Names of Plants in India :: Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken

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Dinesh Valke

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Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken

Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken

¿ hyd-no-KAR-pus ? -- Greek: hydnon (tuber, truffle); karpos (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary
pen-TAN-drus -- five stamens ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: jangli almond, soorty oil tree • Bengali: চালমুগরা chalmugra • Gujarati: ચાલમોગરા chalamogara, કડવા કોઠા kadava kotha, કડવી કવઠ kadavi kavath • Hindi: चालमुगरा chalmugra • Kannada: ಗರುಡಫಲ garudaphala, ಸೂರಂತೆ surante, ತೊರತ್ತಿ toratti • Konkani: कडू कवठी kadu kavathi • Malayalam: കൊട്ടി kotti, മരോട്ടി marotti, നീർവട്ട nirvatta • Malvani: कवठी kavati • Marathi: कडू कपित्थ kadu kapith, कडू कवठ kadu kavat, खैट khait, खष्ट khasht, कौटी kowti • Odia: ଚାଲମୁଗ୍ରା chalmugra • Sanskrit: गरुडफल garudaphala, कटुकपित्थ katukapittha, कुष्टवैरी kushtavairi, तूवरक tuvaraka • Tamil: மரவட்டை maravattai, நீரெட்டிமுத்து nirettimuttu • Telugu: అడవి బాదాము adavi baadaamu, నీరధి విత్తులు neeradi vittulu • Tulu: ಸೂರಂತೆ surante


botanical names: Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken ... homotypic synonyms: Chilmoria pentandra Buch.-Ham. • Hydnocarpus laurifolius Sleumer ... heterotypic synonyms: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume • Munnicksia laurifolia Dennst. ... POWO, retrieved 11 October 2025
NOTE: Orthographic variants: Hydnocarpus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus pentandra, Hydnocarpus wightiana
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
jangli almond
soorty oil tree
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
চালমুগরা chalmugra
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ચાલમોગરા chalamogara, કડવા કોઠા kadava kotha, કડવી કવઠ kadavi kavath
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
चालमुगरा chalmugra
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಗರುಡಫಲ garudaphala, ಸೂರಂತೆ surante, ತೊರತ್ತಿ toratti
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कडू कवठी kadu kavathi
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കൊട്ടി kotti, നീർവട്ട nirvatta
മരോട്ടി marotti
~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords
कवठी kavati
  • Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कडू कपित्थ kadu kapith
कडू कवठ kadu kavat
खैट khait, खष्ट khasht
  • for Hydnocarpus laurifolius Sleumer ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
कौटी kowti
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଚାଲମୁଗ୍ରା chalmugra
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
गरुडफल garudaphala, कटुकपित्थ katukapittha, कुष्टवैरी kushtavairi, तूवरक tuvaraka
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
மரவட்டை maravattai, நீரெட்டிமுத்து nirettimuttu
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అడవి బాదాము adavi baadaamu, నీరధి విత్తులు neeradi vittulu
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಸೂರಂತೆ surante
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu; endemic to south India, elsewhere globally cultivated
~~~~~ Created on: 12:47 10-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:44 12-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~





Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 12, 2025, 11:14:21 AMOct 12
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Nice picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 12, 2025, 11:21:59 AMOct 12
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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names and their English spellings.
Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 16, 2025, 8:15:27 AMOct 16
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Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

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