Rubia cordifolia L.

ROO-bee-uh -- Latin: ruber (red), referring to the reddish dye obtained from the roots of this plant ... Dave's Botanary
kor-di-FOH-lee-uh -- heart-shaped leaf ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian madder • Adi: tamin • Assamese: মজাঠি mojathi, মেজাঠি mejathi • Bengali: মঞ্জিঠ manjith, মঞ্জিষ্ঠা manjistha • Bhutia: chwe, soth • Dogri: मजीठ majeeth • Garhwali: लिचकुरु lichkuru • Gujarati: મજીઠ majitha, મંજિષ્ઠ manjishtha • Gurung: rang pie • Hindi: मजीठ majith, मञ्जिष्ठा manjishtha • Kannada: ಇಷ್ಟಮಧು ishtamadhu, ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ manjishta, ಸಿರಗತ್ತಿ siragatthi, ಸೋಮಲತೆ somalathe • Kashmiri: दण्डू dandu, मज़ेठ् mazait, फहर्-गास phahar-gaas • Khasi: ryhoi, soh-misem • Konkani: इटारी itari, मंजिष्ठ manjisht • Lepcha: vhyem, vhyeni • Limbu: pandhu • Malayalam: ചൊവ്വല്ലിക്കൊടി chovvallikkodi, മഞ്ചട്ടി manchatti, ശീവള്ളിക്കൊടി sheevallikkodi • Manipuri: ꯃꯣꯌꯨꯝ moyum • Marathi: इट्टा itta, मंजिष्ठ manjishta • Mizo: rawng-sen, sa-phît • Nagamese: chenhu, enhu, sangshep • Nepali: मजिठो majitho • Nyishi: tamen • Odia: ମଞ୍ଜିଷ୍ଠା manjishta • Punjabi: ਕਾੱਠਾ kattha, ਮਜੀਠ majitha, ਸ਼ੇਨੀ sheni • Sanskrit: अरुणा aruna, अतिसाम्या atisamya, भण्डी bhandi, भण्डिरी bhandiri, भञ्जक bhanjaka, चक्राङ्ग chakranga, छत्त्र chattra, चित्रलता chitralata, चित्राङ्ग chitranga, चित्रपर्णी chitraparni, हरिणी harini, हेमपुष्पी hemapushpi, जनन janana, जिङ्गी jingi, ज्वरहन्त्री jvarahantri, कालभाण्डिका kalabhandika, कालमेशिका kalameshika, कालपेशिका kalpeshika, काण्डीर kandira, क्षेत्रिणी kshetrini, लतायष्टि latayashti, मञ्जिष्ठा manjishtha, मञ्जूषा manjusha, नागकुमारी nagakumari, रागाढ्या ragadhya, रागाङ्गी ragangi, रक्त rakta, रक्ताङ्गी raktangi, रक्तवर्ग raktavarga, रक्तयष्टि raktayashti, शङ्करी shankari, ताम्रा tamra, ताम्रमूला tamramula, ताम्रपर्णी tamraparni, ताम्रवल्ली tamravalli, वप्र vapra, वस्त्ररजनी vastrarajani, योजनपर्णी yojanaparni, योजनवल्ली yojanavalli • Tagin: tamen • Tamil: மஞ்சிட்டி mancitti • Telugu: మంజిష్ఠ manjishta • Tibetan: བཙོད། btsod • Tulu: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಟೊ manjishto • Urdu: مجيٿهہ majith, منجشٿها manjishtha


botanical names: Rubia cordifolia L. ... homotypic synonyms: Galium cordifolium (L.) Kuntze ... accepted infraspecifics: Rubia cordifolia subsp. cordifolia ... and more at POWO, retrieved 20 July 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Indian madder

