Names of Plants in India :: Telugu names of Ardisia solanacea

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends and Lalithamba ji,

Among many names and their variants listed in ENVIS-FRLHT for Ardisia solanacea, I would like to get following validated:

1. కాశినేరేడు kaashineredu
   
2. పగడ ములక pagada mulaka 
   

I hope I have written the above two names correctly; thanks to A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

నేరేడు neredu (or నేరెడు neredu), though finds an entry in Brown's Dictionary for Ardisia humilis, (synonym of A. solanacea), it looks like being used as a generic name for plants bearing cherry or plum-like fruits. Thus using prefix like కాశి (Kaashi, Benares city) will separate it from అల్లోనేరేడు allo-neredu, భూతనేరేడు bhuta-neredu, జంబునేరేడు jambu-neredu. నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu, etc.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Lalithamba ji for validating the names rendered in Telugu script.

When I searched for names of Ardisia solanacea in Brown's dictionary, I came across this entry:

నేరేడు (p. 681) nērēḍu or నేరెడు nērēḍu. [Tel.] n. The tree called Myrtus cyminum. Rox. ii. 486. Ardisia humilis (Watts). భూతనేరేడు and అల్లోనేరేడు are other species. జంబునేరేడు the roseapple, Eugenia jambos. నేరేడుపండువలె as black as a cherry.

I now went on to search for భూతనేరేడు bhuta-neredu ... but was not able to find which plant it stands for.

భూత (bhuta), most probably would mean - haunted OR shunned by people due to some belief.

Hopefully, we will come across to know which plant this భూతనేరేడు bhuta-neredu stands for.

Regards.

Dinesh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: Names of Plants in India :: Telugu names of Ardisia solanacea
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

Dineshji,

you are perfectly correct in writing 

1. కాశినేరేడు kaashineredu
   

1. పగడ ములక pagada mulaka - plants with blakish fruits are called as Neredu  by common men. 
2. Syzizium alternifolium- as alla neredu; S.cumini as jambu neredu, Flacourtia indica as Nakka neredu; 

In sanskrit Jambu phal means Neredu fruit .May I know what is the Botanical name of Bhuta neredu
Thank you

regards

A.Lalithamba

[Dinesh Valke]

Many many thanks Lalithamba ji for the additional names, and the related information.

There is another name similar to already listed by you (and in ENVIS-FRLHT) ... కొండమయూరము kondamayuramu

mulaka in pogada mulaka refers to:
ములక (p. 1010) mulaka. [Tel.] n. The plant called Solanum, or Nightshade. 

With other prefixes: నేలములక Solanum jacquini. తెల్లములక Solanum indicum

Regards.

Dinesh

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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: Names of Plants in India :: Telugu names of Ardisia solanacea
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

Dinesh ji, 

In telugu it is called konda mamidi, adavi mayuri, and konda pogada also. కొండ మామిడి, అడవి మయూరి, కొండ పొగడ- it is also given in CRC world dictionary of medicinal plants. Pagadam means red coral in telugu, since the fruit is reddish and round like a coral it is called as Pogada mulaka. 

Kashi is another name of Varanassi/ Benaras, as all Indians know; but it  indicates sacred in telugu,

thank you

regards

A.Lalithamba  

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dineshji,

you are perfectly correct in writing 

1. కాశినేరేడు kaashineredu
   

1. పగడ ములక pagada mulaka - plants with blakish fruits are called as Neredu  by common men. 
2. Syzizium alternifolium- as alla neredu; S.cumini as jambu neredu, Flacourtia indica as Nakka neredu; 

In sanskrit Jambu phal means Neredu fruit .May I know what is the Botanical name of Bhuta neredu
Thank you

regards

A.Lalithamba

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote: