Sterculia guttata Roxb.

stur-KEW-lee-uh -- named after the Latin god Sterculius ... Dave's Botanary
goo-TAH-tuh -- spotted ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: bloody drop ordure tree, spotted sterculia • Assamese: হিৰিখ hirikh • Gujarat: ડવલો davlo, કુકર kukar, ગોલડરો goldaro • Hindi: हिरीक hirik • Kannada: ಹುಲಿ ತೊರಡು ಮರ huli toradu mara, ಜೇನುಕಾಯಿ jenukaayi, ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari • Konkani: कुकर kukar, कुळिंदर kulinder • Malayalam: കാവളം kaavalam, പീനാറി peenari, രമണപ്പൂ ramanappoo, തൊണ്ടി thondi • Marathi: गोलदडा goldada, गोलदार goldaar, कुकर kukar • Tamil: கழுதைவிடை kalutaivitai, காவலம் kavalam, பீ pi, தொண்டி tonti • Tulu: ಗೋಣಪೊತ್ತೆಲ್ gonapotthelu, ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari


botanical names: Sterculia guttata Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Astrodendrum malabaricum Dennst. • Clompanus malabarica (Dennst.) Kuntze • Sterculia cuneata B.Heyne ex Wall. ... POWO, retrieved 27 September 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

bloody drop ordure tree

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

spotted sterculia

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

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

হিৰিখ hirikh

• Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
• the name rendered in native script needs validation

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

ડવલો davlo

• Many thanks to Jaydip Gadhiya for help with this name ... efloraofindia

કુકર kukar

• Ram Mayur L, Soufil Malek, Minal H Patel, BG Vashi, Vipul B Parekh, Vijay M Prajapati, BS Desai and Suman Kumar Jha. Conservation of few threatened NTFP’s (Trees) of south Gujarat. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 2022; 11(1S): 338-341.

ગોલડરો goldaro

• मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
• or ગોલ્ડર goldar ... Ram Mayur L, Soufil Malek, Minal H Patel, BG Vashi, Vipul B Parekh, Vijay M Prajapati, BS Desai and Suman Kumar Jha. Conservation of few threatened NTFP’s (Trees) of south Gujarat. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 2022; 11(1S): 338-341.
• name variant: ગોલ્ડર goldar ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

हिरीक hirik

• मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಹುಲಿ ತೊರಡು ಮರ huli toradu mara

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

ಜೇನುಕಾಯಿ jenukaayi

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari = stool smell ... named arose due to its foetid flowers and foul smell of heart wood

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

कुकर kukar, कुळिंदर kulinder

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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കാവളം kaavalam

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

പീനാറി peenaari, തൊണ്ടി thondi

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

രമണപ്പൂ ramanappoo

• A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

गोलदडा goldada

• A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... other name variants: गोलदाडा goldaada, गोलदोडा goldoda, गोलदाड goldaad

गोलदार goldaar, कुकर kukar

• मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

கழுதைவிடை kalutaivitai, காவலம் kavalam, பீ pi, தொண்டி tonti

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

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

ಗೋಣಪೊತ್ತೆಲ್ gonapotthelu

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಗೋಣಪೊತ್ತೆಲ್ gonapotthelu = ox scrotum ... named so, due to the characteristic shape and colour of its fruits, alluding to ox scrotum

ಪೀನಾರಿ peenaari

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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

Andaman islands, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.9; last update September 19th, 2024. Last accessed 27/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 13:04 27-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 21:56 27-09-2024 ~~~~~

Sterculieae Malvaceae Sterculioideae Sterculiaceae tropical deciduous tree "Sterculia guttata" "bloody drop ordure tree" "spotted sterculia"