Sunday 24 March 2024

Pancratium triflorum Roxb.

Pancratium triflorum Roxb.

pan-KRAY-tee-um or pan-KRAY-shee-um -- Greek: pankratos (strength) ... Dave's Botanary
TRY-flor-um -- three-flowered ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: forest spider lily • Bengali: বন পেঁয়াজ bawn peyanj, পানকুসুম paankooshoom, শাদাকানুর shadakanoor • Gujarati: પાનકુસુમ pankusum • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ kaadu neerulli • Konkani: पानकुसुम pankusum • Malayalam: കാട്ടുള്ളി kaattulli • Marathi: कुमूर kumur, पानकुसुम pankusum • Odia: କୁକନ୍ଦା kukanda • Sanskrit: वनपलाण्डु vanapalandu • Tamil: பங்குசம் pankusum • Telugu: అడవి నీరుల్లి adavi nirulli • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ kattu neerulli


botanical names: Pancratium triflorum Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Pancratium malabathricum Herb. ... POWO, retrieved 23 March 2024
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
forest spider lily
  • a generic name given to many members of amaryllis family that grow in the wilderness
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
বন পেঁয়াজ bawn peyanj, পানকুসুম paankooshoom, শাদাকানুর shadakanoor
  • Many thanks to Pavel Ghosh for help with these names ... facebook ... distributed in Bangladesh; distribution doubtful in West Bengal. Roxburgh reported this species from undivided Bengal in 1892 in his book Flora Indica
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
પાનકુસુમ pankusum
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಾಡು ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ kaadu neerulli
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
पानकुसुम pankusum
  • Marathi name borrowed, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
കാട്ടുള്ളി kaattulli
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कुमूर kumur
पानकुसुम pankusum
  • 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
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
କୁକନ୍ଦା kukanda
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
वनपलाण्डु vanapalandu
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பங்குசம் pankusum
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
అడవి నీరుల్లి adavi nirulli
  • based on Kannada name, for want of name ... the name meaning wild onion, due to plant's wild nature and characteristic bulbs
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕಾಟ್ಟು ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ kattu neerulli
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, **West Bengal
** distribution doubtful in West Bengal; the species is listed in FLORA INDICA or DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN PLANTS by William Roxburgh, however the Flora was written while Bengal was undivided during the British rule in India
~~~~~ Last updated: 24-03-2024 ~~~~~
Amaryllidaceae perennial bulb herb "Pancratium triflorum" "Pancratium malabathricum" "forest spider lily"

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