dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist ... Dave's Botanary
wall-IK-ee-eye -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Wallich's yam • Assamese: পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo • Gujarati: ચાયડુ chaydu • Hindi: जुगुर कंद jugur kanda • Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu • Kokborok: ganga • Konkani: रान करांदो ran karamdo • Malayalam: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu • Malvani: रान कनारो ran kanaro, रान करांदा ran karanda • Marathi कडूकंद kadukanda, रान करांदा ran karanda • Odia: ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu, ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga • Tamil: காட்டு வள்ளி கிழங்கு kaattu valli kizhangu • Telugu: కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu, ನರೆ nare
botanical names: Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f. ... heterotypic synonyms: Dioscorea wallichii var. christiei Prain & Burkill • Dioscorea wallichii var. vera Prain & Burkill ... POWO, retrieved 08 November 2023
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Wallich's yam
- name coined, for want of name; derived from the commemorative epithet wallichii honouring Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician; yam = common name for some species of Dioscorea that form edible tubers, though some are known to be toxic; also to be noted that yam may refer to other plants across regions of the world
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo
- Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi and Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ચાયડુ chaydu
- Chauhan, S.H., Yadav, S., Takahashi, T. et al. Consumption patterns of wild edibles by the Vasavas: a case study from Gujarat, India. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 14, 57 (2018).
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
जुगुर कंद jugur kanda
- Prain, D. & Burkill, I. H. (1938). An account of the genus Dioscorea in the East, Part 2: The species which twine to the right. Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 14: 211–528.
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera
ganga
- Many thanks to Dipti Das for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
रान करांदो ran karamdo
- name coined, for want of name; रान ran = of forest, wild; करांदो karamdo = name given for the edible tuber of Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with these names ... efloraofindia
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ 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
रान कनारो ran kanaro
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
रान करांदा ran karanda
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कडूकंद kadukanda
- The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
- Kuvar, Sachin & Shinde, Rajendra. Uses of Dioscorea L. species with special reference to food and medicine by Kokni tribe of Nasik and Dhule districts of Maharashtra - Journal of Global Biosciences, Vol. 10(8), 2021 pp. 8962-8967
रान करांदा ran karanda
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu
- Many thanks to Ambika Prasad Research Foundation (APRF) for help with this name ... facebook
- Kshirsagar, Jyoti & Warjri, Susan & Jadav, Sagar & Kumar, Sanjeet & Sinnadorai, Nithiyananthan & Mahanta, Debasmita & Lyngdoh, Aroma. (2022). Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f. (Dioscoreaceae): a tribal medico-food of India. 10.5281/zenodo.7120434.
ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga
- Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
காட்டு வள்ளி கிழங்கு kaattu valli kizhangu
- Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada
- 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
ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
ನರೆ nare
- Many thanks to Vasanthi K Samethadka for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, Odisha, *Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal
- Chauhan, S.H., Yadav, S., Takahashi, T. et al. Consumption patterns of wild edibles by the Vasavas: a case study from Gujarat, India. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 14, 57 (2018).
- Kshirsagar, Jyoti & Warjri, Susan & Jadav, Sagar & Kumar, Sanjeet & Sinnadorai, Nithiyananthan & Mahanta, Debasmita & Lyngdoh, Aroma. (2022). Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f. (Dioscoreaceae): a tribal medico-food of India. 10.5281/zenodo.7120434.
- Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.1; last update Nov. 7th, 2023. Last accessed 08/11/2023.
~~~~~ Last updated: 17-11-2023 ~~~~~
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