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh

tamin

• Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 July 2024

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

মজাঠি mojathi, মেজাঠি mejathi

• 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

মঞ্জিঠ manjith

• BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

মঞ্জিষ্ঠা manjistha

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

~~~~~ BHUTIA ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan (འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: Sikkim ... other names for this language: Sikkimese, Drenjongké, Dranjoke, Denjongka, Denzongpeke, Denzongke ... spoken by: Bhutia community of Sikkim

chwe

• Savita, Lokendra Singh, Preeti Vats and Saima Parveen - Studies on wild edible plants of ethnic people in east Sikkim - Asian J. of Bio Sci. (2006) Vol. 1 No. 2 : 117-125
• the name needs to be rendered in native script

soth

• Bharati, Kumar & Sharma, B.. (2012). Plants Used as Ethnoveterinary Medicines in Sikkim Himalayas. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 10. 10.17348/era.10.0.339-356.
• the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

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

मजीठ majeeth

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

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

लिचकुरु lichkuru

• Rawat, Megha & Vasistha, Harsh & Manhas, Rajesh & Negi, Mridula. (2013). FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF THE KUNJAPURI SACRED GROVE, GARHWAL HIMALAYA, INDIA. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 110. 57-64.

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

મજીઠ majitha

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource

મંજિષ્ઠ manjishtha

• Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource

~~~~~ GURUNG ~~~~~

written in: Khema, Devanagari (गुरुङ) and Tibetan ... spoken in: Sikkim ... other names for this language: Tamu Kyi, Tamu Bhasha ... spoken by: Gurung or Tamu people

rang pie

• Gulia, Colonel Kuldip Singh - Human ecology of Sikkim: a case study of upper Rangit Basin - University of North Bengal
• the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

मजीठ majith

• विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

मञ्जिष्ठा manjishtha

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

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಇಷ್ಟಮಧು ishtamadhu

• 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
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ manjishta

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• 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
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ಸಿರಗತ್ತಿ siragatthi

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

ಸೋಮಲತೆ somalathe

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

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur

दण्डू dandu, मज़ेठ् mazait, फहर्-गास phahar-gaas

• A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

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

ryhoi, soh-misem

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

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

इटारी itari, मंजिष्ठ manjisht

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

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

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

vhyem

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
• Savita, Lokendra Singh, Preeti Vats and Saima Parveen - Studies on wild edible plants of ethnic people in east Sikkim - Asian J. of Bio Sci. (2006) Vol. 1 No. 2 : 117-125
• the name needs to be rendered in native script

vhyeni

• Bharati, Kumar & Sharma, B.. (2012). Plants Used as Ethnoveterinary Medicines in Sikkim Himalayas. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 10. 10.17348/era.10.0.339-356.
• the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ LIMBU ~~~~~

written in: Limbu, Roman ... spoken in: Sikkim, West Bengal ... other names for this language: Yakthungpan ... spoken by: Limbu people

pandhu

• Gulia, Colonel Kuldip Singh - Human ecology of Sikkim: a case study of upper Rangit Basin - University of North Bengal

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ചൊവ്വല്ലിക്കൊടി chovvallikkodi, മഞ്ചട്ടി manchatti, ശീവള്ളിക്കൊടി sheevallikkodi

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

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

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

ꯃꯣꯌꯨꯝ moyum

• Flowers of India, retrieved July 22, 2024
• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

इट्टा itta, मंजिष्ठ manjishta

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

rawng-sen

• Rai, Prabhat. (2010). Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources of Mizoram, India: Implication of Traditional Knowledge in Health Care System. Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 14.
• State Medicinal Plants Board - Mizoram

sa-phît

• Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain

~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~

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

chenhu, enhu

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

sangshep

• Zhasa, N.N. & Hazarika, P. & TRIPATHI, YOGESH. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge on Utilization of Plant Biodiversity for Treatment and Cure of Diseases of Human Beings in Nagaland, India: A Case Study. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 4. 89-106.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

मजिठो majitho

• Rai, Mani. (2006). Medicinal Plants of Tehrathum District, Eastern Nepal. Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL) - Our Nature (2003) 1: 42-48
• 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.
• or मंजिठो manjitho ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung

tamen

• Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 July 2024
• Toku, Bani & Deuri, Mundeep & Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & Das, Abhaya. (2021). Traditional phyto-medicines from the districts along the course of Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh, India: A review.

