Names of Plants in India :: Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman

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Thanks, Sabu ji. 

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Dinesh Valke

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/09/ensete-superbum-roxb-cheesman.html

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Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman

Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman

en-SET-ee -- transcription of the plant's vernacular name ... Dave's Botanary
soo-PER-bum -- superb ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cliff banana, rock banana, wild plantain • Adi: colon, kopak • Assamese: লবং কেং টং lobong keng tong • Gujarati: જંગલી કેળ jangli kela • Hindi: जंगली केला jangli kela • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟಬಾಳೆ bettabale, ಕಾಡುಬಾಳೆ kaadubale, ಕಲ್ಲುಬಾಳೆ kallubale • Konkani: चवय chavay, जंगली केळीं jangli keli, रान क्यांळे raan kyaanle • Malayalam: കല്ലുവാഴ kalluvazha, കാട്ടുവാഴ kattuvazha, മലവാഴ malavazha • Marathi: चवेणी chaveni, कावदर kavadara, रानकेळ raankel • Rajasthani: जंगली केलो jangli kelo • Sanskrit: बहुबीज bahubija, वन कदली vana kadali • Singpho: namninyah • Tamil: கல்வாழை kal-valai, காட்டுவாழை kattu-valai, மலைவாழை malai-valai • Telugu: అడవి అరటి adavi arati • Tangsa: napkhoi • Tulu: ಕಲ್ಲ್ ಬಾರೆ kallubare • Zou: saisuong


botanical names: Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman ... homotypic synonym: Musa superba Roxb. ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
cliff banana
rock banana
wild plantain
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
colon, kopak
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
লবং কেং টং lobong keng tong
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
જંગલી કેળ jangli kela
जंगली केला jangli kela
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಬೆಟ್ಟಬಾಳೆ bettabale
ಕಾಡುಬಾಳೆ kaadubale
ಕಲ್ಲುಬಾಳೆ kallubale
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
चवय chavay
जंगली केळीं jangli keli
रान क्यांळे raan kyaanle
  • my mother tongue
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
കല്ലുവാഴ kalluvazha
കാട്ടുവാഴ kattuvazha
  • for Musa superba Roxb. ... ENVIS - FRLHT ... കാട്ടു kattu = wild; വാഴ vazha = plantain ... named so, due to its wild habit and habitat
മലവാഴ malavazha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
चवेणी chaveni
  • for the popular name wild plantain ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... other variants: चवेण chavena, चवी chavi, चवीण chavina, चवैण chavaina, चवई chavai, चवईण chavaina = a relish (helps elevate taste)
  • also चोवणी or चौवणी chowani ... Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy
कावदर kavadara
रानकेळ raankel
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
sai-su
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
जंगली केलो jangli kelo
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
बहुबीज bahubija, वन कदली van kadali
~~~~~ SINGPHO ~~~~~
namninyah
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
கல்வாழை kal-valai, காட்டுவாழை kattu-valai
  • for Musa superba Roxb. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... கல் kal = rock, stone, காட்டு kattu = of forest, வாழை valai = plantain ... this plant is seen to grow wild on rocky cliffs, also is known to bear stony seeds, thus the given names
மலைவாழை malai-valai
~~~~~ TANGSA ~~~~~
napkhoi
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
అడవి అరటి adavi arati
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ಕಲ್ಲ್ ಬಾರೆ kallubare
~~~~~ ZOU (a tribe in Manipur) ~~~~~
saisuong
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
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Sep 15, 2022, 12:04:17 PM9/15/22
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Great work, Dinesh ji

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Dear Dinesh ji,
Kannada names are  O.K.
Thanks & regards,

J.M. Garg

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Many thanks Garg ji for the appreciation; thanks very much Mahadeswara ji for validating the Kannada names.
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