Names of Plants in India: Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou

¿ noth-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh ? -- Greek: nothos (false); pege (fountain) ... Dave's Botanary
BED-o-my -- named for Col Richard Henry Beddome, British botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: chestnutleaf top-fruit tree • Kannada: ನಾಯಿ ಚೇರ naayi chera, ಸೊನೆಮಾವು sonemaavu • Konkani: आंबेरी amberi • Malayalam: നായ്ച്ചേര് naaycheru • Marathi: आंबेरी amberi

botanical names: Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou ... heterotypic synonyms: Glycicarpus edulis Dalzell • Glycicarpus racemosa Dalzell • Nothopegia dalzellii Gamble • Nothopegia racemosa (Dalzell) Ramamoorthy ... and more at POWO, retrieved 07 January 2026

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

chestnutleaf top-fruit tree

Flowers of India, retrieved January 7, 2026

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ನಾಯಿ ಚೇರ naayi chera

Imran Baig - Plants of Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden - A biodiversity heritage site

ಸೊನೆಮಾವು sonemaavu

Kulkarni, Satish. (2016). Tree Wealth of KTR

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

आंबेरी amberi