commonly known as: buck yam, Cowan yam, Fiji yam, five-leaf yam, mouse root, prickly yam •
Assamese: আদা আলু ada alu,পাঁচপতীয়া আলু panch patia alu •
Bengali: কাঁটা আলু kanta alu •
Dogri: सेयादूँ seyadun •
Gujarati: નાનો જંગલી કંદ nano jungli kand, વજનું કંદ vajnu kand, વેણી વેલ veni vel •
Hindi: कांटा आलू kanta alu, फल आलू phal alu •
Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಗುಂಬಳ kaadu gumbala •
Khasi: phan kyrsiew •
Konkani: धोवी करंदी dhovi karamdi, कोनेती koneti, तीळ करंदी til karamdi •
Malayalam: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kattukizhangu, മരക്കിഴങ്ങ് marakkizhangu, നല്ലനൂറ nallanoora, നൂറകിഴങ്ങ് noorakizhangu •
Manipuri: ꯍꯥ ꯑꯉꯧꯕꯥ ha angouba •
Marathi: गाबोळी gaaboli, मुंडावळया mundavalya, शेंडवेल shendvel •
Mizo: vawkpui bahra •
Nepali:
चुइयाँ chuiyaan, जगते भ्याकुर jagate bhyaakur, काँटा आलू kaantaa
aaloo, मिठे तरुल mithe tarul, मिठो गिठ्ठा mitho giththaa, त्यागुनो
tyaaguno •
Odia: ବଣ ଆଳୁ banaalu, କରବା karaba, କଣ୍ଟାଆଳୁ kontaalu •
Sanskrit: कण्टकालुक kantakaluka •
Tamil: காட்டுவள்ளி kattu-valli, நூறை nurai, வள்ளிக்கொடி valli-k-koti •
Telugu:
అడవి గినుసు తీగ adavi ginusu tiga, అడవి గుమ్మడి తీగ adavi gummadi tiga,
చెంచు గడ్డ chenchu gadda, దుక్క పెండలము dukka pendalamu, కారుచెంబ
kaaruchemba, మొయ్యాక్కు పెండలము moyyakku pendalamu, ముళ్ల పెండలము mullu
pendalamu, నూలు దుంప nulu dumpa, పంది గడ్డ pandi gadda, పంది ముక్కు దుంప
pandi mukku dumpa •
Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ಕುಂಬುಡ kattu kumbuda
botanical names:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L. ...
synonyms:
Dioscorea triphylla L. ... and many more listed at
POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
buck yam
Cowan yam, Fiji yam
five-leaf yam
- Wikipedia
- or five-leaved yam ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
- five-leaf yam or five-leaved yam ... the palmate leaves of this plant are made up of usually five leaflets, sometimes three - justifying the synonym Dioscorea triphylla L.
yam refers to the tuber the plant grows underground - eaten by local folks, serves as food during famines
mouse root, prickly yam
- Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy
- mouse root = most possibly, the underground tubers are shaped like mice; prickly yam = owing to the thorny, prickly nature of the stem
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
আদা আলু ada alu,পাঁচপতীয়া আলু panch patia alu
- Many thanks to Ashim Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~