Names of Plants in India :: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

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Dinesh Valke

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Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott ... family: Araceae

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

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kol-oh-KAY-see-uh -- from the Greek word for Egyptian Lotus root ... Dave's Botanary
es-kew-LEN-tuh -- edible ... Dave's Botanary


commonly known as: cocoyam, taro • Arabic: قلقاس colcas • Assamese: বন কচু bon kachu, পানী কচু pani kachu • Bengali: বুনোকচু banakochu, জংলিকচু jongli kochu • Bhojpuri: अरुई arui, कंदा kanda • Gujarati: અળવી alavi • Hindi: अरबी arabi, अरुवी aruwi, बंडा banda, घूयां ghuyan, कचालू kachalu, कच्चू kachchu, काला कच्चू kala kachchu, केचुक kechuk, मानक कंचू manak kanchu, नालिका nalika, नालिता nalita, नाड़ी पत्र nari patra, नाड़ीच narich, पेचु pechu, वन कचू van kachu, विश्व रोचन vishva rochan, वितण्डा vitanda • Kannada: ಕೇಸವೆ kesave, ಕೆಸು kesu, ಸಾವೀಗಡ್ಡೆ savigadde • Konkani: तँरँ terem, ವೇಂಟಿ venti • Malayalam: ചേമ്പ് chemp, മാണം manam, താള് tal • Manipuri: পান pan • Marathi: अलें alem, आळू alu • Mizo: bâl, dawl • Nepali: अरुवी aruvee, गावा gaawaa, कर्कलो karkalo, कुचुरो kuchuro, पिँडालु pindaalu • Odia: କଚୁ kachu, ପେଚୁ pechu, ସାରୁ saru • Punjabi: ਗਾਗਲੀ gagli, ਗਵੀਆਂ gawian, ਕਚਾਲੂ kachalu • Sanskrit: दलसारिणी dalasarini, कचु kachu, कच्वी kachvi, कालकचु kalakachu, केमुक kemuka, नाडीच nadicha, नाडिपत्त्र nadipattra, नालिता nalita, पेचु pechu, शकट shakata, त्रुटिबीज trutibija, वनकचु vanakachu, विश्वरोचन vishvarochana, वितण्डा vitanda • Sindhi: ڪَچالۇ kachalu • Tamil: சேம்பு chempu, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nir-c-cempu, பேசுலம் peculam • Telugu: చామ chama, చేమ chema • Tulu: ಅಂಬುಗೆ ambuge, ಚೆವು chevu, ಕೆಸು kesu, ತೇವು thevu • Urdu: اروي aruwi, گهويان ghuyan, کچالو kachalu, کچو kachchu, کيچك kechuk, نالکا nalika, نالتا nalita, پيچو pechu, ناڙيچ narich, وتنڐا vitanda


botanical names: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott ... synonyms: Arum colocasia L. • Arum esculentum L. • Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent. • Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent. • Colocasia antiquorum Schott • Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth • Colocasia nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Kunth • Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai • Steudnera virosa (Roxb.) Prain • Zantedeschia virosa (Roxb.) K.Koch ... status at GBIF





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Dinesh

J.M. Garg

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Thanks, Dinesh ji, for the superb efforts. 

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Dear Dinesh,
   I am continually amazed at your labor of love! So many names in so many languages! Nobody else can do this!!
   Tabish

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks Garg ji.
Thanks dear Tabish :) ... well, the credit for the wonderful compliment goes solely to you !!!
When I presented my first few attempts of providing compiled names to FoI (more than decade back), it was your compliments then that triggered me to take this up as a passion.
Thank you very much.
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Yes. Well said, Tabish ji.

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DEAR Dinesh, Tabish and Gargji

What a nice set of sentiments , all in black and white for people to see, read and savour.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/04/colocasia-esculenta-l-schott.html

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Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

kol-oh-KAY-see-uh -- from the Greek word for Egyptian lotus root ... Dave's Botanary

es-kew-LEN-tuh -- edible ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cocoyam, taro • Adi: anyi, engee • Angami: dzüboun, dzüno, dzünuo • Arabic: قلقاس culcas • Assamese: কচু kachu • Bengali: কচু kochu • Bhojpuri: अरुई arui, कंदा kanda • Bodo: tharoon • Dogri: कचालू kachalu • Garo: thabisa • Gujarati: અળવી alavi • Hindi: अरबी arabi, अरुवी aruwi, बंडा banda, घूयां ghuyan, कचालू kachalu, कच्चू kachchu, काला कच्चू kala kachchu, केचुक kechuk, मानक कंचू manak kanchu, नालिका nalika, नालिता nalita, नाड़ी पत्र nari patra, नाड़ीच narich, पेचु pechu, विश्व रोचन vishva rochan, वितण्डा vitanda • Kannada: ಕೆಸವು kesavu, ಸಾವೆಗೆಡ್ಡೆ savegedde • Konkani: तँरँ terem, ವೇಂಟಿ venti • Malayalam: ചേന്പു chempu, താള് tal • Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯟ পান pan • Marathi: अलें alem, आळू alu • Mizo: bâl, dawl • Nepali: अरुवी aruvee, गावा gaawaa, कर्कलो karkalo, कुचुरो kuchuro, पिँडालु pindaalu • Odia: କଚୁ kachu, ପେଚୁ pechu, ସାରୁ saru • Punjabi: ਗਾਗਲੀ gagli, ਗਵੀਆਂ gawian, ਕਚਾਲੂ kachalu • Sanskrit: दलसारिणी dalasarini, कचु kachu, कच्वी kachvi, कालकचु kalakachu, केमुक kemuka, नाडीच nadicha, नाडिपत्त्र nadipattra, नालिता nalita, पेचु pechu, शकट shakata, त्रुटिबीज trutibija, वनकचु vanakachu, विश्वरोचन vishvarochana, वितण्डा vitanda • Sindhi: ڪَچالۇ kachalu • Tamil: சேம்பு chempu, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nir-c-cempu, பேசுலம் peculam • Telugu: చామ chama, చామదుంప chamadumpa, చామకూర chaamakoora, చామగడ్డ chamagadda, చేమ chema, కాలడి kaladi, సరికంద sarikanda • Tulu: ಅಂಬುಗೆ ambuge, ಚೆವು chevu, ಕೆಸು kesu, ತೇವು thevu • Urdu: اروي aruwi, گهويان ghuyan, کچالو kachalu,کچو kachchu, کيچك kechuk, نالکا nalika, نالتا nalita, ناڙيچ narich, پيچو pechu, وتنڐا vitanda


