*Salacia chinensis* L.
[image: Salacia chinensis L.]
<https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124714324>

¿ *sal-AH-si-ah* ? -- genus perhaps named for *Salacia*, Neptune's wife,
goddess of sea in Roman mythology ... Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salacia_(mythology)>
*chi-NEN-sis* -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary
<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=chinensis>

*commonly known as*: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree,
lolly berry • *Assamese*: মধুফল modhuphol • *Bengali*: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল
modhuphal • *Gujarati*: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • *Hindi*: सप्तरंगी saptarangi
• *Kannada*: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • *Konkani*: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi •
*Malayalam*: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • *Marathi*:
इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • *Odia*: batra
• *Sanskrit*: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra •
*Tamil*: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • *Telugu*: నేరాణి neraani •
*Tulu*: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake


*botanical names*: *Salacia chinensis* L. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Tonsella
chinensis* (L.) Spreng. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Salacia prinoides*
(Willd.) DC. ... many more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>,
retrieved 26 July 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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may even close down at their own will.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
*Chinese salacia, lolly berry*

   - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salacia_chinensis> - The Free
   Encyclopedia

*holly-leaved berried spindle tree*

   - for *Salacia prinoides* (Willd.) DC. ... Tamil lexicon
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University
   of Madras

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya
*মধুফল modhuphol*

   - for *Salacia prinoides* (Willd.) DC. ... Baree
   
<https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/56317/1/Baree%20The%20Home%20Garden%20of%20Assam.pdf>
   - The Home Garden of Assam

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam,
Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
*ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal*

   - BENGAL PLANTS
   <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up>
   VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
   - The Useful Plants of India
   
<https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n551/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Salacia>,
   Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar
Haveli*, *Daman & Diu*
*સપ્તરંગી saptarangi*

   - trade name given, for want of name; this species is listed as
   distributed in the union territory of Daman and Diu ... Botanical Survey
   of India
   
<https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=19414>

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*,
*Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*,
Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand*
*सप्तरंगी saptarangi*

   - trade name given, for want of name; this species is listed as
   distributed in the state of Bihar ... Botanical Survey of India
   
<https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=19414>
   and BENGAL PLANTS
   <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up>
   VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*
*ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka*

   - Many thanks to Gurumurthi Hegde for help with this name ...
   efloraofindia
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/YeXaE6_0AKk/m/i2rwjl9-0jgJ>
   - Many thanks to Sapna J Ukkinadka for help with this name ... facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/ayurvedicmedicinalplants/posts/662950527080166/?notif_t=group_comment>
   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी), *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി),
Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ...
spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
*निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi*

   - for *Salacia prinoides* (Willd.) DC. ... 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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep
*ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti*

   - Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/posts/634835066557836/?notif_t=group_comment>
   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga
   - The Useful Plants of India
   
<https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n551/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Salacia>,
   Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

*ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam*

   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka
*इंगळी ingali*

   - मराठी विश्वकोश <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/33699/> - महाराष्ट्र
   राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
   - विकिपीडिया
   
<https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80>
   - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
   - The Useful Plants of India
   
<https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n551/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Salacia>,
   Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

*निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi*

   - मराठी विश्वकोश <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/33699/> - महाराष्ट्र
   राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
   - The Useful Plants of India
   
<https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n551/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Salacia>,
   Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

*सप्तरंगी saptarangi*

   - The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
   
<https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf>
   - मराठी विश्वकोश <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/33699/> - महाराष्ट्र
   राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ ... सप्तरंगी हे या वनस्पतीचे व्यापारी
   नाव आहे = "saptarangi" is trade name of this plant
   - विकिपीडिया
   
<https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80>
   - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
*ବତ୍ର batra*

   - Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar,
   Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha.
   
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340871248_Diversity_of_Climbers_of_Odisha>
   - R Saravanan, D Kannan, SP Panda and Sudeshna Datta. Traditionally used
   wild edible plants of Kuldiha wildlife sanctuary (KWLS), Odisha, India.
   
