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Myristica fragrans Houtt. ... (family: Myristicaceae)

Myristica fragrans Houtt.

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my-RIS-ti-kuh -- from the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing) ... Dave's Botanary
FRAY-granz -- fragrant ... Dave's Botanary


This is the only tropical fruit that is the source of two different spices (nutmeg and mace) ... Wikipedia
For more information on these OR any spices, visit Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages.


commonly known as: nutmeg • Assamese: জাইফল jaiphol • Bengali: জাতিফল jatiphala, জায়ফল jayaphala • Garo: joipol • Gujarati: જાયફળ jayaphala • Hindi: जातीफल jati-phal, जायफल jayaphal • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jakayi, ಜಾತೀಫಲ jatiphala • Kashmiri: जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal • Khasi: jaiphol • Konkani: जायफळ jayaphal • Malayalam: ജാതി jathi, ജാതിക്കാ jathikka • Manipuri: জায়ফল jayfal • Marathi: जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala • Nepali: जाइफल् jaiphal • Oriya: ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala • Punjabi: ਜਾਫਲ jafal • Sanskrit: जातिफल jatiphala • Tamil: சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay • Telugu: జాజికాయ jajikaya • Tibetan: dza ti pha la • Urdu: جائيپهل jayaphal


... more names for nutmeg (lesser colloquial):
Bengali: মালতীফল malatiphala • Hindi: कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi • Sanskrit: द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोश kosha, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुटक putaka, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha • Tamil: ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai • Telugu: జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu


the arilus of nutmeg, commonly known as: mace • Bengali: জয়ত্রী jayatri • Gujarati: જાયપત્રી jayapatri • Hindi: जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावित्री javitri, जायपत्री jayapatri • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ ಪತ್ರಿ jakayi patri, ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ japatre • Konkani: जायपत्री jayapatri • Malayalam: ജാതിപത്രി jathipatri • Marathi: जायपत्री jayapatri • Nepali: जाइपत्रि jaipatri • Oriya: ଜାୟତ୍ରୀ jayatri • Persian: بسباسه basbasa • Punjabi: ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri • Sanskrit: जातीपत्त्री jatipattri • Tamil: சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri • Telugu: జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri • Tibetan: dza ti pa tra • Urdu: جاوتري javitri, جائيپتري jayapatri


... more names for mace, lesser colloquial:
Sanskrit: मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra • Tamil: சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci


botanical names: Myristica fragrans Houtt. ... synonyms: Myristica aromatica Lam. • Myristica moschata Thunb. • Myristica officinalis Mart. • Myristica officinalis L. f. ... • The Plants List


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Photographed at Tanshikar's Spice Farm, Netroli, Goa ... 21 FEB 12
... more views on flickr.

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Very informative post. Thanks Dear Dinesh for sharing the photograph along with names in different parts of our country. Great effort.
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Dinesh Valke

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/10/myristica-fragrans-houtt.html

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Myristica fragrans Houtt.

Myristica fragrans Houtt.

my-RIS-ti-kuh -- from the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing) ... Dave's Botanary
FRAY-granz -- fragrant ... Dave's Botanary

The fruit of this plant is the source of two different spices - nutmeg (the seed) and mace (seed covering)... read more at Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
the seed
commonly known as: nutmeg • Arabic: جوز jauz • Assamese: জাঁইফল jaiphol • Bengali: জায়ফল jayaphala, মালতীফল malatiphala • Bodo: जाइफल jaiphal • Dogri: जैफल jaiphal • Garo: joipol • Gujarati: જાયફળ jayaphala • Hindi: जातीफल jati-phal, जायफल jaiphal, कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi, ಜಾತಿಫಲ jaatiphala • Kashmiri: जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal • Khasi: jaiphol • Konkani: जायफळ jayaphal • Malayalam: ജാതി jaathi, ജാതിക്കാ jaathikka • Manipuri: ꯖꯥꯌꯄꯍꯜ jayphal • Marathi: जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala • Nepali: जाइफल jaaiphal • Odia: ଗନ୍ଧାଳୀ gandhali, ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala, ଜାତି jati, ଜାତିଶସ୍ୟ jati-sasya, କୋଷଫଳ koshaphala, ଲବ laba, ମଜ୍ଜାସାର majjasara, ମାଳତୀ ଫଳ malati phala, ପୁଟ puta, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରଞ୍ଜନ ranjana, ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ samudranta, ସୁମନଃ ଫଳ sumanah phala, ସୁରଭି surabhi, ତୃଖ trukha • Punjabi: ਜਾਫਲ jafal • Sanskrit: द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati, जातिफल jatiphala, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोश kosha, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुटक putaka, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha • Tamil: ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai • Telugu: జాజికాయ jajikaya, జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu • Tibetan ཛའ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ dza-ti-pha-la • Urdu: جائيپهل jayaphal, کوش kosh, لو lava, سربهی surabhi
the seed covering
commonly known as: mace • Assamese: জয়িত্ৰী joyitri • Bengali: জয়ত্রী jayatri • Dogri: जैफल दी जवित्री jaiphal di javitri • Gujarati: જાયપત્રી jayapatri • Hindi: जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावत्री jawatri, जायपत्री jayapatri • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi, ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jaapatre • Konkani: जायपत्री jayapatri, मनपत्री manpatri • Malayalam: ജാതിപത്രി jaathipatri • Marathi: जायपत्री jayapatri • Nepali: जाइपत्रि jaaipatri • Odia: ଗୁଡ଼ତ୍ୱଚ gurdatwacha, ଜାଇତ୍ରୀ jaitri, ଜାତିପର୍ଣ୍ଣ jati-parna, ଜାତିପତ୍ର jati-patra, ଜୟପତ୍ରୀ jaya-patri, କୋଷ kosha, ମାଳତୀ ପତ୍ରିକା malati patrika, ମନୋଜ୍ଞା manojna, ମୁଖ ଶୋଧନ mukha sodhana, ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ର sumanah patra, ସୌମନସା saumanasa • Persian: بسباسه basbaasa • Punjabi: ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri • Sanskrit: गुडत्वच gudatvacha, जातीपत्त्री jatipattri, कोश kosha, मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, पुटक putaka, सौमनसा saumanasa, सौमनसायनी saumanasayani, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra • Tamil: சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci • Telugu: జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri • Tibetan: ཛའ་ཏི་པ་ཏྲ dza-ti-pa-tra • Urdu: جاتي پتري jati-patri, جاوتري jawatri, جائيپتري jayapatri