botanical names: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott ... synonyms: Arum colocasia L. • Arum esculentum L. • Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent. • Colocasia antiquorum Schott • Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth • Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent. ... and many more listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
cocoyam
  • a common name for several tropical root crops and vegetable crops belonging to the arum family (also known as aroids) ... Wikipedia
  • also found written as coco yam, or simply cocco / cocoe
taro
  • popular name; borrowed from the Maori language of New Zealand ... Wikipedia
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
anyi, engee
~~~~~ ANGAMI ~~~~~
dzüboun, dzüno, dzünuo
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
قلقاس culcas
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
কচু kachu
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
কচু kochu
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
अरुई arui
कंदा kanda
  • Many thanks to Dr Rakesh Singh for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
tharoon
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
कचालू
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
thabisa
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
અળવી alavi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
अरबी arabi
अरुवी aruwi
बंडा banda
  • Many thanks to Dr Rakesh Singh for help with this name ... efloraofindia
घूयां ghuyan
कचालू kachalu, मानक कंचू manak kanchu, नालिका nalika, नालिता nalita, नाड़ी पत्र nari patra, विश्व रोचन vishva rochan, वितण्डा vitanda
कच्चू kachchu
काला कच्चू kala kachchu, केचुक kechuk, नाड़ीच narich, पेचु pechu
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕೆಸವು kesavu
  • Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or ಕೆಸು kesu
ಸಾವೆಗೆಡ್ಡೆ savegedde
  • Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
  • or ಸಾವೀಗಡ್ಡೆ savigadde ... for synonym Arum colocasia L. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
तँरँ terem
  • or तेंरें terem ... Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available
ವೇಂಟಿ venti
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ചേന്പു chempu
താള് tal
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
ꯄꯥꯟ পান pan
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
अलें alem
आळू alu
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
bâl, dawl
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
अरुवी aruvee, गावा gaawaa, कर्कलो karkalo, कुचुरो kuchuro, पिँडालु pindaalu
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
କଚୁ kachu, ପେଚୁ pechu, ସାରୁ saru
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
ਗਾਗਲੀ gagli, ਗਵੀਆਂ gawian, ਕਚਾਲੂ kachalu
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
दलसारिणी dalasarini, कचु kachu, कच्वी kachvi, कालकचु kalakachu, केमुक kemuka (or केचुक kechuka), नाडीच nadicha, नाडिपत्त्र nadipattra, नालिता nalita, पेचु pechu, शकट shakata, त्रुटिबीज trutibija, वनकचु vanakachu, विश्वरोचन vishvarochana, वितण्डा vitanda
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
ڪَچالۇ kachalu
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
சேம்பு chempu
நீர்ச்சேம்பு nir-c-cempu
  • for synonym Colocasia antiquorum Schott ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
பேசுலம் peculam
  • for synonym Arum colocasia L. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
చామ chama
చేమ chema
చామదుంప chamadumpa, చామకూర chaamakoora, చామగడ్డ chamagadda, కాలడి kaladi, సరికంద sarikanda
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ಅಂಬುಗೆ ambuge
ಚೆವು chevu
ಕೆಸು kesu
ತೇವು thevu
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
اروي aruwi, گهويان ghuyan, کچالو kachalu, کچو kachchu, نالکا nalika, نالتا nalita, وتنڐا vitanda
کيچك kechuk, ناڙيچ narich, پيچو pechu
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Thanks, Dinesh ji, for the wonderful efforts.

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Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Garg ji.
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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Thank you very much dear Mahadeswara ji. Please take your own time.
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Dinesh




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Dear Dinesh ji,
   This is  commonly known as  ಕೆಸುವಿನ ದಂಟು  (kesuvina dantu ) in  Old Mysore area.  Nevertheless, I will check all the  possibilities and return to you with various names in Kannada.
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Dinesh Valke

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Kannada name added
Santali name added



Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

kol-oh-KAY-see-uh -- from the Greek word for Egyptian lotus root ... Dave's Botanary
es-kew-LEN-tuh -- edible ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cocoyam, taro • Adi: anyi, engee • Angami: dzüboun, dzüno, dzünuo • Arabic: قلقاس culcas • Assamese: কচু kachu • Bengali: কচু kochu • Bhojpuri: अरुई arui, कंदा kanda • Bodo: tharoon • Dogri: कचालू kachalu • Garo: thabisa • Gujarati: અળવી alavi • Hindi: अरबी arabi, अरुवी aruwi, बंडा banda, घूयां ghuyan, कचालू kachalu, कच्चू kachchu, काला कच्चू kala kachchu, केचुक kechuk, मानक कंचू manak kanchu, नालिका nalika, नालिता nalita, नाड़ी पत्र nari patra, नाड़ीच narich, पेचु pechu, विश्व रोचन vishva rochan, वितण्डा vitanda • Kannada: ಕೆಸವು kesavu, ಕೆಸುವಿನ ದಂಟು kesuvina dantu, ಸಾವೆಗೆಡ್ಡೆ savegedde • Konkani: तँरँ terem, ವೇಂಟಿ venti • Malayalam: ചേന്പു chempu, താള് tal • Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯟ পান pan • Marathi: अलें alem, आळू alu • Mizo: bâl, dawl • Nepali: अरुवी aruvee, गावा gaawaa, कर्कलो karkalo, कुचुरो kuchuro, पिँडालु pindaalu • Odia: କଚୁ kachu, ପେଚୁ pechu, ସାରୁ saru • Punjabi: ਗਾਗਲੀ gagli, ਗਵੀਆਂ gawian, ਕਚਾਲੂ kachalu • Sanskrit: दलसारिणी dalasarini, कचु kachu, कच्वी kachvi, कालकचु kalakachu, केमुक kemuka, नाडीच nadicha, नाडिपत्त्र nadipattra, नालिता nalita, पेचु pechu, शकट shakata, त्रुटिबीज trutibija, वनकचु vanakachu, विश्वरोचन vishvarochana, वितण्डा vitanda • Santali: ᱥᱟᱹᱨᱩ saru • Sindhi: ڪَچالۇ kachalu • Tamil: சேம்பு chempu, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nir-c-cempu, பேசுலம் peculam • Telugu: చామ chama, చామదుంప chamadumpa, చామకూర chaamakoora, చామగడ్డ chamagadda, చేమ chema, కాలడి kaladi, సరికంద sarikanda • Tulu: ಅಂಬುಗೆ ambuge, ಚೆವು chevu, ಕೆಸು kesu, ತೇವು thevu • Urdu: اروي aruwi, گهويان ghuyan, کچالو kachalu,کچو kachchu, کيچك kechuk, نالکا nalika, نالتا nalita, ناڙيچ narich, پيچو pechu, وتنڐا vitanda
ಕೆಸುವಿನ ದಂಟು kesuvina dantu
  • Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
ᱥᱟᱹᱨᱩ saru
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