SPON-dee-as -- Greek name for plum ... Dave's Botanary
pin-NAY-tuh -- feather-shaped ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, wild mango • Abor: dergi-asing • Adi: dorge, dorgu dorge • Ahom: আমৰা amora • Andamans (local name): gue • Assamese: আমৰা aamaraa • Bengali: আমড়া aamada, আম্রাত aamraata, আম্রাতক aamraataka • Bodo: thaisuri • Dogri: माड़ा madha, मंब mamb • Garo: ambare rongtong, ambi-thong, ambri-thong, thong-rong • Gujarati: અંબાડાં ambaadaa, અંબાડો ambaado, અંબેડી ambedi, અંબેડો ambedo • Hajong: amra • Haryanvi: अमरा amara • Hindi: अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan • Kachari: thaisudi-phang • Kannada: ಅಬಟ್ಟಿ ಮರ abatti mara, ಅಮಟೆ ಕಾಯಿಮರ amate kaayimara, ಅಂಬಾಡೆ ambaade, ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate, ಗೊಡ್ಡದ ಕಾಯಿ goddada kaayi, ಗೊಡ್ಡಮಟೆ goddamate, ಕಾಡಂಬಟ್ಟಿ kadambatti, ಕೊಡಲಿ ಮಾವು kodali maavu, ಮರ ಹುಣಿಸೆ mara hunise, ಮುತ್ತಿಗ muttiga, ಪೂಂಡಿ poondi, ತಿಂಡೀಕ tindeeka, ವೃಕ್ಷಾಮ್ಲ vrkshaamla • Karbi: chiming-arong, suming-arong • Khasi: dieng-soh-pier, dieng-soh-pier-kanthai • Kokborok: raisoingsing, thai-toui, totoi gera • Konkani: आंबाडो ambado • Kuki: tai-to-thing, toito • Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰮᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ ᰀᰪᰵ raom-chyee-ling koong, ᰛᰪᰵᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ rung-chyee-ling • Malayalam: അമ്പഴം ampazham, കാട്ടുമാ kaattumaa • Manipuri: ꯍꯩꯅꯤꯡ heining • Marathi: अमडा amada, आंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba, खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba • Maring: totohei • Mishing: dergi-asing • Mizo: tawi-taw • Mundari: ambaru, arbaru • Nagamese: tamzen • Nepali: अमारो amaaro • Nyishi: dongkal seen, pakka • Odia: ଅଧ୍ୱଗଭୋଗ୍ୟ adhwagabhogya, ଆମ୍ବଡ଼ା ambarda, ଆମ୍ରାତ amrata, ଅତ୍ୟମ୍ଳ atyamla, ବାଳମୂଳିକା balamulika, ବୃଦ୍ଧ ବିଭୀତକ bruddha bibhitaka, ବୃକ୍ଷାମ୍ଳ brukshamla, କପିପ୍ରିୟ kapipriya, କପୀତନ kapitana, ଫଳୀ phali, ପୀତନ pitana, ପୂରାମ୍ଳ puramla, ରସାଢ୍ୟ rasadhya, ସାଲମା salama, ଶୁଙ୍ଗ shunga • Pahari: अंबुआड़ा ambuara • Pali: अंबाटका ambataka • Punjabi: ਭੰਬੋਲਾ bhanbola • Rabha: doythe • Sanskrit: अध्वगभोग्य adhvagabhogya, आम्रात amrata, आम्रवाट amravata, अत्यम्ल atyamla, भृङ्गीफल bhrngiphala, बीजामित bijamita, बृहद्बीज brhadbija, इन्दुफल induphala, कपिचूड kapichuda, कपिप्रिय kapipriya, कपिरसाध्या kapirasadhya, कपीतन kapitana, माधवद्रुम madhavadruma, मधुराम्लक madhuramlaka, मेटुला metula, पशुहरीतकी pashuharitaki, पीतनक pitanaka, पूराम्ल puramla, रसाढ्य rasadhya, सारण sarana, शृङ्गिन् shrngin, शुङ्ग shunga, स्वादुरसा svadurasa, तनुक्षीर tanukshira, वर्षपल्किन् varshapalkin, वृद्धविभीतक vrddhavibhitaka, वृक्षाम्ल vrkshamla • Santali: ᱟᱢᱲᱟ amra • Tagin: kodum • Tamil: அம்பாழம் ambazham, ஆம்பிரம் ampiram, அப்பீரகம் appirakam, காட்டுமா kattuma, கிஞ்சம் kincam, மாழை malai, மாம்புளி mampuli, மாரிமா marima, நாளினி naalini, புளிமா pulima, உகின் ukin • Tangkhul: heining • Tangsa: makok • Telugu: అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అధ్వము adhvamu, అంబాళము ambalamu, అంపిలేపిచెట్టు ampilepichettu, ఆమ్రతకము aamrathakamu, ఇవురుమామిడి ivuru mamidi, కొండమామిడి konda mamidi, పీతవృక్షము peetha vrukshamu • Tibetan: ཨ་མྲ a-mra, ཨ་མྲ་ཏ་ཀ a-mra-ta-ka, ཤིན་པ་ཀོ sin-pa-ko, ཤིན་བྲ་ཀ sin-bra-ka • Tulu: ಅಂಬಡೆ ambade, ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate • Urdu: امباڙا ambara, امباڙي ambari, امرا amra, پهل بهرنگي bhringi-phal, ميٿلا metula, هريتکي پش pashu-haritaki, پيتن pitan
botanical names: Spondias pinnata (L.f.) Kurz ... homotypic synonyms: Mangifera pinnata L.f. ... heterotypic synonyms: Spondias amara Lam. • Spondias mangifera Willd. • Spondias paniculata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 18 January 2026
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
Andaman mombin, Indian mombin
- INDIAN HOG PLUM (Spondias pinnata (L.f.) kurz.). ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
