Names of Plants in India :: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

[Dinesh Valke]

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

koo-KER-bih-ta -- Latin name for the gourd ... Dave's Botanary
MOSS-kuh-ta -- musk-scented ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: butternut pumpkin, butternut squash • Arabic: قرع مسكي • Assamese: মিঠালাও mithalao, ৰঙালাও rangalao • Bengali: কুমড়া kumara • Hindi: हलवा कद्दू halwa kaddu, काशीफल kashiphal, मीठा कद्दू mitha kaddu, पेठा petha • Kannada: ಡಂಗರ dangara, ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ sihi kumbala kaayi • Konkani: काळी दुधणी kali dudhni • Malayalam: കുമ്പളം kumpalam, മത്തങ്ങ mathanga • Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟ mairen • Marathi: काळा भोपळा kala bhopala, काळी दुधणी kali dudhni, काशीफळ kashiphal • Odia: କଖାରୁ kakharu • Punjabi: ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu • Tamil: பூசனி pucani • Telugu: పొట్టి గుమ్మడి potti gummadi, పెద్ద గుమ్మడి pedda gummadi, తియ్య గుమ్మడి tiyya gummadi • Urdu: کدو kaddu


botanical names: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ... synonyms: Pepo moschatus (Duchesne) Britton ... and more synonyms listed at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

butternut pumpkin, butternut squash

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~

قرع مسكي

• Wikipedia

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

মিঠালাও mithalao, ৰঙালাও rangalao

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

কুমড়া kumara

• কুমড়া kumara and কুমড়ো kumara are equally prevalent ... Flora - Mehedi Voice ... also মিষ্টিকুমড়া mishti kumara, সাফ্রাকুমড়ো saphrakumaro

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

हलवा कद्दू halwa kaddu, काशीफल kashiphal, मीठा कद्दू mitha kaddu, पेठा petha

• Many thanks to Dr Gurcharan Singh for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಡಂಗರ dangara

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• or ಡಂಗರ ಕಾಯಿ dangara kaayi ... ENVIS - FRLHT

ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ sihi kumbala kaayi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• or just ಕುಂಬಳ kumbala ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna | Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

काळी दुधणी kali dudhni

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കുമ്പളം kumpalam

• Wikipedia

മത്തങ്ങ mathanga

• Kerala Plants

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟ mairen

• Many thanks to Dr Tabish Qureshi for help with the name ... efloraofindia ... or ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯜ mairel
• or ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯜ mairel ... ENVIS Hub Manipur

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

काळा भोपळा kala bhopala

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

काळी दुधणी kali dudhni, काशीफळ kashiphal

• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

କଖାରୁ kakharu

• Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020).Diversity of Climbers of Odisha.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu

• Many thanks to Dr Gurcharan Singh for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

பூசனி pucani

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• or கல்யாணப் பூசணி kalyanap pucani (lit. wedding pumpkin)... Wikipedia

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

పొట్టి గుమ్మడి potti gummadi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

کدو kaddu

• ENVIS - FRLHT

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/06/cucurbita-moschata-duchesne.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Mahadeswara]

Dear Dinesh ji,

Kannada names O.K. But not sure of this name  ಡಂಗರ ಕಾಯಿ dangara kaayi .

[Mahadeswara]

Dear Dinesh ji,

In my view Tamil name in Tamil  is correct (Tamil: பூசனி ).  But English transliteration  pucani  needs to be corrected  as pooshani.    I know Tamil  also   to some extent  (Chennai Tamil) .    Neveretheless ,  Dr.Vijaya Sankar Raman ji  is the best person to clarify.

Thanks & regards,

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:28:31 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:

[Dinesh Valke]

One Malayalam name deleted ...

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

koo-KER-bih-ta -- Latin name for the gourd ... Dave's Botanary
MOSS-kuh-ta -- musk-scented ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: butternut pumpkin, butternut squash • Arabic: قرع مسكي • Assamese: মিঠালাও mithalao, ৰঙালাও rangalao • Bengali: কুমড়া kumara • Hindi: हलवा कद्दू halwa kaddu, काशीफल kashiphal, मीठा कद्दू mitha kaddu, पेठा petha • Kannada: ಡಂಗರ dangara, ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ sihi kumbala kaayi • Konkani: काळी दुधणी kali dudhni • Malayalam: മത്തങ്ങ mathanga • Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟ mairen • Marathi: काळा भोपळा kala bhopala, काळी दुधणी kali dudhni, काशीफळ kashiphal • Odia: କଖାରୁ kakharu • Punjabi: ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu • Tamil: பூசனி pucani • Telugu: పొట్టి గుమ్మడి potti gummadi, పెద్ద గుమ్మడి pedda gummadi, తియ్య గుమ్మడి tiyya gummadi • Urdu: کدو kaddu