Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf.

zan-TOH-liss -- Greek: xanthos (yellow); holos (whole or entire); lissos (smooth) ... compiled from web
toh-men-TOH-suh -- covered with fine, matted hairs ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hairy xantolis, Indian bully tree, woolly ironwood • Bengali: কাঁটা বহুল kanta bohul • Bhojpuri: पन्यार panyar • Hindi: काँटा बहुल kanta bohul • Kannada: ಹುಡುಗೊಲ್ಲಿ hudugolli, ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಮರ kabbinada mara, ಕಾಲ್ಮಧು kaalmadhu, ಕಂಪಾಲೆ kampale, ಕುಂಪೋಲಿ kumpoli • Konkani: कांटे कुंबळो kante kumblo • Malayalam: കരിങ്കാര karimkara • Marathi: कुंबळ kumbal • Nagpuri: काँटा बुहेल kanta buhel • Odia: କଣ୍ଟାବଉଳ kantabaula • Tamil: முள்மகிழ் mul-makil, பாலை palai • Telugu: బెజ్జురెం bejjuren

botanical names: Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf. ... homotypic synonyms: Achras tomentosa (Roxb.) Bedd. • Planchonella tomentosa (Roxb.) Pierre • Pouteria tomentosa (Roxb.) Baehni • Sapota tomentosa (Roxb.) A.DC. • Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... heterotypic synonyms: Planchonella dongnaiensis Pierre ex Dubard • Sapota elengoides A.DC. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 13 May 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

hairy xantolis

• Flowers of India, retrieved May 13, 2026

Indian bully tree

• Wiktionary - the free dictionary ... (accessed: May 13, 2026) ... bully tree is a common name for several neotropical trees in the family Sapotaceae

woolly ironwood

• for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

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

কাঁটা বহুল kanta bohul (or কাঁটা বুহেল kanta buhel)

• This name highlights its geographic transition — since the species transitions into West Bengal through the shared lateritic, semi-deciduous forest belts of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, the Bengali vernacular directly mirrors the regional Odia name କଣ୍ଟାବଉଳ kantabaula ... compiled from web

~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand

पन्यार panyar

• Floristic Diversity of West Champaran - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

काँटा बहुल kanta bohul

• Because the species predominantly is distributed in the peninsular India and the Western Ghats, it does not have a deeply rooted historical name in the standard Khadi Boli (Delhi/Western UP) variant of Hindi. Instead, national platforms like the definitive taxonomic portal Flowers of India (retrieved May 13, 2026) has adopted the regional Hindi-belt names used across its northernmost distribution limits.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಹುಡುಗೊಲ್ಲಿ hudugolli (or ಹುದಿಗೊಳ್ಳು hudigollu), ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಮರ kabbinada mara, ಕಾಲ್ಮಧು kaalmadhu, ಕಂಪಾಲೆ kampale, ಕುಂಪೋಲಿ kumpoli

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... (accessed: May 13, 2026)
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library ... (downloaded: November 24, 2024)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

कांटे कुंबळो kante kumblo

• Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. ... (downloaded: April 9, 2025)
• 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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കരിങ്കാര karimkara

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: May 13, 2026)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

कुंबळ kumbal

• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा ... (downloaded: February 9, 2022)
• for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay by Cooke, Theodore ... (accessed: May 13, 2026)
• for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ ... (accessed: May 13, 2026)
• or कांटेकुंवळा kantekumvala, कुंवळा kumvala ... 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.

~~~~~ NAGPURI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नागपुरी), Kaithi (historically) ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha ... spoken by: Nagpuria people, also Nagpuri or Sadan ... other names for this language: Sadri, Sadani

काँटा बुहेल kanta buhel

• for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... West Bengal Pollution Control Board. (2025). Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Government of West Bengal. ... (accessed: May 14, 2026)

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

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

କଣ୍ଟାବଉଳ kantabaula

• Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary. ... (downloaded: August 11, 2024)
• for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS - VOL. I
• Praharaj, G.C. Pūrṇṇachandra Orḍiā bhāshākosha: a lexicon of the Oriya language. Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press, 1931-1940.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

முள்மகிழ் mul-makil

• for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... University of Madras. Tamil lexicon. [Madras], University of Madras, 1924-1936.

பாலை palai

• BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: May 14, 2026)

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

బెజ్జురెం bejjuren

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ... (accessed: May 13, 2026)
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants ... (accessed: May 13, 2026)

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

Andhra Pradesh, **Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, **Meghalaya, **Nagaland, Odisha, **Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.03; last update Mar. 30th, 2026. Last accessed 13/05/2026.
• ODISHA :: for Sideroxylon tomentosum Roxb. ... PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS - VOL. I

** distribution doubtful / not reported

~~~~~ Created on: 18:20 13-05-2026 ¦ Last updated: 16:56 14-05-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Sapotaceae tropical evergreen tree "Xantolis tomentosa" "Achras tomentosa" "Planchonella tomentosa" "Pouteria tomentosa" "Sapota tomentosa" "Sideroxylon tomentosum" "Planchonella dongnaiensis" "Sapota elengoides" "hairy xantolis" "Indian bully tree" "woolly ironwood"