vuh-KELL-lee-uh -- named after the Rev. George Harvey Vachell, chaplain to the British East India Company ... Wiktionary
far-nee-zee-AY-nuh -- of the gardens of the Farnese Palace in Rome, built and named for Roman Cardinal Alessandro Farnese ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: cassie, foetid mimosa, fragrant acacia, mimosa bush, needle bush, pulpy-podded black babul, sponge wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle • Ahom: tarua-kadom • Apatani: tarua-kadarn • Arabic: طلح أنباري talh anbari • Assamese: তৰুৱা কদম torua kadam • Bengali: বিলাতি বাবলা bilati babala, গুয়ে বাবলা guya babala • Chakma: kantanaksha • Dogri: गंध किक्करी gandh kikkaree, खशबो किक्करी khashabo kikkaree • Gujarati: ભોંય બાવળી bhoy bavali, ઝેરીબાવળ jheribaval, તલબાવળ talbaval • Haryanvi: विलायती कीकर vilayati kikar • Hindi: दुर्गंध खैर durgandh khair, गबुर gabur, गंध बबूल gandh babul, गूह बबूल guh babul, गुलबबूल gulbabul, पस्सी बबूल passi babul, विलायती बबूल vilayati babul • Kachchhi: અતરીયો બાવર atariyo bavar, સુગંધી બાવર sugandhi bavar • Kannada: ಕರಿಕಸ್ತೂರಿ karikasturi, ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಗೊಬ್ಳಿ kasturi gobli, ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಜಾಲಿ ಮರ kasturi jaali mara, ಕಿರಿಜಾಲಿ kirijaali, ಪೀಕ್ಜಾಲಿ peekjaali, ಸಣ್ಣ ಜಾಲಿ sanna jaali • Kokborok: amachukai, wilfa • Konkani: केंसर kemsar, ಕುಸ್ರಿ ಝಾಡ kusri jhaad • Malayalam: കസ്തൂരിവേലം kasthurivelam, പൌവേലം pouvelam • Manipuri: ꯆꯤꯒꯣꯡ ꯂꯩ chigong lei • Marathi: देवबाभूळ devbabhul, किंकर kinkar • Nepali: गनाउने खयर ganaaune khayar, जैत jait, स्यानिमैनी syaanimainee • Nyishi: pokkiyato, tappen • Odia: ଅସିମେଦ asimeda, ବିଲାତି ବବୁର bilati babura, ବିଟ ଖଦିର bita khadira, ଗନ୍ଧଗୁହାରିଆ gandhaguharia, ଗୁଇଆ ବାବଲା guia babala, କୁଆବାବୁରି kuababuri, ସାରଖଦିର sarakhadira • Punjabi: ਅੰਬਰ ਰੁੱਖ ambar rukh, ਕਾਬਲੀ ਕਿੱਕਰ kabali kikkar, ਪਹਾਡ਼ੀ ਕਿੱਕਰ pahari kikkar, ਵਿਲਾਇਤੀ ਕਿੱਕਰ wilaiti kikkar • Rajasthani: बाबेली baabeli, गाडी बबूल gaadi babul • Sanskrit: अहिमार ahimara, अरिमेद arimeda, गिरिमेद girimeda, गोधास्कन्ध godhaskandha, कुष्ठारि kushthari, मरुद्रुम marudruma, पूतिमेद putimeda, विट्खदिर vitkhadira • Santali: ᱜᱟᱹᱵᱩᱨ gabur • Sindhi: ولائتيِ ٻٻر vilayati baburu • Tamil: கஸ்தூரி kasturi, பீக்கருவேல் pi-k-karuvel, பீவேல் pi-vel, வேடுவழி vetuvali • Telugu: అరిందము arinmaedamu, కంపు తుమ్మ kampu tumma, కస్తూరి తుమ్మ, kasthoori tumma, మురికి తుమ్మ muriki tumma, నాగ తుమ్మ naaga tumma, పీకే తుమ్మ peeke tumma, పియ్య తుమ్మ piyya tumma • Tulu: ಬೊಳ್ಡು ಕಾಚಿ boldu kaachi
botanical names: Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn ... homotypic synonyms: Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. • Mimosa farnesiana L. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 31 December 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
cassie, sweet acacia
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
foetid mimosa
- Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
fragrant acacia
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity by Cameron, John, F. L. S
mimosa bush
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Victorian Resources Online - State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria)
needle bush
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
pulpy-podded black babul
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
sponge wattle (or sponge tree), sweet wattle
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Ragavi M, Sharmila M, Hardha B, Senthil Kumar M - A Comprehensive Review on Phytochemical Evaluation and Pharmacological Activity of Acacia farnesiana Volume 8, Issue 4, July-Aug 2023, Page Nos: 1527-1542
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom
tarua-kadom
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 02 January 2025
- the name needs to be rendered in native script
~~~~~ APATANI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Apa Tani, Tanw
tarua-kadarn
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 02 January 2025
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
طلح أنباري talh anbari
- ويكيبيديا - الموسوعة الحرة ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
তৰুৱা কদম torua kadam
- Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
বিলাতি বাবলা bilati babala, গুয়ে বাবলা guya babala
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Flora - Mehedi Voice
~~~~~ CHAKMA ~~~~~
written in: Chakma (𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴, Changhma Bhach or Ajha Path), Latin, Bengali ... spoken in: Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by: the Chakma (or Changhma) people and Daingnet people
kantanaksha
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Kar, Somnath & Das, Dipti & Das, Aparajita & Datta, B. (2019). Ethnomedicinal uses of some legumes in Tripura, India. Pleione. 13. 258 - 268. 10.26679/Pleione.13.2.2019.258-268.
