Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston

siz-ZY-gee-um -- Greek: syzygos (joined), referring to the paired leaves ... Dave's Botanary
hem-is-FEER-ih-kum -- alternate spelling to hemisphaericum; hemispherical ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hemispheric rose-apple • Kannada: ಬನ ನೇರಳೆ bana nerale, ಕಾಡು ಪನ್ನೇರಳೆ kaadu pannerale, ಮಕ್ಕಿ ನೇರಳೆ makki nerale, ನಾಯಿ ನೇರಳೆ naayi nerale • Konkani: रेडी जांभूळ redi jambul • Malayalam: പഴഞാവൽ pazhanjaaval, തോൽഞാവൽ tholnjaaval, വെള്ളഞാറ vellanjara, വെൺഞാറ vennjara • Marathi: गोलजांब goljamb • Tamil: வெள்ளைநாவல் vellai-naval, வெண்ணாவல் vennaval


botanical names: Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston ... homotypic synonyms: Eugenia hemispherica Wight • Jambosa hemispherica (Wight) Walp. • Strongylocalyx hemisphaericus (Wight) Blume ... and more at POWO, retrieved 17 October 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hemispheric rose-apple

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved October 17, 2024
• or hemispheric-tubed rose-apple ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬನ ನೇರಳೆ bana nerale, ಮಕ್ಕಿ ನೇರಳೆ makki nerale

• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಕಾಡು ಪನ್ನೇರಳೆ kaadu pannerale

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

ನಾಯಿ ನೇರಳೆ naayi nerale

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

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

रेडी जांभूळ redi jambul

• 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

പഴഞാവൽ pazhanjaaval, തോൽഞാവൽ tholnjaaval, വെള്ളഞാറ vellanjara, വെൺഞാറ vennjara

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the names ... efloraofindia
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

गोलजांब goljamb

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

வெள்ளைநாவல் vellai-naval, வெண்ணாவல் vennaval

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

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

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 9th, 2024. Last accessed 11/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 14:33 17-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 11:08 18-10-2024 ~~~~~

Myrtaceae evergreen tree "Syzygium hemisphericum" "Eugenia hemispherica" "Jambosa hemispherica" "Strongylocalyx hemisphaericus" "hemispheric rose-apple" "hemispheric-tubed rose-apple"