Names of Plants in India :: Salacia chinensis L.

Dinesh Valke

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Salacia chinensis L. ... family: Celastraceae

¿ say-luh-SEE-ah ? -- genus named for ¿ Salacia, Neptune's wife, goddess of sea ?
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti • Marathi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Sanskrit: सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: nerani

botanical names: Salacia chinensis L. ... synonyms: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. • Tontelea prinoides Willd. ... The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.

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Photographed near Gorai creek on 15 DEC 13

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Nidhan Singh

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Jan 27, 2014, 8:30:55 PM1/27/14

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Thanks for beautiful upload Dinesh Ji..

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 27, 2014, 10:40:07 PM1/27/14

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Thank you very much Nidhan ji.

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Gurumurthi

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Jan 28, 2014, 12:13:57 AM1/28/14

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Nice photograph, Dinesh.

Well, to add to your vernacular name list, this plant is Eka naayaka/ एक नायक/ ಏಕ ನಾಯಕ in Kannada.

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 28, 2014, 1:15:32 AM1/28/14

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Oh thank you very much Guru, for this name in Kannada (thanks too for providing it in native script). Will soon update my notes.

The name is intriguing - as if there is some story why it earned such name !

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Dinesh

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Gurumurthi <gurooj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice photograph, Dinesh.
Well, to add to your vernacular name list, this plant is Eka naayaka/ एक नायक/ ಏಕ ನಾಯಕ in Kannada.

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REVISED (names added) ...

commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanayaka • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanayakam • Marathi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Sanskrit: सप्तचक्र saptachakra, एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి nerani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake

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J.M. Garg

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Thanks, Dinesh ji.

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Dec 19, 2017, 1:21:41 PM12/19/17

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Thanks Garg ji.

Another name added ...
• Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi

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J.M. Garg

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Thanks, Dinesh ji.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-chinensis-l.html

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Salacia chinensis L.

¿ sal-AH-si-ah ? -- genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune's wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology ... Wikipedia

chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree, lolly berry • Assamese: মধুফল modhuphol • Bengali: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal • Gujarati: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • Hindi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • Marathi: इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Odia: batra • Sanskrit: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి neraani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake

botanical names: Salacia chinensis L. ... homotypic synonyms: Tonsella chinensis (L.) Spreng. ... heterotypic synonyms: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... many more at POWO, retrieved 26 July 2024

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.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Chinese salacia, lolly berry

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

holly-leaved berried spindle tree

for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

মধুফল modhuphol

for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Baree - The Home Garden of Assam

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal

BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

સપ્તરંગી saptarangi

trade name given, for want of name; this species is listed as distributed in the union territory of Daman and Diu ... Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

सप्तरंगी saptarangi

trade name given, for want of name; this species is listed as distributed in the state of Bihar ... Botanical Survey of India and BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka

Many thanks to Gurumurthi Hegde for help with this name ... efloraofindia
Many thanks to Sapna J Ukkinadka for help with this name ... facebook
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

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

निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi

for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

इंगळी ingali

मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi

मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

सप्तरंगी saptarangi

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ ... सप्तरंगी हे या वनस्पतीचे व्यापारी नाव आहे = "saptarangi" is trade name of this plant
विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ବତ୍ର batra

Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha.
R Saravanan, D Kannan, SP Panda and Sudeshna Datta. Traditionally used wild edible plants of Kuldiha wildlife sanctuary (KWLS), Odisha, India. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2020;9(6S):482-488.
the name rendered in native script needs validation

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai

for holly-leaved berried spindle tree, Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

నేరాణి neraani

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

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

Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.7; last update July 18th, 2024. Last accessed 26/07/2024.

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

~~~~~ Last updated: 11:36 27-07-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-chinensis-l.html

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Dinesh

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jul 27, 2024, 2:48:05 AM7/27/24

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Dear Dinesh ji,

Nice picture and excellent work.

Both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 27, 2024, 10:26:33 AM7/27/24

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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names / English spellings.
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Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 28, 2024, 10:42:31 AM7/28/24

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Great Contribution Dinesh ji.

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
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Odia names added ...

commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree, lolly berry • Assamese: মধুফল modhuphol • Bengali: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal • Gujarati: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • Hindi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • Marathi: इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Odia: ବାତ୍ରା batra, ସପ୍ତରଙ୍ଗୀ saptarangi • Sanskrit: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి neraani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-chinensis-l.html

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