*Dimocarpus longan* Lour. [image: Dimocarpus longan Lour.] *dy-mo-KAR-pus* -- Greek: *dis* (twice); *karpos* (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Dimocarpus> *LONG-an* -- Cantonese: *lùhng-ngáahn* 龍眼, literally 'dragon eye' ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=longan> • Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longan>
*commonly known as*: dragon's eyes, eyeball tree, longan • *Abor*: tagong-asing • *Assamese*: আচফল asphol, কাঠ লিচু kath lichu, মীৰ গছ mir goch, নগালিচি nagalichi, টোকৰা tokra • *Bengali*: আঁশফল ashphol, কাঠলিচু kathalichu • *Garo*: samphal bol • *Kachari*: asuri-baphang • *Kannada*: ಕನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kanekendala • *Khasi*: dieng loba • *Konkani*: वुंब wumb • *Kuki*: marli-thing • *Malayalam*: ചെമ്പുന്ന chempunna, ചോളപ്പൂവം cholapoom, പൊരിപ്പൂവം poripoom, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna • *Manipuri*: নোংগাঙ হৈ nonggang hei • *Marathi*: ओंब omb, उंब umb • *Mikir*: marli-arong, mirchesu • *Mizo*: thei-fei-mûng • *Tamil*: செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam, பிரப்பன் pirappan, பூவம் puvam • *Tibetan*: འབྲུག་མིག 'brug-mig *botanical names*: *Dimocarpus longan* Lour. ... *synonyms*: *Euphoria longan* (Lour.) Steud. • *Scytalia longan* (Lour.) Roxb. ... *accepted infraspecifics*: *Dimocarpus longan* var. *echinatus* Leenh. • *Dimocarpus longan* subsp. *longan* • *Dimocarpus longan* var. *longetiolatus* Leenh. • *Dimocarpus longan* subsp. *malesianus* Leenh. • *Dimocarpus longan* var. *obtusus* (Pierre) Leenh. ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782795-1#synonyms> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *dragon's eyes* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/395619a71e5b750bffd92d1de6dfcd2b/fe670fe5b227d3522ada1febd41075ee> - the name is literal meaning of the epithet *longan*, derived from the Cantonese: *lùhng-ngáahn* 龍眼 - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longan> *eyeball tree* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longan> *longan* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/395619a71e5b750bffd92d1de6dfcd2b/fe670fe5b227d3522ada1febd41075ee> - the epithet *longan* is derived from the Cantonese name for the species; the Cantonese name *lùhng-ngáahn* 龍眼 - so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris) ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longan> ~~~~~ ABOR (hill tribes that live in the area surrounding the Assam valley) ~~~~~ *tagong-asing* - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ *আচফল asphol* - List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_used_in_Indian_cuisine> *নগালিচি nagalichi* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - or *নগালিচু nagalichu* ... many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/posts/3340457069518528/?comment_id=3340878896143012¬if_id=1660333587916515¬if_t=group_comment&ref=notif> *কাঠ লিচু kath lichu, মীৰ গছ mir goch, টোকৰা tokra* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/posts/3340457069518528/?comment_id=3340878896143012¬if_id=1660333587916515¬if_t=group_comment&ref=notif> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ *আঁশফল ashphol* - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_used_in_Indian_cuisine> *কাঠলিচু kathalichu* - Wikipedia <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%81> ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ *samphal bol* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - FLORA OF INDIA <https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/Public_Information/publication/books/Flora%20of%20India%20latest/FLORA%20OF%20INDIA%20VOL.5.pdf> VOL.5 ~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~ *asuri-baphang* - or *asri-baphang* ... for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - or *asri-baphang* ... for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ *ಕನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kanekendala* - for synonym *Euphoria longan* (Lour.) Steud. ... Alar <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B3> - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or *ಕೆನೆಕೆಂದಾಳ kenekendala* - or *ಕಾನಕೆಂದೆಲ kanakendela* or *ಕೆಂದಾಳೆ kendale* ... for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Mandayam Digital Library <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar ~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~ *dieng loba* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ *वुंब wumb* - for synonym *Euphoria longan* (Lour.) Steud. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ~~~~~ KUKI (an ethnic group native to the Mizo Hills) ~~~~~ *marli-thing* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ *ചെമ്പുന്ന chempunna, ചോളപ്പൂവം cholapoom, പൊരിപ്പൂവം poripoom, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna* - Wikipedia <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8> ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ *নোংগাঙ হৈ nonggang hei* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dragon%27s%20Eyes.html> - for synonym *Euphoria longan* (Lour.) Steud. ... The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006) ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *ओंब omb, उंब umb* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ~~~~~ MIKIR (ethnic community, mostly concentrated in the hill district of Karbi Anglong of Assam) ~~~~~ *marli-arong, mirchesu* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Flora of Assam <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/page/n141/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Nephelium+longana> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das - for synonym *Euphoria longana* Lam. ... Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas <https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3252/page/142/mode/2up?q=Euphoria+longana&view=theater> by Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ *thei-fei-mûng* - State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016 <https://forest.mizoram.gov.in/uploads/attachments/fee48ed5b2e8f6f05ec63f5308035a31/pages-205-soer-mizoram-2016.pdf> - for synonym *Euphoria longan* (Lour.) Steud. ... Nautiyal, Bhagwati P. (2012).Studies on wild edible fruits of Mizoram, India used as ethno-medicine <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250927559_Studies_on_wild_edible_fruits_of_Mizoram_India_used_as_ethno-medicine>. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 10.1007/s10722-012-9799-5. - Dictionary of the Lushai language <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/lorrain/> by James Herbert Lorrain ... the name of a tree with edible fruit somewhat resembling the *lichi*. It bears fruit only occasionally, and an abundant crop is said to portend a period of drought. ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/395619a71e5b750bffd92d1de6dfcd2b/fe670fe5b227d3522ada1febd41075ee> - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras *பிரப்பன் pirappan* - for synonym *Nephelium longana* (Lam.) Cambess. ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras *பூவம் puvam* - for the popular name - *longan* ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ *འབྲུག་མིག 'brug-mig* - Wikipedia <https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82> • Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82> ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/08/dimocarpus-longan-lour.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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