<https://www.phytojournal.com/special-issue/2020.v9.i6S.12925/traditionally-used-wild-edible-plants-of-kuldiha-wildlife-sanctuary-kwls-odisha-india>
   J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2020;9(6S):482-488.
   - the name rendered in native script needs validation

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and
scholars
*एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra*

   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry,
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
*சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai*

   - for holly-leaved berried spindle tree, *Salacia prinoides* (Willd.)
   DC. ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/>
   [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*,
Puducherry
*నేరాణి neraani*

   - Flora Andhrika
   <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Salacia+chinensis> - Plant
   Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit,
*Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala
*ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake*

   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, ***Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Goa,
Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, ***Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West
Bengal

   - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and
   Distribution of the World Flora.
   <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list>
   Version 24.7; last update July 18th, 2024. Last accessed 26/07/2024.

*** no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 11:36 27-07-2024 ~~~~~






Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-chinensis-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh


On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Names compiled / updated at
> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-chinensis-l.html
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
> On Wednesday 20 December 2017 at 07:22:43 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Dinesh ji.
>>
>> On 19-Dec-2017 11:51 PM, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Garg ji.
>>>
>>> Another name added ...
>>> • *Konkani*: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi
>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/nisala-bondi-nisal-bondi>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Dinesh
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:16 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Dinesh ji.
>>>>
>>>> On 10-Dec-2017 11:23 PM, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> REVISED (names added) ...
>>>>>
>>>>> *commonly known as*: Chinese salacia
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/chinese-salacia>,
>>>>> holly-leaved berried spindle tree
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/holly-leaved-berried-spindle-tree>
>>>>> • *Kannada*: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanayaka
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/eka-nayaka-eka-nayaka>
>>>>> • *Malayalam*: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/cerukearanti-cherukoranti>,
>>>>> ഏകനായകം ekanayakam
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/ekanayakam-ekanayakam>
>>>>> • *Marathi*: सप्तरंगी saptarangi
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/saptarangi-saptarangi>
>>>>> • *Sanskrit*: सप्तचक्र saptachakra
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/saptacakra-saptachakra>,
>>>>> एकनायक ekanayaka
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/ekanayaka-ekanayaka>,
>>>>> पीतिका pitika
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/pitika-pitika>
>>>>> • *Tamil*: சுண்டன் cuntan
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/cuntan-cuntan>,
>>>>> கருக்குவை karukkuvai
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/karukkuvai-karukkuvai>
>>>>> • *Telugu*: నేరాణి nerani
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/nerani>
>>>>> • *Tulu*: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tulu/ekanayake-ekanayake>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 9:33:59 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> via Species
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>‎ > ‎S
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s>‎ >
>>>>>> ‎ *Salacia chinensis* L. ... family: Celastraceae
>>>>>> [image: Salacia chinensis L.]
>>>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/11547593726/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: Flowers of India]
>>>>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Salacia.html>
>>>>>>  [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]
>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Salacia%20chinensis>
>>>>>>  [image: more views in flickr]
>>>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Salaciachinensis&m=tags&z=m> [image:
>>>>>> more views on Google Earth]
>>>>>> <http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Salaciachinensis&format=kml_nl>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ¿ *say-luh-SEE-ah* ? -- genus named for ¿ Salacia, Neptune's wife,
>>>>>> goddess of sea ?
>>>>>> *chi-NEN-sis* -- of or from China ... Dave's Botanary
>>>>>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=chinensis>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *commonly known as*: Chinese salacia
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/chinese-salacia>,
>>>>>> holly-leaved berried spindle tree
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/holly-leaved-berried-spindle-tree>
>>>>>> • *Malayalam*: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/cerukearanti-cherukoranti>
>>>>>> • *Marathi*: सप्तरंगी saptarangi
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/saptarangi-saptarangi>
>>>>>> • *Sanskrit*: सप्तचक्र saptachakra
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/saptacakra-saptachakra>
>>>>>> • *Tamil*: சுண்டன் cuntan
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/cuntan-cuntan>,
>>>>>> கருக்குவை karukkuvai
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/karukkuvai-karukkuvai>
>>>>>> • *Telugu*: nerani
>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/nerani>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *botanical names*: *Salacia chinensis* L. ... *synonyms*: *Salacia
>>>>>> prinoides* (Willd.) DC. • *Tontelea prinoides* Willd. ... *The Plant
>>>>>> List* (2013). Version 1.1.
>>>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-15600263>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>>>>>> ~ ~ ~
>>>>>> Photographed near Gorai creek on 15 DEC 13
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>> Dinesh
>>>>>>
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