botanical names: Myristica fragrans Houtt. ... homotypic synonyms: Palala fragrans (Houtt.) Kuntze ... heterotypic synonyms: Myristica aromatica Sw. • Myristica moschata Thunb. • Myristica officinalis L.f. ... POWO, retrieved 19 October 2023
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
mace, nutmeg
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
جوز jauz
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
জাঁইফল jaiphol
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
  • ৱিকিপিডিয়া - মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
  • also found written as জাইফল jaiphol ... Wikisource
জয়িত্ৰী joyitri
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura
জায়ফল jayaphala
মালতীফল malatiphala
জয়ত্রী jayatri
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
जाइफल jaiphal
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
जैफल jaiphal
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
  • or जयफल jaiphal ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
जैफल दी जवित्री jaiphal di javitri
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
joipol
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
જાયપત્રી jayapatri
  • for mace ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
જાયફળ jayaphala
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावत्री jawatri (or जवत्री jawatri, जवत्तरी jawattari, जावित्री jawitri), जायपत्री jayapatri
जातीफल jati-phal, कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi
जायफल jaiphal
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi
ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jaapatre
ಜಾತಿಫಲ jaatiphala
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir
जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
jaiphol
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
जायफळ jayaphal, जायपत्री jayapatri, मनपत्री manpatri
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
ജാതി jaathi, ജാതിക്കാ jaathikka
ജാതിപത്രി jaathipatri
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯖꯥꯌꯄꯍꯜ jayphal
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
जायपत्री jayapatri
जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
जाइफल jaaiphal
जाइपत्रि jaaipatri
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ଗନ୍ଧାଳୀ gandhali, ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala (or ଜାତିଫଳ jati-phala, ଜାତୀଫଳ jati-phala), ଜାତି jati, ଜାତିଶସ୍ୟ jati-sasya, କୋଷଫଳ koshaphala, ଲବ laba, ମଜ୍ଜାସାର majjasara, ମାଳତୀ ଫଳ malati phala, ପୁଟ puta, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରଞ୍ଜନ ranjana, ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ samudranta, ସୁମନଃ ଫଳ sumanah phala, ସୁରଭି surabhi, ତୃଖ trukha
ଗୁଡ଼ତ୍ୱଚ gurdatwacha, ଜାଇତ୍ରୀ jaitri (or ଜାୟିତ୍ରୀ jayitri), ଜାତିପର୍ଣ୍ଣ jati-parna, ଜାତିପତ୍ର jati-patra (or ଜାତିପତ୍ରୀ jati-patri), ଜୟପତ୍ରୀ jaya-patri, କୋଷ kosha (or ଜାତିକୋଷ jati-kosha, ଜାତିକୋଷୀ jati-koshi), ମାଳତୀ ପତ୍ରିକା malati patrika, ମନୋଜ୍ଞା manojna, ମୁଖ ଶୋଧନ mukha sodhana, ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ର sumanah patra (or ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ରିକା sumanah patrika), ସୌମନସା saumanasa
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
بسباسه basbaasa
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਜਾਫਲ jafal (or ਜਾਇਫਲ jaefal)
ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri (or ਜਵੱਤੀ jawatti)
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati (or जाति jati), जातिफल jatiphala, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोशफल koshaphala, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुट puta, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha
  • for nutmeg ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
गुडत्वच gudatvacha, जातीपत्त्री jatipattri, कोश kosha, मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, पुटक putaka, सौमनसा saumanasa, सौमनसायनी saumanasayani, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra (or सुमनःपत्त्रिका sumanahpattrika)
  • for outer skin of a nutmeg or mace ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai
சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
జాజికాయ jajikaya, జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu
జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ཛའ་ཏི་པ་ཏྲ dza-ti-pa-tra, ཛའ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ dza-ti-pha-la
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
جاتي پتري jati-patri, جاوتري jawatri (or جوتري jawatri, जवत्तरी jawattari), جائيپتري jayapatri
جائيپهل jayaphal, کوش kosh, لو lava, سربهی surabhi
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
cultivated
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 29-10-2023 ~~~~~
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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 29, 2023, 11:08:18 AM10/29/23
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Nice pic and great work dear Dinesh ji,
Both Malayalam and English spelling as well as names are correct.
With regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 29, 2023, 11:22:26 PM10/29/23
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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for validating the Malayalam names, and for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 30, 2023, 1:10:22 AM10/30/23
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Another great contribution Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 30, 2023, 4:46:33 AM10/30/23
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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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