Sunday, 27 October 2024

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

TAK-kah -- from the Malayan name for this plant ... Dave's Botanary
lee-on-toh-pet-al-OY-deez -- resembles lion's-petals ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: African arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot, Fiji arrowroot, green bat flower, Polynesian arrowroot, Tahiti arrowroot • Assamese: কেতুৰী keturi • Dogri: मुच्छल टाँट muchchhal taant • Gujarati: જોગી બાદશાહ jogi badshah, કાચિંડા નો વેલો kachinda no velo • Hindi: बाघ मूंछ bagh-moochh, देवकन्द devkanda • Kannada: ದೇವಕಂದ devakanda, ಹಂದಿಗಡ್ಡೆ handigadde, ಸೂರಣಗಡ್ಡೆ suranagadde • Konkani: देवकांदो devakamdo, कोळ्याचो माड kolyacho mad, सरडेचो माड sardecho mad, ಸೂರ್ಣು surnu • Malayalam: കാട്ടുചേന kaattuchena • Marathi: देवकंद devakanda, जटाशंकर jatashankar, पेणघागरा penghagara, तवकीराच झाड towkiracha jhad • Odia: ଧୋଇ dhoi • Sanskrit: देवकन्द devakanda, सूर्ण surna • Santali: ᱵᱚᱝᱜᱟ ᱴᱟᱮᱱᱤ bonga taini • Tamil: சேனை cenai, ககனம் kakanam, காறாக்கருணை kara-k-karunai, காட்டுக்கருணை kattu-k-karunai • Telugu: అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa, కంద kanda, పెద్ద కంద గడ్డ pedda kanda gadda, రిత్త కంద ritta kanda, ఊర కంద vura kanda • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಕೇನೆ kattukene


botanical names: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze ... homotypic synonyms: Leontice leontopetaloides L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 25 October 2024
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
African arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot, Fiji arrowroot
green bat flower
  • Top Tropicals - the World's Leading Authority on Tropical Plants
  • bat flower or batflower is a generic name given to most of Tacca species
Polynesian arrowroot
Tahiti arrowroot
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
কেতুৰী keturi
  • Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
मुच्छल टाँट muchchhal taant
  • 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
જોગી બાદશાહ jogi badshah
  • Many thanks to Dr Naren K Patel for help with this name ... efloraofindia
  • જોગી jogi = yogi; બાદશાહ badshah = emperor, king of kings ... thus, king of yogis, a name given to Lord Shiva; the long thread-like bracteoles, inflorescence, leaves, the entire plant giving an allusion to Lord Shiva with his matted hair, sitting in his yogic meditative pose
કાચિંડા નો વેલો kachinda no velo
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
बाघ मूंछ bagh-moochh
देवकन्द devkanda
  • WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದೇವಕಂದ devakanda, ಹಂದಿಗಡ್ಡೆ handigadde
ಸೂರಣಗಡ್ಡೆ suranagadde
  • for Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
  • ಸೂರಣ surana = yam; ಗಡ್ಡೆ gadde = tuber, rhizome ... tuber of this plant is likened to yam by local folks
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
देवकांदो devakamdo, कोळ्याचो माड kolyacho mad, सरडेचो माड sardecho mad
  • for Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
  • literal meanings: देवकांदो devakamdo = divine tuber; कोळ्याचो माड kolyacho mad = spider's palm (tree); सरडेचो माड sardecho mad = chameleon's palm (tree)
ಸೂರ್ಣು surnu
  • for Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കാട്ടുചേന kaattuchena
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
देवकंद devakanda
जटाशंकर jatashankar
पेणघागरा penghagara
तवकीराच झाड towkiracha jhad
  • for Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... Gardening in the Tropics by G. Marshall Woodrow
  • name variants for तवकीर towkir : variants: तवकीर tavakira, तवखीर tavakhira, तवकील tavakila, तवखील tavakhila ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
  • तवकीर tavakira = East Indian arrowroot ... TransLiteral Foundations
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଧୋଇ dhoi
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
देवकन्द devakanda
सूर्ण surna
  • for Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
  • The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
  • this word in Sanskrit has a different meaning; assumably coined name OR name derived from regional language for use in Ayurveda
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱵᱚᱝᱜᱟ ᱴᱟᱮᱱᱤ bonga taini
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சேனை cenai, ககனம் kakanam, காறாக்கருணை kara-k-karunai, காட்டுக்கருணை kattu-k-karunai
  • for Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa, కంద kanda, పెద్ద కంద గడ్డ pedda kanda gadda, రిత్త కంద ritta kanda, ఊర కంద vura kanda
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕಾಟ್ಟುಕೇನೆ kaattukene
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Andaman & Nicobar islands, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
~~~~~ Created on: 21:20 25-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 10:06 27-10-2024 ~~~~~
Taccaceae Dioscoreaceae perennial herb "Tacca leontopetaloides" "Leontice leontopetaloides" "Tacca pinnatifida" "African arrowroot" batflower "East Indian arrowroot" "Fiji arrowroot" "Hawaiian arrowroot" "Polynesian arrowroot" "Tahiti arrowroot"
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