Nepali names of Maesa indica (Roxb.) A.DC.

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 31, 2023, 3:14:02 AM8/31/23

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Dear Saroj ji,

I have the following:

bilaune ... Reference: The Useful Plants of India published by NISCAIR

krimighna phal ... Reference: Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

I have rendered them in Devanagari as: बिलाउने and कृमिघ्न फल

Please help me with these names.

Regards.

Dinesh

Saroj Kasaju

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Aug 31, 2023, 11:21:03 AM8/31/23

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M. argentea भोगटे Bhogate

M. chisia बिलौनी Bilaunee

M. indica No Nepali Name

M. macrophylla भोगटे Bhogate / फगते Phagate

M. montana कृमिघना फल Krimighanaa Phal

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Saroj Kasaju

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 31, 2023, 11:51:32 AM8/31/23

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Thanks very much, Saroj ji.

Here are references that I found listing name for Maesa indica

bilaune is listed in The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

bilauni is listed in Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun

For sake of consistency, I am choosing the name बिलौनी bilaunee ... I hope I am not making mistake..

Regards.

Dinesh

Saroj Kasaju

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Aug 31, 2023, 2:22:52 PM8/31/23

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I am basing on the latest publication from Nepal !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 1, 2023, 2:56:36 AM9/1/23

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Many thanks, Saroj ji.

Okay, I understand that there is no name given to Maesa indica in Nepal.

I will go ahead with the Nepali name कालो बिलौने kaalo bilaunae used in Darjeeling, as listed in ... Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208.

Regards.

Dinesh

Saroj Kasaju

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Sep 1, 2023, 3:00:33 AM9/1/23

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OK Dinesh Ji !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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