Names of Plants in India :: Zingiber cernuum

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Dinesh Valke

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Jul 15, 2011, 2:18:03 PM7/15/11
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Zingiber cernuum

Zingiber cernuum Dalz. 

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zing-ee-ber -- from a Sanskrit word meaning shaped like a horn
SER-new-um or SERN-yoo-um -- nodding 


commonly known as: curved-stem ginger, nodding-stem ginger • Gujarati: જંગલી આદું jungali aadu • Marathi: रान आले raan-ale 


botanical name: Zingiber cernuum Dalz. ... synonyms: no synonyms ... The Plants List 





Dear friends,

This plant is distributed in Karnataka, however could not gather any name in Kannada ... help required from Kannada-knowing friends.
Else tempted to put a generic name ಕಾಡು ಶುಂಟಿ kaadu shunti (literal meaning: wild ginger).

Regards.
Dinesh

Prashant awale

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Jul 15, 2011, 11:44:31 PM7/15/11
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Nice photograph Dinesh.
Regards
Prashant
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