*Xylocarpus granatum* J.Koenig [image: Xylocarpus granatum J.Koenig] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115561980>
*zy-lo-KAR-pus* -- woody fruit ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Xylocarpus> *gran-AH-tum* -- many seeds ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=granatum> *commonly known as*: apple mangrove, cannonball mangrove, cedar mangrove, Malay karapa, puzzlenut tree • *Bengali*: ধুন্দল dhundal, পরুষ parusha • *Marathi*: भेलांडा bhelanda, कर्पा karpa, समुद्रफळ samudraphal • *Odia*: ଚେପା chepa, ପୀତାମାରି pitamari, ଶୁଶୁମାର shushumar • *Tamil*: சொன்முந்திரி conmuntiri, கண்டலங்காய் kantalankay • *Telugu*: చెనుగ chenuga *botanical names*: *Xylocarpus granatum* J.Koenig ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Carapa granatum* (J.Koenig) Alston ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Carapa carnuosula* (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kurz • *Carapa obovata* Blume • *Xylocarpus obovatus* (Blume) Spreng. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 12 February 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *apple mangrove* - EPPO (2025) EPPO Global Database. <https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/XYCGR> [accessed on 12 February 2025] *cannonball mangrove, cedar mangrove, puzzlenut tree* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocarpus_granatum> - The Free Encyclopedia *Malay karapa* - for *Carapa obovata* Blume ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ধুন্দল dhundal* - Flora - Mehedi Voice <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/p/flora.html> - Indian Mangroves <http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/Database/IndianMangroves_3941.aspx> - ENVIS Resource Partner (RP) on Biodiversity - Botanical Survey of India - Arisdason W., Magesh C.R. & P. Venu 2008. The Genus Xylocarpus J. König (Meliaceae) in India. <https://rheedea.in/storages/submission/file/9787329.pdf> Rheedea 18(1): 43-52. *পরুষ parusha* - Bangala Bhashara Abhidhana <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/dasa/> by Jnanendramohana Dasa ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *भेलांडा bhelanda* - खारफुटीची विविधता <https://mangroves.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/1086/Mangrove-Diversity> (Mangrove Diversity of Maharashtra) - महाराष्ट्र कांदळवन आणि सागरी जैवविविधता संवर्धन प्रतिष्ठान - Mugade, Nisha & Sapkale, Jagdish. (2014). A Review of Mangrove Conservation Studies in Maharashtra, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269094068> International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR), ER Publications. ISSN 321-0869. 2321-869. *कर्पा karpa* - name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of *Further Flowers of Sahyadri*, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers *समुद्रफळ samudraphal* - Mugade, Nisha & Sapkale, Jagdish. (2014). A Review of Mangrove Conservation Studies in Maharashtra, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269094068> International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR), ER Publications. ISSN 321-0869. 2321-869. ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ଚେପା chepa* - Arisdason W., Magesh C.R. & P. Venu 2008. The Genus Xylocarpus J. König (Meliaceae) in India. <https://rheedea.in/storages/submission/file/9787329.pdf> Rheedea 18(1): 43-52. - the name rendered in native script needs validation *ପୀତାମାରି pitamari* - Indian Mangroves <http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/Database/IndianMangroves_3941.aspx> - ENVIS Resource Partner (RP) on Biodiversity - Botanical Survey of India *ଶୁଶୁମାର shushumar* - Arisdason W., Magesh C.R. & P. Venu 2008. The Genus Xylocarpus J. König (Meliaceae) in India. <https://rheedea.in/storages/submission/file/9787329.pdf> Rheedea 18(1): 43-52. or ଶିଶୁମାର shishumara - for *Xylocarpus obovatus* (Blume) Spreng. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *சொன்முந்திரி conmuntiri* - for Malay karapa ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4090/e7980c3ec381a9d15a85bdb9c4375d40> *கண்டலங்காய் kantalankay* - for *Carapa obovata* Blume ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4090/e7980c3ec381a9d15a85bdb9c4375d40> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *చెనుగ chenuga* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Xylocarpus+granatum> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andaman & Nicobar islands, Andhra Pradesh, *!*Daman & Diu, ***Goa, ***Gujarat, *!*Karnataka, *!*Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.02; last update February 8th, 2025. Last accessed 12/02/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Arisdason W., Magesh C.R. & P. Venu 2008. The Genus Xylocarpus J. König (Meliaceae) in India. <https://rheedea.in/storages/submission/file/9787329.pdf> Rheedea 18(1): 43-52. *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state *!* distribution doubtful ~~~~~ Created on: 20:32 12-02-2025 ¦ Last updated: 20:58 13-02-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/02/xylocarpus-granatum-jkoenig.html Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/02/xylocarpus-granatum-jkoenig.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 at 09:28:20 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Thank, Dinesh ji, for the wonderful efforts. >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> On Mon 24 Feb, 2020, 10:54 PM Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> via Species >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > X >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/x> > >>> *Xylocarpus granatum* K.D.Koenig ... *family*: Meliaceae >>> >>> [image: Xylocarpus granatum K.D.Koenig] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5929395924%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGl_yl_oVzYV1pOqlaN3qVopYEX3g> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of India] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Frisearch%2Fsearch.php%3Fquery%3DXylocarpus%2Bgranatum%26stpos%3D0%26stype%3DAND&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGjTfdZq3PSavRz68xDlj4ZmCnALw> >>> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Xylocarpus%20granatum> >>> [image: more views in flickr] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DXylocarpusgranatum%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFEpo7SUbgpalOYp7iG0D1eS_NjLA> >>> [image: more views on Google Earth] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DXylocarpusgranatum%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNELR38V6GWMG8pwWKvVZ6ir5055qg> >>> >>> >>> *zy-lo-KAR-pus* -- woody fruit ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DXylocarpus&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGZGuVcwEUAoRfcFVS3pfNAG5Yh_Q> >>> *gran-AH-tum* -- many seeds ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dgranatum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEWDD5gnsslLD3ROCsfwfyWYdiRPA> >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: apple mangrove >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/apple-mangrove>, >>> cannonball mangrove >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/cannonball-mangrove>, >>> cedar mangrove >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/cedar-mangrove>, >>> Malay karapa >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/malay-karapa>, >>> puzzlenut tree >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/puzzlenut-tree> >>> • *Bengali*: ধুন্দল dhundul >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/dhundala-dhundul> >>> • *Marathi*: कर्पा karpa >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/karpa-karpa> >>> • *Odia*: ପୀତାମାରି pitamari >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/pitamari-pitamari> >>> • *Tamil*: சொன்முந்திரி conmuntiri >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/conmuntiri-conmuntiri>, >>> கண்டலங்காய் kantalankay >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/kantalankay-kantalankay> >>> • *Telugu*: చెనుగ chenuga >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/cenuga-chenuga> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Xylocarpus granatum* K.D.Koenig ... *synonyms*: *Amoora >>> salomoniensis* C.DC. • *Carapa granatum* (Koenig) Alston • *Carapa >>> obovata* Bl. • *Granatum obovatum* (Bl.) Kuntze • *Xylocarpus granatum* >>> J.Koenig ... status at GBIF >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gbif.org%2Fspecies%2F9710870&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHQwqLAMPhnEoBf5PexvyhM8jffgQ> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> July 10, 2011 ... 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