Names of Plants in India :: Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.

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Dinesh Valke

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Nov 10, 2023, 10:24:20 AM11/10/23
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Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.

Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.

dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist ... Dave's Botanary
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
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 10-11-2023 ~~~~~




Mandru Ramesh Chowdary

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Nov 10, 2023, 11:11:50 AM11/10/23
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Very Nice dinesh sir

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Nov 10, 2023, 1:59:38 PM11/10/23
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Nice photo and good work dear Dinesh ji.
With regards, Sam.

Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 11, 2023, 10:00:56 AM11/11/23
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Great contribution as usual Dinesh ji.

Dinesh Valke

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Nov 17, 2023, 2:12:05 AM11/17/23
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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for validating the Malayalam names, and for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Nov 17, 2023, 2:15:06 AM11/17/23
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Malvani name added; Tamil name added, Tulu name added ...

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 कनारो ran kanaro, रान करांदा ran karanda • Marathi कडूकंद kadukanda, रान करांदा ran karanda • Odia: ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu, ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga • Tamil: காட்டு வள்ளி கிழங்கு kaattu valli kizhangu • Telugu: కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu, ನರೆ nare
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