dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist ...
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wall-IK-ee-eye -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Wallich's yam •
Assamese: পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo •
Gujarati: ચાયડુ chaydu •
Hindi: जुगुर कंद jugur kanda •
Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu •
Kokborok: ganga •
Konkani: रान करांदो ran karamdo •
Malayalam: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu •
Malvani: रान करांदा ran karanda •
Marathi कडूकंद kadukanda, रान करांदा ran karanda •
Odia: ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu, ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga •
Telugu: కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada •
Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu
botanical names:
Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f. ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Dioscorea wallichii var.
christiei Prain & Burkill •
Dioscorea wallichii var.
vera Prain & Burkill ...
POWO, retrieved 08 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Wallich's yam
- name coined, for want of name; derived from the commemorative epithet wallichii honouring Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician; yam = common name for some species of Dioscorea
that form edible tubers, though some are known to be toxic; also to be
noted that yam may refer to other plants across regions of the world
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo
- Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi and Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ચાયડુ chaydu
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
जुगुर कंद jugur kanda
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera
ganga
- Many thanks to Dipti Das for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
रान करांदो ran karamdo
- name coined, for want of name; रान ran = of forest, wild; करांदो karamdo = name given for the edible tuber of Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu
കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu
~~~~~ 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
रान करांदा ran karanda
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कडूकंद kadukanda
रान करांदा ran karanda
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu
ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, Odisha, *Rajasthan, *Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal
- Chauhan, S.H., Yadav, S., Takahashi, T. et al. Consumption patterns of wild edibles by the Vasavas: a case study from Gujarat, India. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 14, 57 (2018).
- Kshirsagar, Jyoti & Warjri, Susan & Jadav, Sagar &
Kumar, Sanjeet & Sinnadorai, Nithiyananthan & Mahanta, Debasmita
& Lyngdoh, Aroma. (2022). Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f. (Dioscoreaceae): a tribal medico-food of India. 10.5281/zenodo.7120434.
- Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.1; last update Nov. 7th, 2023. Last accessed 08/11/2023.
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 10-11-2023 ~~~~~