Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq.

PROO-nus -- plum family ... Dave's Botanary
sey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Ceylon cherry, prussic-acid tree • Abor: kadong-asing • Assamese: গান্ধী গছ gandhi gach • Garo: bol-mangsam • Hindi: सिंहल चेरी sinhal cheree • Kannada: ಕರಡಿ ಮರ karadi mara • Khasi: dieng-soh-khyrnem, dieng-soh-kynti • Kokborok: ranphir • Konkani: कोगल kogal • Kuki: ril-deng-thing • Malayalam: അട്ടനാറിപ്പൊങ്ങ് attanaripongu, ഇരട്ടാനി irattani, മുട്ടക്കൊങ്ങ് muttakongu, നെയ്ക്കമ്പകം naikambagam, നായ്ത്തമ്പകം naithambagam, രെട്ടിയാൻ rettiyan • Marathi: ढाका dhaka, कौला kaula, कोगल kogal • Mech: bomphang-rakhet, mekhra-letei • Mishing: kadong-asing • Mizo: pumphir, raphir • Nagamese: hanam • Nepali: धरणी dharani • Odia: ସିଂହଳୀ ଚେରି simhali cheree • Tamil: ஆட்டன்ரிகோங்கு attanrikonku, இரட்டைக்குச்சி irattaikkucchi, காட்டுக்கோங்கு kattukkonku, முட்டைநாரிகோங்கு muttainarikonku, பாலன்கச்சி palankacchi • Telugu: సిలోన్ నేరేడు silon neredu


botanical names: Prunus ceylanica (Wight) Miq. ... homotypic synonyms: Polydontia ceylanica Wight • Pygeum ceylanicum (Wight) Dalzell & A.Gibson ... heterotypic synonyms: Pygeum acuminatum Colebr. • Pygeum gardneri Hook.f. • Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. • Pygeum wightianum Blume ... and many more listed at POWO, retrieved 20 May 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Ceylon cherry

• Flowers of India, retrieved May 20, 2024

prussic-acid tree

• for Pygeum wightianum Blume ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ ABOR ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... Abor is one of the two groups of the various languages and dialects of the Adi people, other being Lhoba, spoken by Lobha people of south-eastern Tibet

kadong-asing

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

গান্ধী গছ gandhi gach

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

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

bol-mangsam

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

सिंहल चेरी sinhal cheree

• name coined, for want of name; सिंहल sinhal = of or from Ceylon; चेरी cheree = cherry ... borrowed name from English; based on the English name - Ceylon cherry

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕರಡಿ ಮರ karadi mara

• Many thanks to Ram Prasad for help with this name ... facebook

sugnigari

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
• for Pygeum gardneri Hook.f. ... J.C. Lisboa; W. Grey; G.H.D. Wilson; S.P. Agharkar; M.R. Palande - Gazetteer of Bombay State (Revised Series): Botany
• ¿ or ಸುಗ್ನಿನಾರಿ sugninaari ? ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

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

dieng-soh-khyrnem, dieng-soh-kynti

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~

written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক‎), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera

ranphir

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

कोगल kogal

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~

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

ril-deng-thing

• for Pygeum acuminatum Colebr. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

അട്ടനാറിപ്പൊങ്ങ് attanaripongu, ഇരട്ടാനി irattani, നായ്ത്തമ്പകം naithambagam

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)

മുട്ടക്കൊങ്ങ് muttakongu

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

നെയ്ക്കമ്പകം naikambagam, രെട്ടിയാൻ rettiyan

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

ढाका dhaka

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
• for Pygeum gardneri Hook.f. ... J.C. Lisboa; W. Grey; G.H.D. Wilson; S.P. Agharkar; M.R. Palande - Gazetteer of Bombay State (Revised Series): Botany

कौला kaula

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• for Pygeum gardneri Hook.f. ... J.C. Lisboa; W. Grey; G.H.D. Wilson; S.P. Agharkar; M.R. Palande - Gazetteer of Bombay State (Revised Series): Botany

कोगल kogal

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~

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

bomphang-rakhet, mekhra-letei

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~

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

kadong-asing

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... 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

pumphir

• Mizoram Hmulphurh leh Thlai Hmingte (Mizo - Botanical names) THUHMAHRUAI - by R.Thansanga

raphir

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples

hanam

• for Pygeum glaberrimum Hook.f. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

धरणी dharani

• Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208.

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ସିଂହଳୀ ଚେରି simhali cheree

• name coined, for want of name; ସିଂହଳୀ simhali = of or from Ceylon; ଚେରି cheree = cherry ... borrowed name from English; based on the English name - Ceylon cherry

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ஆட்டன்ரிகோங்கு attanrikonku

• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
• or அத்தநாரிக்கொங்கு attanarikkonku ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
• or அத்தைநாறி attainari ... for prussic-acid tree ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

இரட்டைக்குச்சி irattaikkucchi

• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

காட்டுக்கோங்கு kattukkonku

• for Pygeum wightianum Blume ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

முட்டைநாரிகோங்கு muttainarikonku

• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)

பாலன்கச்சி palankacchi

• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
• or பழங்காச்சி palankacchi ... Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
• or பலாங்காட்சி palankatchi ... for prussic-acid tree ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

సిలోన్ నేరేడు silon neredu

• Many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia

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

Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

• Prabhugaonkar, A.; Sardesai, M.M.; Janarthanam, M.K. Further additions to the Flora of Goa Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. 33(1); 2009; 37-43.
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.3; last update May 18th, 2024. Last accessed 20/05/2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 19:49 22-06-2024 ~~~~~

Rosaceae evergreen tree "Prunus ceylanica" "Polydontia ceylanica" "Pygeum ceylanicum" "Pygeum acuminatum" "Pygeum gardneri" "Pygeum glaberrimum" "Pygeum wightianum" "Ceylon cherry" "prussic-acid tree"