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ଅରୁଣା aruna, ଅସ୍ରପତ୍ରକ asrapatraka, ବପ୍ରା bapra, ଭଣ୍ଡିକା bhandika, ବିଜଯା bijaya, ବିକସା bikkasa, ବ୍ରହ୍ମମଣ୍ଡୂକୀ brahmamanduki, ଚକ୍ରାଙ୍ଗୀ chakrangi, ଛତ୍ରା chhatra, ଚିତ୍ରଲତା chitralata, ଚୋଳ chola, ହରିଣୀ harini, ହେମ ପୁଷ୍ପୀ hema pushpi, ଜନନୀ janani, ୟଷ୍ଟିକ jashtika, ଜ୍ବରହନ୍ତ୍ରୀ jwarahantri, କାଳା kala, ଲାଙ୍ଗଲି langali, ଲତା ୟଷ୍ଟି lata jashti, ମଣ୍ଡୂକପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ mandukaparnni, ମଞ୍ଜିଷ୍ଠା manjishta, ମେଦ meda, ମେନ୍ଧିକା mendhika, ନାଗ କୁମାରିକା naga kumarika, ରକ୍ତ ବର୍ଗ rakta barga, ରକ୍ତାଙ୍ଗୀ raktangi, ରଞ୍ଜିନୀ ranjini, ରସାଯନୀ rasayani, ରୋହିଣୀ rohini, ସମଙ୍ଗା samanga, ଶଙ୍କରୀ shankari, ଶୃଙ୍ଗିନୀ shrungini, ତାଳିକା talika, ତାମ୍ର ବଲ୍ଲୀ tamra balli, ତାମ୍ରପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ tamraparnni, ୟୋଜନପର୍ଣ୍ଣା yojanaparnna

• all of above names are Sanskrit ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

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

ਕਾੱਠਾ kattha

• The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

ਮਜੀਠ majitha

• ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼

ਸ਼ੇਨੀ sheni

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

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

अरुणा aruna, अतिसाम्या atisamya, भण्डी bhandi, भण्डिरी bhandiri, भञ्जक bhanjaka, चक्राङ्ग chakranga, छत्त्र chattra, चित्रलता chitralata, चित्राङ्ग chitranga, चित्रपर्णी chitraparni, हरिणी harini, हेमपुष्पी hemapushpi, जनन janana, जिङ्गी jingi, ज्वरहन्त्री jvarahantri, कालभाण्डिका kalabhandika, कालमेशिका kalameshika, कालपेशिका kalpeshika, काण्डीर kandira, क्षेत्रिणी kshetrini, लतायष्टि latayashti, मञ्जिष्ठा manjishtha, मञ्जूषा manjusha, नागकुमारी nagakumari, रागाढ्या ragadhya, रागाङ्गी ragangi, रक्त rakta, रक्ताङ्गी raktangi, रक्तवर्ग raktavarga, रक्तयष्टि raktayashti, शङ्करी shankari, ताम्रा tamra, ताम्रमूला tamramula, ताम्रपर्णी tamraparni, ताम्रवल्ली tamravalli, वप्र vapra, वस्त्ररजनी vastrarajani, योजनपर्णी yojanaparni, योजनवल्ली yojanavalli

• Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TAGIN ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: West Dafla, Bangni ... spoken by: Tagin people or Ghasi Miri people

tamen

• Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 July 2024

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

அமுதசகரம் amutacakaram, அமுத்திரம் amuttiram, சாயவேர் caya-ver, செவ்வல்லி cev-valli, இன்புறா inpura, இரத்தை irattai, காஞ்சினி kancini, மஞ்சிட்டி mancitti, பிறாமுட்டி piramutti, வயிரவேர் vayira-ver, யோசனவல்லி yocana-valli

• all of above names are Sanskrit ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

మంజిష్ఠ manjishta

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ
• A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~

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

བཙོད། btsod

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal Plants by Mia MoIvray - a publication for the study of Tibetan Medicine published by the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಟೊ manjishto

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

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

مجيٿهہ majith, منجشٿها manjishtha

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

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

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.7; last update July 18th, 2024. Last accessed 20/07/2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 19:20 22-07-2024 ~~~~~

Rubiaceae perennial herb climber "Rubia cordifolia" "Galium cordifolium" "Rubia cordifolia subsp cordifolia" "Indian madder"