Indian hog plum
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS - VOL. I ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- INDIAN HOG PLUM (Spondias pinnata (L.f.) kurz.). ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
wild mango
- Flowers of India, retrieved January 18, 2026
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ ABOR ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... Abor is one of the two groups of the various languages and dialects of the Adi people, other being Lhoba, spoken by Lobha people of south-eastern Tibet
dergi-asing
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
dorge, dorgu dorge
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 January 2026
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom, Assamese ... 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
আমৰা amora
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 January 2026
~~~~~ Andamans ~~~~~
languages spoken: Bengali | Tamil | Telugu | Hindi | Malayalam | Sadri | Kurukh | and a dozen endangered Andamanese languages ... written using their respective scripts, oral languages use Devanagari / Latin
gue
- The Useful Plants of India (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate) ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
আমৰা aamaraa
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
আমড়া aamada
- PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS - VOL. I ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
আম্রাত aamraata, আম্রাতক aamraataka
- Biswas, Sailendra. Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed. Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2000. ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
thaisuri
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
माड़ा madha, मंब mamb
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
ambare rongtong
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
ambi-thong
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
ambri-thong, thong-rong
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
અંબાડાં ambaadaa, અંબાડો ambado
- Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission ... (accessed on: Dec 16, 2020)
- Yadav, Shri Ram - A contribution to the floristics and phytosociology of some parts of South Gujarat :: Chapter 1 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
અંબેડી ambedi, અંબેડો ambedo
- સૃષ્ટિ (અંક-૩૦, માર્ચ ૨૦૦૧, વૃક્ષ વિશેષાંક) publication by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
amra
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
अमरा amara
- Haryana Forest Flora - A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India) ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan
- Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Cachari, Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)
thaisudi-phang
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate, ಅಂಬಾಡೆ ambaade, ತಿಂಡೀಕ tindeeka
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
ಅಬಟ್ಟಿ ಮರ abatti mara, ಅಮಟೆ ಕಾಯಿಮರ amate kaayimara, ಗೊಡ್ಡಮಟೆ goddamate, ಗೊಡ್ಡದ ಕಾಯಿ goddada kaayi, ಕಾಡಂಬಟ್ಟಿ kadambatti, ಕೊಡಲಿ ಮಾವು kodali maavu, ಮರ ಹುಣಿಸೆ mara hunise, ಮುತ್ತಿಗ muttiga, ಪೂಂಡಿ poondi, ವೃಕ್ಷಾಮ್ಲ vrkshaamla
- BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
chiming-arong, suming-arong
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
dieng-soh-pier, dieng-soh-pier-kanthai
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- or dieng-soh-pair-kynthai ... Sawian, J.T. & Jeeva, Solomon & Lyndem, F.G. & Laloo, R.C.. (2007). Wild edible plants of Meghalaya, North-East India. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources. 6. 410-426. ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera
raisoingsing, thai-toui, totoi gera
- NATURE INFO - Electronic Database - Spondias pinnata by Md. Salah Uddin ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
