Names of Plants in India :: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley

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Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley ... family: Rutaceae

mel-ee-KO-pay -- from the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary ... Dave's Botanary
¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? -- Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda ... A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter

commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Assamese: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kattucampakam, നാശകം nasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: காட்டுசம்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanashampange • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

botanical names: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley ... synonyms: Fagara lunu-ankenda Gaertn. (basionym) • Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. • Evodia roxburghiana Benth. • Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. ... Biotik • NPGS / GRIN

February 18, 2012 ... along Chorla Ghat

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Any idea why this is called Matchbox tree?

Very interesting....

Dinesh Valke

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... ... wood of this tree is used for making match box / match sticks ... this name in English is derived from the south Indian languages
Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida • Malayalam: തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

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Thanks, Dinesh ji.

On Mon 19 Mar, 2018, 10:50 AM Dinesh Valke, <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

... ... wood of this tree is used for making match box / match sticks ... this name in English is derived from the south Indian languages
Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida • Malayalam: തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara
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Dinesh

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 6:22 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:

Any idea why this is called Matchbox tree?
Very interesting....

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Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley ... family: Rutaceae

mel-ee-KO-pay -- from the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary ... Dave's Botanary
¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? -- Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda ... A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter

commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Assamese: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kattucampakam, നാശകം nasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: காட்டுசம்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanashampange • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

botanical names: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley ... synonyms: Fagara lunu-ankenda Gaertn. (basionym) • Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. • Evodia roxburghiana Benth. • Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. ... Biotik • NPGS / GRIN

February 18, 2012 ... along Chorla Ghat

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Dinesh

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/09/melicope-lunu-ankenda-gaertn-tghartley.html

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Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley

mel-ee-KO-pay -- Greek: meli (honey); kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary ... Dave's Botanary

¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? -- Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda ... A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter

commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Kachari: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಕಾಬಾಳೆ kaabaale, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali, ಮುಂಗಪ್ಪೆ mungappe • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattucampakam, നാശകം naasakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: கானலி kanali, காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanasampangi • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

botanical names: Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley ... homotypic synonyms: Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. • Fagara lunu-ankenda Gaertn. ... heterotypic synonyms: Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. • Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

matchbox tree

name coined, for want of name
wood of this tree is used for making match box and match sticks ... literal meaning of names in Kannada (ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida), Malayalam (തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram) and Tulu (ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara) is matchbox tree ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

melicope

name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name

~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)

মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang

for Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha
for Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. ... Botanical Survey of India - Indian Woods - their identification, properties and uses
for Zanthoxylum roxburghianum Cham. ... many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida = matchbox plant, wood of this tree is used for making match box and match sticks

ಕಾಬಾಳೆ kaabaale

for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
for Euodia roxburghiana (Cham.) Benth. ... Botanical Survey of India - Indian Woods - their identification, properties and uses

ಮುಗಳಿ mugali

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... FRlHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

ಮುಂಗಪ್ಪೆ mungappe

for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... FRlHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

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

കമ്പിളി kampili

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

കനല kanala

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
or കനലി kanali ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattucampakam, നാശകം naasakam

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram

Many thanks to Viswa Prabha and 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 ... തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram = matchbox tree, wood of this tree is used for making match box and match sticks

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

बोक bok

Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu

கானலி kanali

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)
for Euodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) Merr. ... FRlHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam

BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base)

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

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

వనసంపంగి vanasampangi

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara = matchbox tree, wood of this tree is used for making match box and match sticks

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

*Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, *Odisha, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu

Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.3; last update Sept. 7th, 2023. Last accessed 04/09/2023.

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

~~~~~ Last updated: 20-09-2023 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/09/melicope-lunu-ankenda-gaertn-tghartley.html

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Dinesh

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Dear Dinesh ji,

Good picture and great work.

English spelling of two terms are needed to be corrected:കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattuchampakam, നാശകം naashakam

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Great work, Dinesh ji

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Thanks very much, Garg ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
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KEEP GOING DINESH SIR

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Dinesh sir should get an honorary PhD on this!!!

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Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names; will do the revision shortly.

Many thanks, Mandru ji !!

Dear dear Pankaj !!! I am "searching" not "researching" !!! But I am more than happy to receive the PhD that you gave me in this thread 😊🙏

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English spellings of Malayalam names corrected ...

Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley

mel-ee-KO-pay -- Greek: meli (honey); kope (a division), referring to four glands near the ovary ... Dave's Botanary
¿ lu-nu-UN-can-duh ? -- Sinhalese name of this plant, ලුණු·අන්කෙන්ද lunu-ankenda ... A Sinhalese-English dictionary by Charles Carter

commonly known as: matchbox tree, melicope • Kachari: মিডাউমা বিফাংগ midauma-baphang • Kannada: ಬೆಂಕಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಗಿಡ benkipettige gida, ಕಾಬಾಳೆ kaabaale, ಮುಗಳಿ mugali, ಮುಂಗಪ್ಪೆ mungappe • Malayalam: കമ്പിളി kampili, കനല kanala, കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattuchampakam, നാശകം naashakam, തീപ്പെട്ടിമരം theepettimaram • Marathi: बोक bok • Tamil: கானலி kanali, காட்டுசெண்பகம் kattucampakam • Telugu: వనసంపంగి vanasampangi • Tulu: ಸೂತಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮರ soothapettige mara

കാട്ടുചമ്പകം kaattuchampakam, നാശകം naashakam

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Very useful contribution Dinesh ji

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
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