Names of Plants in India :: Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) C.Specht

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Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) C.Specht ... (family: Costaceae, also placed in Zingiberaceae)

Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) C.Specht

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¿ ky-lo-KOS-tus ? -- from the Greek cheilo (lip) and from the Arabic koost
spee-see-OH-sus -- showy, spectacular ... Dave's Botanary


commonly known as: cane-reed, crepe ginger, Malay ginger, spiral flag, spiral ginger, wild ginger • Assamese: যম লাখুটি jom lakhuti • Bengali: কেউ keu, কেউমুক keumuk • Dogri: chamar-gatha, केउ keu • Gujarati: પેવટો pevato • Hindi: केउ keu, कुष्ठ kushtha • Kannada: ಪುಷ್ಕರಮೂಲ pushkaramula • Konkani: कोशी koshi • Malayalam: ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva, ചണ്ണക്കൂവ cannakkuva • Manipuri: khongbam takhelei • Marathi: पेव pev • Nepali: बेलौरी belauri • Oriya: କୁଷ୍ଠ kushtha • Sanskrit: केमुक kemuka, कुष्ठ kustha • Tamil: கோஷ்டம் kostam, வெண்கோஷ்டம் ven-kostam • Telugu: కాశ్మీరము kasmiramu, కిముక kimuka, కోష్టము koshtamu


more names, the lesser used: Hindi (derived from Sanskrit): भाशुर bhasur, निरज niraja, पद्मपत्त्र padma-pattra, पद्मक padmak, पाकल pakal, पारिभाव्य pari-bhavya, पावन pavan, पुष्कर pushkar, रोग roga, विषाण vishan, व्याप्य vyapya • Marathi: खंबारी khambari, पिंगा pinga, पुष्कर pushkara, शिवणी shivani, वागचवडा vagachavada, वागराटी vagarati • Oriya (derived from Sanskrit): ବ୍ଯାପ୍ଯ byapya, କୌବେରୀ kauberi, କଉକଉଆ kaukaua, ପାବନ pabana, ପଦ୍ମମୂଳ padmamula, ପାକଳ pakala, ପାରିଭାବ୍ଯ paribhabya, ପୁଷ୍କର pushkara, ପୁଷ୍କରିଣୀ pushkarini, ପୂଷ୍ପରମୂଳ pusparamula, ରୁଜ ruja, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ତରୁ swalpa taru • Sanskrit: आमय amaya, भासुर bhasura, ब्रह्मतीर्थ brahmatirtha, दुष्ट dusta, जरण jarana, ज्वरक्षय jvaraksaya, कदाख्य kadakhya, कौबेर kaubera, कुठिक kuthika, कुत्स kutsa, मृत्फली mrtphali, पद्मक padmaka, पद्मपर्ण padmaparna, पद्मवर्णक padmavarnaka, पाकल pakala, पारिभाव्य paribhavya, पावन pavana, पुष्कर puskara, पुष्करिनी puskarini, राजभद्रक rajabhadraka, रुजा ruja, शीतल shitala, शुष्कसम्भव shuskasambhava, श्वासारि shvasari, उत्पल utpala, वानीरज vaniraja, विषाण visana, व्याधि vyadhi, व्याम vyama, वाप्य vyapya


botanical names: Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) C.Specht ... synonyms: Banksea speciosa J.König (basionym) • Costus speciosus (J.König) Sm. ... many more at The Plants List


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Nidhan Singh

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Nov 25, 2012, 8:05:36 AM11/25/12
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Excellent image Dinesh Ji...


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Dinesh Valke

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Nov 25, 2012, 8:19:13 AM11/25/12
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Thank you very much Nidhan ji.
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Prashant Awale

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Superb compilation of local names.
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Nov 25, 2012, 10:41:58 AM11/25/12
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Thank you very much, Prashant.
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Sir,

One more Bengali name from Bengal Plants and Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis = KOOST (কুষ্ট)

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 18, 2012, 1:35:21 AM12/18/12
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Thank you very very much Surajit ji, for this name of the plant in Bangla.
Will incorporate the name very soon in my notes.
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Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta

Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta

hel-LEN-ee-a -- named for Carl Niclas von Hellens (1745-1820), Finnish physician and botanist, professor at Abo (Turku) ... Plant genera named after people (1753-1853) by José A. Mari Mut
spee-see-OH-suh -- showy, spectacular ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cane-reed, crepe ginger, Malay ginger, spiral flag, spiral ginger, wild ginger • Angami: thevobuto • Assamese: দেবীটোকন debitokana, যম লাখুটি jomlakhuti • Bengali: বন্দুকি banduki, কেঁমাক kemak, কেঁউ keo, কুষ্ঠা kustha, কুড়া kura, তারা tara, টিয়াঠোঁট tiyathomta • Dogri: चमार गट्ठा chamar-gatha • Gujarati: કેઓ કંદ keo kanda, નાગછત્ર nagachatra, પેવટો pevato • Hindi: भाशुर bhasur, भास्वर bhaswar, केउ keu, कुष्ठ kushtha, कुट kut, महालकड़ी mahalakri, निरज niraja, पद्मपत्त्र padma-pattra, पद्मक padmak, पाकल pakal, पारिभाव्य pari-bhavya, पावन pavan, पुष्कर pushkar, रोग roga, विषाण vishan, व्याप्य vyapya • Kannada: ಚಂಗಲಕೋಷ್ಟ changalakoshta, ಕೊರಿಕಟ್ಟು korikattu, ಕುಂಡಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ kundige gida, ನರಿ ಕಬ್ಬು nari kabbu, ನಾಯಿ ಕಬ್ಬು naayi kabbu, ನೀರಜ neeraja, ಪದ್ಮಪತ್ರ padmapatra, ಪುಷ್ಕರಮೂಲ pushkaramula • Konkani: कोशी koshi, पोंवो pomvo • Malayalam: ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva, ചണ്ണക്കൂവ cannakkuva, കൊട്ടം kottam, നറുഞ്ചണ്ണ naruncanna, പുഷ്കരമൂലം pushkaramulam • Manipuri: ꯈꯣꯡꯕꯥꯟ ꯇꯈꯦꯂꯩ khongban takhelei • Marathi: खंबारी khambari, कोष्ट koshta, नागाळी naagaali, पेव pev, पिंगा pinga, पुष्कर pushkara, शिवणी shivani, वागचवडा vagachavada, वागराटी vagarati • Mizo: sum-bul • Nepali: बेतलौरी betalauri • Odia: ବ୍ଯାପ୍ଯ byapya, କୌବେରୀ kauberi, କଉକଉଆ kaukaua, କୁଷ୍ଠ kushtha, ପାବନ pabana, ପଦ୍ମମୂଳ padmamula, ପାକଳ pakala, ପାରିଭାବ୍ଯ paribhabya, ପୁଷ୍କର pushkara, ପୂଷ୍ପରମୂଳ pusparamula, ରୁଜ ruja, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ତରୁ swalpa taru • Pali: कुट्टा kutta, पद्मक padmaka • Rajasthani: महालकड़ी mahalakri • Sanskrit: आमय amaya, भासुर bhasura, ब्रह्मतीर्थ brahmatirtha, दुष्ट dusta, जरण jarana, ज्वरक्षय jvaraksaya, कदाख्य kadakhya, काश्मीर kashmira, कौबेर kaubera, केमुक kemuka, कुष्ठ kustha, कुठिक kuthika, कुत्स kutsa, मृत्फली mrtphali, पद्मक padmaka, पद्मपर्ण padmaparna, पद्मवर्णक padmavarnaka, पाकल pakala, पारिभाव्य paribhavya, पावन pavana, पुष्कर puskara, राजभद्रक rajabhadraka, रुजा ruja, शीतल shitala, शुष्कसम्भव shuskasambhava, श्वासारि shvasari, सुबंधुः subandhuh, उत्पल utpala, वानीरज vaniraja, विषाण visana, व्याधि vyadhi, व्याम vyama, वाप्य vyapya • Santali: ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱟᱠᱩᱠᱟᱹᱨᱟ ghorakukra, ᱚᱨᱚᱯ orop • Tamil: கோஷ்டம் kostam, வெண்கோஷ்டம் ven-kostam • Tangkhul: makeiri • Telugu: అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa, చెంగల్వకోష్టు chengalvakoshtu, కాశ్మీరము kasmiramu, కిముక kimuka, కోష్ఠము koshtamu • Tulu: ಕಣ್ಣುಥ ಮರ್ದು kannutha mardu, ಕೋರಿಕೊಟ್ಟು korikottu, ನರಿಕ್ಕಬ್ಬು narikkabbu • Urdu: کٿ kut


