tet-ra-KO-kus -- Greek:
tetra (four);
coccos (locular); referring to four-chambered fruit ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: rusty kamala •
Assamese: লাৰুবন্ধা laru-bandha, মৰলীয়া moroliya •
Bengali: মারলেয়া marleya, পেঠালি pethali •
Bodo (or Boro): lai-dolorJaati •
Kachari: laima-guphu •
Kannada: ಕುಕ್ಕುಟ kukkuta, ತಂಬಿಟ್ಟು thambittu, ಉಪ್ಪಾಲ uppaala •
Karbi: lutung-har-arong •
Khasi: dieng-paklia, dieng-tha-rong •
Kokborok (or Tripuri): khurchup •
Konkani: चौपुडी शेंदरी chaupudi shendri •
Kuki: napol-thing •
Malayalam: ആടുകണ്ണി aadukanni, വട്ടക്കുമ്പിൾ vattakkumpil •
Marathi: चौपुडी शेंदरी chaupudi shendri •
Naga: teng-num-ching •
Nepali: जोगी मालता jogi-malata, कस्रे मालता kasre-malata •
Tamil: முள்ளு பொலவு mullu polavu
botanical names:
Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz ...
homotypic synonyms:
Rottlera tetracocca Roxb. ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Mallotus albus var.
occidentalis Hook.f. •
Mallotus ferrugineus (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. •
Rottlera ferruginea Roxb. ...
POWO
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
rusty kamala
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
লাৰুবন্ধা laru-bandha
- ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
মৰলীয়া moroliya
- XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
- Basumatary, Sanswrang & Islam, Nazrul & Deka, Sanatan &
Barman, Rathin & Borkataki, Uditya & Chhetri, Tanisha &
Rahman, Moklesur & Baruah, Sanjib. (2022). A checklist of flowering plants of Raimona National Park, Assam, in North-eastern India. Pleione. 16. 28-55. 10.26679/Pleione.16.1.2022.028-055.
- Mayur Suman, Prosanta Hazarika, Malashkiva Kotoky and Protul Hazarika - Phytosociological vis-a-vis Cultural implications of homestead plant species of Khampti tribe, Arunachal Pradesh - Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2023). 10(1): 107-135
- ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand
মারলেয়া marleya
- Many thanks to Tapas Kumar Paul for help with this name ... facebook
- FLORA OF INDIA VOL. 23 Loranthaceae-Daphniphyllaceae : Edited by N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan and P. Singh
পেঠালি pethali
~~~~~ BODO (or BORO) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam
lai-dolorJaati
- Basumatary, Sanswrang & Islam, Nazrul & Deka, Sanatan &
Barman, Rathin & Borkataki, Uditya & Chhetri, Tanisha &
Rahman, Moklesur & Baruah, Sanjib. (2022). A checklist of flowering plants of Raimona National Park, Assam, in North-eastern India. Pleione. 16. 28-55. 10.26679/Pleione.16.1.2022.028-055.
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)
laima-guphu
- ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕುಕ್ಕುಟ kukkuta, ತಂಬಿಟ್ಟು thambittu, ಉಪ್ಪಾಲ uppaala
- for Mallotus albus var. occidentalis Hook.f. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
- Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
~~~~~ KARBI (also known as Mikir or Arleng) ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland
lutung-har-arong
- ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
dieng-paklia, dieng-tha-rong
- for Mallotus ferrugineus (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. ... Botanical Survey of India
- or dieng-laklia ... ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
~~~~~ KOKBOROK (or TRIPURI) ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera
khurchup
- ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
चौपुडी शेंदरी chaupudi shendri
- name borrowed from Marathi coined-name, for want of name; चौपुडी chaupudi = having four compartments, based on the specific epithet tetracoccus; शेंदरी shendri = name given to the monkey-face tree, Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.Arg.
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar (in facebook) for validating this coined-name for Konkani
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki
napol-thing
- ** for Mallotus albus Muell.-Arg. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
ആടുകണ്ണി aadukanni