आंबाडो ambado
- Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
- V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki
tai-to-thing, toito
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~
written in: Lepcha (or Róng), Tibetan ... spoken in: Sikkim, West Bengal
ᰛᰩᰮᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ ᰀᰪᰵ raom-chyee-ling koong, ᰛᰪᰵᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ rung-chyee-ling
- Aathing K P Tamsang - The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary - Second Edition (2009) ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
- Mainwaring, George Byres; Grünwedel, Albert - Dictionary of the Lepcha-language - Berlin : Printed by Unger Bros. 1898 ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
അമ്പഴം ampazham (or അന്പാഴം anpaazham / അന്പഴം anpazham)
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
- BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
കാട്ടുമാ kaattumaa
- Gundert, Hermann. A Malayalam and English dictionary. Mangalore, London, C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., 1872. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯍꯩꯅꯤꯡ heining
- Flowers of India, retrieved January 18, 2026
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
अमडा amada, आंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba, खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba
- Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). A dictionary, Marathi and English. 2d ed., rev. and enl. Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's press, 1857. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ MARING ~~~~~
written in: Meitei (ꯃꯔꯤꯡ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... spoken by Maring people ... not to be confused with the Maring language of New Guinea
totohei
- Flowers of India, retrieved January 20, 2026
~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~
written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri
dergi-asing
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
tawi-taw
- Lorrain, J. Herbert (James Herbert) Dictionary of the Lushai language. Calcutta : Asiatic Society, 1940. (Bibliotheca Indica, 261) ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA. KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. 106-126. [Accessed 15/11/2021 (dd/mm/yyyy)]
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
ambaru, arbaru
- The Useful Plants of India (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate) ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples
tamzen
- Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
अमारो amaaro
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... 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
dongkal seen, pakka
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 January 2026
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଅଧ୍ୱଗଭୋଗ୍ୟ adhwagabhogya, ଆମ୍ବଡ଼ା ambarda, ଆମ୍ରାତ amrata, ଅତ୍ୟମ୍ଳ atyamla, ବାଳମୂଳିକା balamulika, ବୃଦ୍ଧ ବିଭୀତକ bruddha bibhitaka, ବୃକ୍ଷାମ୍ଳ brukshamla, କପିପ୍ରିୟ kapipriya, କପୀତନ kapitana, ଫଳୀ phali, ପୀତନ pitana, ପୂରାମ୍ଳ puramla, ରସାଢ୍ୟ rasadhya, ସାଲମା salama, ଶୁଙ୍ଗ shunga
- Praharaj, G.C. Pūrṇṇachandra Orḍiā bhāshākosha: a lexicon of the Oriya language. Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press, 1931-1940. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
अंबुआड़ा ambuara
- Himalayan Wild Food Plants by Dr. Tara Sen Thakur ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism
अंबाटका ambataka
- Pali Text Society, London. The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary. Chipstead, 1921-1925. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਭੰਬੋਲਾ bhanbola
- Singh, Maya. The Panjabi dictionary. Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons, 1895. ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
