Names of Plants in India: Salix tetrasperma Roxb.

SAL-iks or SAY-liks -- to spring or leap; referring to the genus Salix ... Dave's Botanary
tet-ra-SPERM-a -- four-seeded ... ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: four-seeded willow, Indian willow • Assamese: ভেহ bhe • Bengali: বিয়াস biyasa, বৈশাখী boishakhi, পানী জমা pani joma • Coorgi: ಭೈಯ್ಯಾ ಮರ bhayya mara • Dogri: बदाह badaah, बैद्दा baidda, बीसा beesa • Garo: bhesh, bol-slak • Gojari: बीसा beesa • Gujarati: વાલુંજ valunj • Hindi: बक्षेल bakshel, बेद लैला bed-laila, बेधा bedha, बेगस begas, बेंत bent, भैन्स bhains, जलमाला jalmala, मगशेर magsher • Jaintia: dieng-um • Kannada: ಬೈಚೆ ಮರ baiche mara, ಹೊಳೆಬೋಸಿ holebosi, ನೀರವಂಜಿ neeravanji • Kashmiri: वीर् vir • Khasi: jamynrei • Konkani: वाळुंज valumj • Ladakhi: selchang • Malayalam: വഞ്ചി vanji • Manipuri: ꯎꯌꯨꯝ ঊযুম ooyum • Mao-Naga: oziisii • Marathi: बाका baaka, बच्चा bachcha, बितसा bitasa, बोक bok, वाळुंज valunj • Mech: besbiphang • Mishing: seemir-asing • Mizo: tuipui suthlah • Nepali: बैंश bainsh • Odia: ବାରିଜ barija, ପାଣି ବେଗୁନିଆ pani begunia • Pahari: बयूंश bayunsh • Punjabi: ਬੇਦ ਲੈਲਾ bed laila • Rajasthani: वेरा vera • Sanskrit: जलवेतस jalavetasa, नादेय nadeya, वानीर vanira, वञ्जुल vanjula, वरुणा varuna • Santali: ᱜᱟᱰᱟ ᱥᱤᱜᱽᱨᱤᱜ gada sigrik • Tamil: ஆற்றுப்பாலை arru-p-palai, சுவேதம் cuvetam, நீர்வஞ்சி nir-vanci • Telugu: కొండగన్నేరు kondaganneru

botanical names: Salix tetrasperma Roxb. ... synonyms: listed at POWO, retrieved 28 July 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

four-seeded willow

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

Indian willow

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~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

ভেহ bhe

Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

বিয়াস biyasa

উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ

বৈশাখী boishakhi

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

পানী জমা pani joma

Many thanks to Surajit Koley and Dr Tapas Chakrabarty for help with this name ... efloraofindia
BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
Voigt, J. O. and Griffith, W. - A Catalogue of the Plants which have been cultivated in the Hon. East India Company’s Botanical Garden, Calcutta and in the Serampore Botanical Garden
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ COORGI ~~~~~

written in: Kodava, Kannada (ಕೊಡವ), Malayalam (കൊഡവ) ... spoken in: Coorg district of Karnataka ... other names for this language: Codava, Kodava

ಭೈಯ್ಯಾ ಮರ bhayya mara

Kodava Clan - Native Trees of Kodagu

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

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

बदाह badaah, बैद्दा baidda, बीसा beesa

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

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

besh

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

bol-slak

Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ GOJARI ~~~~~

written in: Takri, Perso-Arabic, Devanagari ... spoken in: Jammu and Kashmir, northern Punjab, Himachal Pradesh ... also spelt as: Gojri, Gujari, Gujri ... spoken by: nomadic community of Gurjar (or also known by other names: Gujjar, Gujar, Gurjara)

बीसा beesa

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

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

વાલુંજ valunj (or વાલંજ valanj)

સૃષ્ટિ (અંક-૩૦, માર્ચ ૨૦૦૧, વૃક્ષ વિશેષાંક) publication by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

बक्षेल bakshel, बेधा bedha, बेगस begas, भैन्स bhains, मगशेर magsher

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बेद लैला bed-laila

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बेंत bent, जलमाला jalmala

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~~~~~ JAINTIA ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam ... exonyms: Jaintia, Synteng; endonym: Pnar

dieng-um

Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೈಚೆ ಮರ baiche mara

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ಹೊಳೆಬೋಸಿ holebosi

Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ನೀರವಂಜಿ neeravanji

S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
or ನೀರುಮಂಜಿ neerumanji or ನೀರಂಜಿ neeranji ... 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

वीर् vir

A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

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

jamynrei

Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
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

वाळुंज valumj

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

~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: Ladakh

selchang

Ahmad, Suheel & Singh, J. & Verma, D. (2015). Inventory of Important Fodder Plant Species of Ladakh Himalaya, India.
the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

വഞ്ചി vanji

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

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

ꯎꯌꯨꯝ ঊযুম ooyum

Flowers of India, retrieved July 28, 2024

~~~~~ MAO-NAGA ~~~~~

written in: Meitei, Latin ... spoken in: northwestern Manipur, Nagaland ... spoken by: Mao Naga people ... other names for this language: Sopvoma, Emela, Mao' La

oziisii

Lokho, Kreni & Narasimhan, D.. (2013). Ethnobotany of Mao-Naga Tribe of Manipur, India. Pleione. 7. 314 - 324.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

बाका baaka, बच्चा bachcha, बितसा bitasa, बोक bok

मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

वाळुंज valunj

A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... other name variants: वाळूंज valunj OR वाळंज valanj
The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~

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

besbiphang

Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das

~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~

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

seemir-asing

Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

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

tuipui suthlah

Flowers of India, retrieved July 28, 2024
ENVIS :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

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

बैंश bainsh

विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ବାରିଜ barija

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

ପାଣି ବେଗୁନିଆ pani begunia

Das P K, Sahoo T, Panda P C. Forest trees of Odisha, India: An updated checklist. Plant Science Today. 2022; 9(4): 1021–1031.

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

बयूंश bayunsh

Many thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Thakur for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... name prevalent in some parts of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur, Kangra, Bilaspur, Mandi)

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

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

ਬੇਦ ਲੈਲਾ bed laila

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~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan

वेरा vera

GLOWS-FIU. 2008. Biodiversity Assessment Report: Wakal River Basin, India. 2008. Global Water Sustainability Program, Florida International University. 68p.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

जलवेतस jalavetasa, नादेय nadeya

Dhanvantri Vanoshdhi Part V by Trivedi, Krishanprasad

वानीर vanira

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वञ्जुल vanjula

Kumar P, Dave OP, Paliwal B. A Randomized Controlled Double Blind clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of Vedanasthapana Mahakashaya as an anxiolytic and analgesic polyherbal drug in perioperative anorectal cases. J Ayu Herb Med 2022;8(3):178-182. DOI: 10.31254/jahm.2022.8308

वरुणा varuna

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Dhanvantri Vanoshdhi Part V by Trivedi, Krishanprasad

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha

ᱜᱟᱰᱟ ᱥᱤᱜᱽᱨᱤᱜ gada sigrik

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ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

ஆற்றுப்பாலை arru-p-palai, சுவேதம் cuvetam, நீர்வஞ்சி nir-vanci

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

కొండగన్నేరు kondaganneru

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