botanical names: Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta ... synonyms: Banksea speciosa J.Koenig • Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht • Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. • Kaempferia speciosa (J.Koenig) Thunb. • Planera speciosa (J.Koenig) Giseke • Pyxa speciosa (J.Koenig) M.R.Almeida • Tsiana speciosa (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel. ... and many more listed at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
cane-reed, crepe ginger (or crape ginger), Malay ginger, spiral flag, wild ginger
spiral ginger
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
~~~~~ ANGAMI ~~~~~
thevobuto
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
দেবীটোকন debitokana, যম লাখুটি jomlakhuti
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
কেঁউ keo (or কেঁও keo)
  • for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora - Mehedi Voice
  • or known for the plant root as কেঁওকন্দ keokanda and কেঁওমূল keomool; the flower as কেঁওফুল keoful ... for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora - Mehedi Voice
বন্দুকি banduki, কেঁমাক kemak, কুষ্ঠা kustha, কুড়া kura, তারা tara, টিয়াঠোঁট tiyathomta
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
चमार गट्ठा chamar-gatha
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
પેવટો pevato
  • Many thanks to Mukeshkumar Mali for help with this name ... facebook
કેઓ કંદ keo kanda, નાગછત્ર nagachatra
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
भाशुर bhasur, भास्वर bhaswar, कुष्ठ kushtha, कुट kut, निरज niraja, पद्मपत्त्र padma-pattra, पद्मक padmak, पाकल pakal, पारिभाव्य pari-bhavya, पावन pavan, पुष्कर pushkar, रोग roga, विषाण vishan, व्याप्य vyapya
केउ keu
महालकड़ी mahalakri
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಚಂಗಲಕೋಷ್ಟ changalakoshta
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
ಕೊರಿಕಟ್ಟು korikattu, ನೀರಜ neeraja
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
  • WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
  • ನೀರಜ neeraja, also written as ನಿರಜ niraja ... for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
ಕುಂಡಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ kundige gida
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... ENVIS - FRLHT
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
ನರಿ ಕಬ್ಬು nari kabbu
  • comment from Prakash Kumar at facebook
  • ನರಿ nari = fox; ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu = sugarcane; literal meaning: fox's sugarcane
ನಾಯಿ ಕಬ್ಬು naayi kabbu
  • comment from Prakash Kumar at facebook
  • ನಾಯಿ naayi = dog; ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu = sugarcane; literal meaning: dog's sugarcane
ಪದ್ಮಪತ್ರ padmapatra
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
ಪುಷ್ಕರಮೂಲ pushkaramula
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
कोशी koshi
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available
पोंवो pomvo
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
  • ആനക്കൂവ anakkuva (elephant arrowroot) is due to its large size and tubers resembling that of arrowroot ... for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
ചണ്ണക്കൂവ cannakkuva, കൊട്ടം kottam, നറുഞ്ചണ്ണ naruncanna, പുഷ്കരമൂലം pushkaramulam
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
ꯈꯣꯡꯕꯥꯟ ꯇꯈꯦꯂꯩ khongban takhelei
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
खंबारी khambari, शिवणी shivani, वागचवडा vagachavada, वागराटी vagarati
कोष्ट koshta, पेव pev
नागाळी naagaali
पिंगा pinga
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... The Gazetteer Department ... औषधी वनस्पती
  • meaning: revolve; perhaps referring to the spiral growing habit of the plant
पुष्करमूळ pushkarmula
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
sum-bul
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
बेतलौरी betalauri
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
ବ୍ଯାପ୍ଯ byapya, କୌବେରୀ kauberi, କଉକଉଆ kaukaua, କୁଷ୍ଠ kushtha, ପାବନ pabana, ପଦ୍ମମୂଳ padmamula, ପାକଳ pakala, ପାରିଭାବ୍ଯ paribhabya, ପୁଷ୍କର pushkara (or ପୁଷ୍କରିଣୀ pushkarini), ପୂଷ୍ପରମୂଳ pusparamula, ରୁଜ ruja, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ତରୁ swalpa taru
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
कुट्टा kutta (or कोट्ठा kotta), पद्मक padmaka
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
महालकड़ी mahalakri
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
आमय amaya, भासुर bhasura, ब्रह्मतीर्थ brahmatirtha, दुष्ट dusta, जरण jarana, ज्वरक्षय jvaraksaya, कदाख्य kadakhya, काश्मीर kashmira, कौबेर kaubera, केमुक kemuka, कुष्ठ kustha, कुठिक kuthika, कुत्स kutsa, मृत्फली mrtphali, पद्मक padmaka, पद्मपर्ण padmaparna, पद्मवर्णक padmavarnaka, पाकल pakala, पारिभाव्य paribhavya, पावन pavana, पुष्कर puskara (or पुष्करिनी puskarini), राजभद्रक rajabhadraka, रुजा ruja, शीतल shitala, शुष्कसम्भव shuskasambhava, श्वासारि shvasari, उत्पल utpala, वानीरज vaniraja, विषाण visana, व्याधि vyadhi, व्याम vyama, वाप्य vyapya
सुबंधुः subandhuh
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱟᱠᱩᱠᱟᱹᱨᱟ ghorakukra
ᱚᱨᱚᱯ orop
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
கோஷ்டம் kostam, வெண்கோஷ்டம் ven-kostam
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~
makeiri
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa, కోష్ఠము koshtamu
  • for synonym Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
చెంగల్వకోష్టు chengalvakoshtu
కాశ్మీరము kasmiramu, కిముక kimuka
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ಕಣ್ಣುಥ ಮರ್ದು kannutha mardu, ನರಿಕ್ಕಬ್ಬು narikkabbu
  • for synonym Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
  • kannutha mardu (eye medicine) arose as its stem juice is popularly used for eye diseases; ನರಿಕ್ಕಬ್ಬು narikkabbu (fox's sugarcane)
ಕೋರಿಕೊಟ್ಟು korikottu
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کٿ kut
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Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 17, 2022, 11:58:19 PM2/17/22
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Great compilation Dinesh ji

Dinesh Valke

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Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji.
Regards.
Dinesh,

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Gurcharan Singh

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Now known as  Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta
First published in Pleione 7: 228 (2013)Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta
First published in Pleione 7: 228 (2013)

Dinesh Valke

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Yes, thank you very much, Gurcharan ji.
Regards. 
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