Names of Plants in India :: Dimocarpus longan Lour.
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Dinesh Valke
Aug 13, 2022, 11:48:54 AM8/13/22
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Dimocarpus longan Lour.
dy-mo-KAR-pus -- Greek: dis (twice); karpos (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary
LONG-an -- Cantonese: lùhng-ngáahn 龍眼, literally 'dragon eye' ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
commonly known as: dragon's eyes, eyeball tree, longan • Abor: tagong-asing • Assamese: আচফল asphol, কাঠ লিচু kath lichu, মীৰ গছ mir goch, নগালিচি nagalichi, টোকৰা tokra • Bengali: আঁশফল ashphol, কাঠলিচু kathalichu • Garo: samphal bol • Kachari: asuri-baphang • Kannada: ಕನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kanekendala • Khasi: dieng loba • Konkani: वुंब wumb • Kuki: marli-thing • Malayalam: ചെമ്പുന്ന chempunna, ചോളപ്പൂവം cholapoom, പൊരിപ്പൂവം poripoom, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna • Manipuri: নোংগাঙ হৈ nonggang hei • Marathi: ओंब omb, उंब umb • Mikir: marli-arong, mirchesu • Mizo: thei-fei-mûng • Tamil: செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam, பிரப்பன் pirappan, பூவம் puvam • Tibetan: འབྲུག་མིག 'brug-mig
botanical names: Dimocarpus longan Lour. ... synonyms: Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. • Scytalia longan (Lour.) Roxb. ... accepted infraspecifics: Dimocarpus longan var. echinatus Leenh. • Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan • Dimocarpus longan var. longetiolatus Leenh. • Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus Leenh. • Dimocarpus longan var. obtusus (Pierre) Leenh. ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
dragon's eyes
- ENVIS - FRLHT
- the name is literal meaning of the epithet longan, derived from the Cantonese: lùhng-ngáahn 龍眼 - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia
eyeball tree
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
- so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia
longan
- ENVIS - FRLHT
- the epithet longan is derived from the Cantonese name for the species; the Cantonese name lùhng-ngáahn 龍眼 - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia
~~~~~ ABOR (hill tribes that live in the area surrounding the Assam valley) ~~~~~
tagong-asing
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
আচফল asphol
- List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia
নগালিচি nagalichi
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
- or নগালিচু nagalichu ... many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook
কাঠ লিচু kath lichu, মীৰ গছ mir goch, টোকৰা tokra
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
- Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
আঁশফল ashphol
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
- List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia
কাঠলিচু kathalichu
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
samphal bol
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
- FLORA OF INDIA VOL.5
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
asuri-baphang
- or asri-baphang ... for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- or asri-baphang ... for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kanekendala
- for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or ಕೆನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kenekendala
- or ಕಾನಕೆಂದೆಲ kanakendela or ಕೆಂದಾಳೆ kendale ... for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
dieng loba
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
वुंब wumb
- for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
~~~~~ KUKI (an ethnic group native to the Mizo Hills) ~~~~~
marli-thing
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ചെമ്പുന്ന chempunna, ചോളപ്പൂവം cholapoom, പൊരിപ്പൂവം poripoom, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
নোংগাঙ হৈ nonggang hei
- Flowers of India
- for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006)
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
ओंब omb, उंब umb
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
~~~~~ MIKIR (ethnic community, mostly concentrated in the hill district of Karbi Anglong of Assam) ~~~~~
marli-arong, mirchesu
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
- for synonym Euphoria longana Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
thei-fei-mûng
- State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016
- for synonym Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. ... Nautiyal, Bhagwati P. (2012).Studies on wild edible fruits of Mizoram, India used as ethno-medicine. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 10.1007/s10722-012-9799-5.
- Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain ... the name of a tree with edible fruit somewhat resembling the lichi. It bears fruit only occasionally, and an abundant crop is said to portend a period of drought.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam
- ENVIS - FRLHT
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
பிரப்பன் pirappan
- for synonym Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
பூவம் puvam
- for the popular name - longan ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
འབྲུག་མིག 'brug-mig
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/08/dimocarpus-longan-lour.html
Regards.
Dinesh
Regards.
Dinesh
Suneel Sharma
Aug 13, 2022, 1:00:21 PM8/13/22
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Longan fruit crop is close relative of Litchi and native yo China. This fruit crop has been introduced in India. It is underutilized fruit crop of subtropical and tropics.There is need to be promoted .
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J.M. Garg
Aug 13, 2022, 9:24:59 PM8/13/22
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Thanks, Dinesh ji, for great efforts.
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J. M. Garg
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Dinesh Valke
Aug 15, 2022, 2:44:07 AM8/15/22
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Thank you very much Mahadeswara ji and Garg ji for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh
Gurcharan Singh
Aug 24, 2022, 12:05:00 AM8/24/22
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Great contribution Dinesh ji
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