Saturday 27 July 2024

Salacia chinensis L.

Salacia chinensis L.

¿ sal-AH-si-ah ? -- genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune's wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology ... Wikipedia
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree, lolly berry • Assamese: মধুফল modhuphol • Bengali: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal • Gujarati: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • Hindi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • Marathi: इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Odia: ବାତ୍ରା batra, ସପ୍ତରଙ୍ଗୀ saptarangi • Sanskrit: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి neraani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake


botanical names: Salacia chinensis L. ... homotypic synonyms: Tonsella chinensis (L.) Spreng. ... heterotypic synonyms: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... many more at POWO, retrieved 26 July 2024
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Chinese salacia, lolly berry
holly-leaved berried spindle tree
  • for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
মধুফল modhuphol
  • for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Baree - The Home Garden of Assam
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
સપ્તરંગી saptarangi
  • trade name given, for want of name; this species is listed as distributed in the union territory of Daman and Diu ... Botanical Survey of India
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
सप्तरंगी saptarangi
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti
ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
इंगळी ingali
निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi
सप्तरंगी saptarangi
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବାତ୍ରା batra
ସପ୍ତରଙ୍ଗୀ saptarangi
  • Many thanks to Kumar Joshabant for help with this name ... facebook ... transverse cut stem shows many colours
  • this is a trade name used in many languages of India
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai
  • for holly-leaved berried spindle tree, Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
నేరాణి neraani
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 23:49 31-07-2024 ~~~~~
Celastraceae Hippocrateaceae "climbing shrub" "Salacia chinensis" "Salacia prinoides" "Tontelea prinoides" "Chinese salacia" "holly-leaved berried spindle tree" "lolly berry"

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