doythe
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026)
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अध्वगभोग्य adhvagabhogya, आम्रात amrata (or आम्रातक amrataka), आम्रवाट amravata (or आम्रवाटक amravataka / आम्रवाटिक amravatika), अत्यम्ल atyamla, भृङ्गीफल bhrngiphala, बीजामित bijamita, बृहद्बीज brhadbija, इन्दुफल induphala, कपिचूड kapichuda, कपिप्रिय kapipriya, कपिरसाध्या kapirasadhya, कपीतन kapitana, माधवद्रुम madhavadruma, मधुराम्लक madhuramlaka, पशुहरीतकी pashuharitaki, पीतनक pitanaka, पूराम्ल puramla, रसाढ्य rasadhya, सारण sarana, शृङ्गिन् shrngin, शुङ्ग shunga (or शुङ्गी shungi), स्वादुरसा svadurasa, तनुक्षीर tanukshira, वर्षपल्किन् varshapalkin, वृद्धविभीतक vrddhavibhitaka, वृक्षाम्ल vrkshamla
- Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
मेटुला metula
- ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱟᱢᱲᱟ amra
- Campbell, A., of the Santal mission A Santali-English dictionary Pokhuria, India : Santal Mission Press, 1899 ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
- ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026)
~~~~~ TAGIN ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: West Dafla, Bangni ... spoken by: Tagin people or Ghasi Miri people
kodum
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 January 2026
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அம்பாழம் ambazham
- BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
ஆம்பிரம் ampiram, அப்பீரகம் appirakam, காட்டுமா kattuma, கிஞ்சம் kincam (or சிஞ்சம் cincam), மாழை malai, மாம்புளி mampuli, மாரிமா marima, நாளினி naalini, புளிமா pulima, உகின் ukin (or எகின் ekin)
- University of Madras. Tamil lexicon. [Madras], University of Madras, 1924-1936. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: Manipur, Nagaland ... spoken by: Tangkhul people
heining
- S. Salam, P.K. Singh 1 and N.S. Jamir - Kitchen garden plants of Tangkhul tribe in Ukhrul District, Manipur, India - Pleione 5(2): 280 - 285. 2011. ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
- Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026)
~~~~~ TANGSA ~~~~~
written in: Tangsa, Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Tase and Tase Naga ... spoken by: Tangshang people or Tangsa Naga
makok
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 21 January 2026
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అంబాళము ambalamu
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
- Brown, Charles Philip. A Telugu-English dictionary. 2nd ed. Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
అధ్వము adhvamu
- Brown, Charles Philip. A Telugu-English dictionary. 2nd ed. Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
అంపిలేపిచెట్టు ampilepichettu, ఆమ్రతకము aamrathakamu, ఇవురుమామిడి ivuru mamidi, కొండమామిడి konda mamidi, పీతవృక్షము peetha vrukshamu
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ཨ་མྲ a-mra, ཨ་མྲ་ཏ་ཀ a-mra-ta-ka, ཤིན་པ་ཀོ sin-pa-ko, ཤིན་བྲ་ཀ sin-bra-ka (or ཤིན་བྲ་ཀོ sin-bra-ko)
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಅಂಬಡೆ ambade, ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate
- Männer, A - Tulu-English and English-Tulu dictionary - Mangalore, Basel Mission Press (1886-8) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
امباڙا ambara, امباڙي ambari, امرا amra, پهل بهرنگي bhringi-phal, ميٿلا metula, هريتکي پش pashu-haritaki, پيتن pitan
- Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026)
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Widely, but sparsely distributed across India, primarily thriving in tropical, subtropical moist deciduous forests and sub-Himalayan regions; also cultivated.
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Created on: 10:38 18-01-2026 ¦ Last updated: 16:01 21-01-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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