Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight

zan-THOK-sil-um or zan-tho-ZY-lum -- yellow wood ... Dave's Botanary
o-val-ee-FOH-lee-um -- oval leaf ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: little yellow-wood, oval-leaf yellow-wood, thorny yellow-wood • Bengali: ছোট তিমুর chota timur • Kannada: ಅರಮಾದಳ aramaadala, ಕಾಡು ಮೆಣಸು kaadu menasu • Khasi: diang-sinualh, diang-shih, tew-kalong • Malayalam: ഗന്ധം കൊളുന്ത് gandham kolunthu, കാട്ടുമുളകു kaattumulaku • Nepali: नाँगे टिमुर naange timur • Telugu: రిజాయి rijayi • Tulu: ಅರೆಮಾಪಲೊ aremaapalo


botanical names: Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight ... homotypic synonyms: Fagara ovalifolia (Wight) Engl. ... heterotypic synonyms: Toddalia mitis Miq. ex Hook.f. • Zanthoxylum sepiarium Wight ... and more at POWO, retrieved 14 February 2025
homonym: Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Tutcher ... Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. 14 Feb 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

little yellow-wood, oval-leaf yellow-wood, thorny yellow-wood

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ছোট তিমুর chota timur

• Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅರಮಾದಳ aramaadala, ಕಾಡು ಮೆಣಸು kaadu menasu

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

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

diang-sinualh, diang-shih, tew-kalong

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ഗന്ധം കൊളുന്ത് gandham kolunthu

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this coined name ... efloraofindia ... ഗന്ധം gantham = smell / fragrance / odour; കൊളുന്ത് kolunthu = sprout leaves / young shoot of plant / inflorescence

❌ കാന്തം കൊളുത്ത് kaantham koluthu ❌

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with overruling this name ... efloraofindia

കാട്ടുമുളകു kaattumulaku

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... കാട്ടുമുളകു kaattumulaku = wild pepper ... named so due to the highly pungent fruits which are used as condiment

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

नाँगे टिमुर naange timur

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

రిజాయి rijayi

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• 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

ಅರೆಮಾಪಲೊ aremaapalo

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಅರೆಮಾಪಲೊ aremaapalo = half citrus ... named so due to its small fruits with smell of citrus

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

Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, *Nagaland, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.02; last update February 13th, 2025. Last accessed 14/02/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 12:21 14-02-2025 ¦ Last updated: 14:02 12-03-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Rutaceae shrub "Zanthoxylum ovalifolium" "Fagara ovalifolia" "Toddalia mitis" "Zanthoxylum sepiarium" "little yellow-wood" "oval-leaf yellow-wood" "thorny yellow-wood"