic synonyms: Litsea zeylanica var. rigescens Meisn. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 17 November 2023
Note: Litsea zeylanica Nees & T.Nees ... synonym of Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm. ... in GBIF Secretariat. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset via GBIF.org accessed on 2023-11-17
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
grey bollywood, smooth-barb bollygum
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಿಳಿ ನಿಸಂಗಿ bili nisangi
ಮಸ್ಸಿಮರ massimara
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
कानवेल kanvel
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
കീഴമ്പഴം keezhambazham, പ്രാവരി praavari, വെള്ളക്കൊടല vellakkodala
വെങ്കണ venkana
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
चिरचिरा chirchira, कानवेल kanvel
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
மொளகா செம்பக பாலை molagaa cembaga paalai, படபடா patapataa
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
కుక్క కర్పూరమ kukka karpooram
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
~~~~~ Last updated: 19-11-2023 ~~~~~
Lauraceae evergreen "small tree" "Neolitsea cassia" "Cinnamomum cassia" "Laurus cassia" "Persea cassia" "grey bollywood" "smooth-barb bollygum"

Monday, 13 November 2023

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

nee-LUM-bo or nay-LUM-bo -- Latinized form of aboriginal name ... Dave's Botanary
noo-SIFF-er-uh -- nut-bearing ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: lotus, sacred lotus • Assamese: কমল komol • Bengali: কমল kamal • Bhojpuri: कमल kamal • Bishnupriya Manipuri: পদ্ম ফুল padda phul • Bodo: फामे बिबार phame bibar, थब्ल बिबार thoblo bibar • Dimasa: pami • Dogri: कमल kamal • Garo: mongnal • Gujarati: મોટુ કમળ motu kamal, સુર્ય કમળ surya kamal • Hindi: कमल kamal • Kachchhi: વડો કમર vado kamar • Kannada: ಕಮಲ kamala, ತಾವರೆ thaavare • Kashmiri: कमल् kamal, پَمپوش pamposh • Karbi: pindong • Khasi: soh-lapudong • Konkani: कमळ kamal • Maithili: कमल kamal • Malayalam: താമര thaamara • Malvani: कमाळ kamaal • Manipuri: ꯊꯝꯕꯥꯜ thambal • Marathi: कमळ kamal • Mundari: कोम्बल बहा kombal baha, सालुकिद बहा salukid baha, उपल बहा upal baha • Nagamese: podum • Nepali: कमल kamal • Odia: ପଦ୍ମ ଫୁଲ padma-phula • Pali: कमल kamal, पदुम paduma • Punjabi: ਕੰਵਲ kanwal • Sanskrit: अब्ज abja, अम्बुज ambuja, अनीकिनी anikini, अरविन्द aravinda, देवन devana, गम्भीर gambhira, हिम hima, कमल kamala, कवार kavara, मृणालिनी mrinalini, नलिनी nalini, पद्म padma, पुष्कर pushkara, सरोज saroja, शीतल shitala, शोभन shobhana • Santali: ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱞ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ upal baha • Sindhi: پَدَمُ padamu • Tai: বক্ মূ bok mu • Tamil: தாமரை thaamarai • Telugu: కమలం kamalamu, పద్మం padmamu, తామర thaamara • Tibetan: པད་མ pad ma • Tulu: ತಾಮರೆ thaamare • Urdu: کنول kanwal


botanical names: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ... heterotypic synonyms: Nelumbium speciosum Willd. • Nelumbium tamara (DC.) Sweet ... and many more at POWO, retrieved 16 October 2023
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lotus, sacred lotus
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
কমল komol
  • 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, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
কমল kamal
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
कमल kamal
~~~~~ BISHNUPRIYA MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) ... spoken in: Assam, Tripura, Manipur ... other names for this language: Bishnupriya Meitei
পদ্ম ফুল padda phul
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
फामे बिबार phame bibar, थब्ल बिबार thoblo bibar
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari
pami (or pamibar)
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~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
कमल kamal
  • 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
mongnal
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~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
મોટુ કમળ motu kamal, સુર્ય કમળ surya kamal
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
कमल kamal
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
વડો કમર vado kamar
  • for Nelumbium speciosum Willd. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 ... or simply કમર kamar
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಮಲ kamala, ತಾವರೆ thaavare
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
pindong
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir
कमल् kamal
پَمپوش pamposh
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
soh-lapudong
  • for Nelumbium speciosum Willd. ... 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
कमळ kamal
~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मैथिली) ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand
कमल kamal
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
താമര thaamara
~~~~~ 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
कमाळ kamaal
  • Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar and Raj Gurav for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯊꯝꯕꯥꯜ thambal
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~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कमळ kamal
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
कोम्बल बहा kombal baha, सालुकिद बहा salukid baha, उपल बहा upal baha
~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples
podum
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~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
कमल kamal
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ପଦ୍ମ ଫୁଲ padma-phula
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars
कमल kamal, पदुम paduma
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਕੰਵਲ kanwal
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अब्ज abja, अम्बुज ambuja, अनीकिनी anikini, अरविन्द aravinda, देवन devana, गम्भीर gambhira, हिम hima, कमल kamala, कवार kavara, मृणालिनी mrinalini, नलिनी nalini, पद्म padma, पुष्कर pushkara, सरोज saroja, शीतल shitala, शोभन shobhana
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱞ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ upal baha
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
پَدَمُ padamu
~~~~~ TAI AITON ~~~~~
written in: Burmese (Aiton variation, called Lik-Tai), Assamese ... spoken in: Assam ... Tai family of languages spoken in nort-east India: Tai Ahom, Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Tai Turung, Tai Khamyang and Tai Khamti
বক্ মূ bok mu
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~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
தாமரை thaamarai
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
కమలం kamalamu, పద్మం padmamu
తామర thaamara
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
པད་མ pad ma
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ತಾಮರೆ thaamare
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
کنول kanwal
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout, often cultivated
~~~~~ Last updated: 13-11-2023 ~~~~~
Nelumbonaceae aquatic perennial herb "Nelumbo nucifera" "Nelumbium speciosum" "Nelumbium tamara" lotus "sacred lotus"

Triumfetta annua L.

tree-um-FET-a -- named for Giovanni Battista Triumfetti, professor of botany ... Dave's Botanary AN-yoo-uh -- annual ... Dave...