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
गंध किक्करी gandh kikkaree, खशबो किक्करी khashabo kikkaree
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ભોંય બાવળી bhoy bavali
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Patel, Yogesh & Jasrai, Yogesh. (2010). Field Survey of Forest Resources of Gandhinagar Forest Division. Series - II Tree Enumeration.
- Patel, Yogesh & Patel, Nimisha & Jaiswal, Gitanjali & Pandya, Himanshu & Yogesh, Dr & Jasrai, Yogesh. (2015). Trees Enumeration and Analysis of Dharoi Range Forest, Mehsana, India. 3. 434-441.
ઝેરીબાવળ jheribaval, તલબાવળ talbaval
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
विलायती कीकर vilayati kikar
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Haryana Forest Flora - A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
दुर्गंध खैर durgandh khair, गंध बबूल gandh babul (or गंधी बबूल gandhi babul), गूह बबूल guh babul, गुलबबूल gulbabul (or गुलकीकर gulkikar), पस्सी बबूल passi babul, विलायती बबूल vilayati babul (or विलायती कीकर vilayati kikar)
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
गबुर gabur
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Chandra, K & Paney, B & Lal, V. (1985).Folk-lore medicinal plants of Dumka (Bihar). Ancient Science of Life. 4. 181-5.
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
અતરીયો બાવર atariyo bavar, સુગંધી બાવર sugandhi bavar
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕರಿಕಸ್ತೂರಿ karikasturi, ಕಿರಿಜಾಲಿ kirijaali
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಗೊಬ್ಳಿ kasturi gobli
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... The Forest Trees of Mysore and Coorg by Cameron, John, F. L. S. Ed
- or ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಗೊಬ್ಬಳಿ kasturi gobbali ... for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಜಾಲಿ ಮರ kasturi jaali mara
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity by Cameron, John, F. L. S
ಪೀಕ್ಜಾಲಿ peekjaali
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
- better written as ಪೀಕ ಜಾಲಿ peeka jaali ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
ಸಣ್ಣ ಜಾಲಿ sanna jaali
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಸಣ್ಣ sanna jaali, due to its size which is much lesser than the ಜಾಲಿ jsali, a name given to Acacia catechu
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera
amachukai (name used by the Noatia tribe), wilfa
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Kar, Somnath & Das, Dipti & Das, Aparajita & Datta, B. (2019). Ethnomedicinal uses of some legumes in Tripura, India. Pleione. 13. 258 - 268. 10.26679/Pleione.13.2.2019.258-268.
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
केंसर kemsar
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
ಕುಸ್ರಿ ಝಾಡ kusri jhaad
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കസ്തൂരിവേലം kasthurivelam
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
പൌവേലം pouvelam
- A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯆꯤꯒꯣꯡ ꯂꯩ chigong lei
- Flowers of India, retrieved December 31, 2024
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
देवबाभूळ devbabhul
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... मराठी शब्दकोश - मराठी भाषा विभाग - महाराष्ट्र शासन
- or देवबाभळ devbabhal ... for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... name variants of बाभूळ babhul: बाभळी babhali, बाभळ babhal
किंकर kinkar
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... name variants of किंकर kinkar: कंकर kankar, कंकरी kankari
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
गनाउने खयर ganaaune khayar, जैत jait, स्यानिमैनी syaanimainee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
pokkiyato, tappen
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 02 January 2025
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଅସିମେଦ asimeda, ବିଲାତି ବବୁର bilati babura, ବିଟ ଖଦିର bita khadira (or ବିଟ ଖଇର bita khaira), ଗନ୍ଧଗୁହାରିଆ gandhaguharia, ଗୁଇଆ ବାବଲା guia babala, କୁଆବାବୁରି kuababuri, ସାରଖଦିର sarakhadira
- Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਅੰਬਰ ਰੁੱਖ ambar rukh
- ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
ਕਾਬਲੀ ਕਿੱਕਰ kabali kikkar, ਪਹਾਡ਼ੀ ਕਿੱਕਰ pahari kikkar, ਵਿਲਾਇਤੀ ਕਿੱਕਰ wilaiti kikkar
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
बाबेली baabeli, गाडी बबूल gaadi babul
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Banswara - Forest Department - Rajasthan Government
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अहिमार ahimara (or अहिमारक ahimaraka), अरिमेद arimeda (or असिमेद asimeda), गिरिमेद girimeda, गोधास्कन्ध godhaskandha, कुष्ठारि kushthari, मरुद्रुम marudruma, पूतिमेद putimeda, विट्खदिर vitkhadira
- Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱜᱟᱹᱵᱩᱨ gabur
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
ولائتيِ ٻٻر vilayati baburu
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... A Sindhi-English dictionary by Parmanand Mewaram
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கஸ்தூரி kasturi, பீக்கருவேல் pi-k-karuvel, பீவேல் pi-vel, வேடுவழி vetuvali
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అరిందము arinmaedamu, కంపు తుమ్మ kampu tumma, కస్తూరి తుమ్మ kasthoori tumma, మురికి తుమ్మ muriki tumma, నాగ తుమ్మ naaga tumma, పీకే తుమ్మ peeke tumma, పియ్య తుమ్మ piyya tumma
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಬೊಳ್ಡು ಕಾಚಿ boldu kaachi
- for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; introduced / cultivated in India; naturalized in certain places
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes - Version 10.38 20 July 2010 [accessed: 31 December 2024]
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.12; last update December 15th, 2024. Last accessed 31/12/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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