Names of Plants in India: Vateria indica L.

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commonly known as: Indian copal tree, Indian gum anime, Malabar tallow tree, piney varnish tree, white dammar • Gujarati: ચંદ્રસ chandras, રાળ નું વૃક્ષ raal nu vrksha, સફેદ ડામર safed daamar, સર્જક sarjaka • Hindi: कहरुबा kahruba, सफेद डामर safed daamar • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಧೂಪ bili dhupa, ಬಿಳಿ ಗುಗ್ಗಲ bili guggala, ಬೆಳುವ beluva, ಧೂಪದ ಮರ dhupada mara, ಹಾಗಡ haagada, ಉಗುಳುಧೂಪ uguludhupa • Konkani: धूप dhoop • Malayalam: കുന്തിരിക്കപ്പൈൻ kunthirikkappayin, പയിനി payini, വെള്ളപ്പൈൻ vellappayin • Marathi: चंद्रुस chandrusa, धूप dhoop • Odia: ମନ୍ଦଧୂପ mandadhupa, ସନ୍ଦରସ sandarasa • Persian: کـﮩربا kahruba • Punjabi: ਸੁੰਦਰਸ sundaras • Sanskrit: सर्जकः sarjakah • Tamil: துருளக்கம் turulakkam, வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் vellai-k-kunki-liyam • Telugu: తెల్లగుగ్గిలము tellaguggilamu • Tulu: ತಂದೊಳಿಗೆ tandolige • Urdu: گگل guggul

botanical names: Vateria indica L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Vateria malabarica Blume ... POWO, retrieved 13 January 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Indian copal tree

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh - by R D Reddy
Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity by Cameron, John, F. L. S

Indian gum anime

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

Malabar tallow tree, white dammar

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh - by R D Reddy

piney varnish tree

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh - by R D Reddy

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

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

ચંદ્રસ chandras, રાળ નું વૃક્ષ raal nu vrksha, સફેદ ડામર safed daamar, સર્જક sarjaka

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

कहरुबा kahruba, सफेद डामर safed daamar

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
A new Hindustani-English dictionary by S. W. Fallon

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬಿಳಿ ಧೂಪ bili dhupa, ಧೂಪದ ಮರ dhupada mara

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

ಬಿಳಿ ಗುಗ್ಗಲ bili guggala, ಬೆಳುವ beluva (or ಬೆಳವ belava), ಹಾಗಡ haagada, ಉಗುಳುಧೂಪ uguludhupa

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

धूप dhoop

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

കുന്തിരിക്കപ്പൈൻ kunthirikkappayin

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

പയിനി payini, വെള്ളപ്പൈൻ vellappayin

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
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~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

चंद्रुस chandrusa

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
name variants: चंद्रस chandrasa, चंद्रोस chandrosa ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

धूप dhoop

The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

ମନ୍ଦଧୂପ mandadhupa

WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge

ସନ୍ଦରସ sandarasa

Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~

written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar

کـﮩربا kahruba

A new Hindustani-English dictionary by S. W. Fallon

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

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

ਸੁੰਦਰਸ sundaras

The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

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

सर्जकः sarjakah

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

துருளக்கம் turulakkam, வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் vellai-k-kunki-liyam

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

తెల్లగుగ్గిలము tellaguggilamu

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

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

ತಂದೊಳಿಗೆ tandolige