Names of Plants in India :: Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou

[Dinesh Valke]

Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou

¿ noth-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh ? -- Greek: nothos (false); pege (fountain) ... Dave's Botanary
BED-o-my -- named for Col Richard Henry Beddome, British botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: chestnutleaf top-fruit tree • Kannada: ನಾಯಿ ಚೇರ naayi chera, ಸೊನೆಮಾವು sonemaavu • Konkani: आंबेरी amberi • Malayalam: നായ്ച്ചേര് naaycheru • Marathi: आंबेरी amberi

botanical names: Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou ... heterotypic synonyms: Glycicarpus edulis Dalzell • Glycicarpus racemosa Dalzell • Nothopegia dalzellii Gamble • Nothopegia racemosa (Dalzell) Ramamoorthy ... and more at POWO, retrieved 07 January 2026

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

chestnutleaf top-fruit tree

• Flowers of India, retrieved January 7, 2026

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ನಾಯಿ ಚೇರ naayi chera

• Imran Baig - Plants of Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden - A biodiversity heritage site

ಸೊನೆಮಾವು sonemaavu

• Kulkarni, Satish. (2016). Tree Wealth of KTR

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

आंबेरी amberi

• Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

നായ്ച്ചേര് naaycheru

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

आंबेरी amberi

• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Odisha, *Tamil Nadu

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.12; last update Dec. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 07/01/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Odisha :: Das, Prabhat & Sahoo, Tirthabrata & Mallick, Samarendra & Panda, Pratap. (2021). First record of occurrence of the tree species Nothopegia racemosa (Dalz.) Ramamurthy (Anacardiaceae) from Eastern Ghats of India.

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 09:14 07-01-2026 ¦ Last updated: 17:21 07-01-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/01/nothopegia-castaneifolia-roth-ding-hou.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Beautiful picture and nice efforts dear Dinesh ji.

Both Malayalam and English names are correct.

Regards,

Sam Kuzhalanattu.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Regards.
Dinesh