*Zingiber cernuum* Dalzell [image: Zingiber cernuum Dalzell] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104520926>
*zing-ee-ber* -- from a Sanskrit word meaning shaped like a horn ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Zingiber> *SER-new-um* or *SERN-yoo-um* -- nodding ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=cernuum> *commonly known as*: curved-stem ginger, nodding-stem ginger • *Gujarati*: જંગલી આદું jungali aadu • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಶುಂಠಿ kaadu shunthi • *Konkani*: रान आलें raan alem • *Malayalam*: മല ഇഞ്ചി mala-inchi • *Marathi*: रान आले raan-ale • *Tulu*: ಕಾಟ್ ಸೂಂಟಿ kaatu sunti *botanical names*: *Zingiber cernuum* Dalzell ... *synonyms*: no synonym known ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 15 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 *curved-stem ginger, nodding-stem ginger* - for want of name, names coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Curved-Stem%20Ginger.html>, retrieved February 15, 2025 ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *જંગલી આદું jungali aadu* - Biological Diversity of Gujarat <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission - જંગલી આદું jungali aadu = wild ginger ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕಾಡು ಶುಂಠಿ kaadu shunthi* - 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 ... ಕಾಡು ಶುಂಠಿ kaadu shunthi = wild ginger ~~~~~ 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 *रान आलें raan alem* - name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name; रान आलें raan alem = wild ginger ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *മല ഇഞ്ചി mala-inchi* - 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 ... mala-inchi = hill ginger ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *रान आले raan-ale* - *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 - Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/djLAZReXH6g/m/eadxu32egC0J> - रान आले raan-ale = wild ginger ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಕಾಟ್ ಸೂಂಟಿ kaatu sunti* - 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 ... ಕಾಟ್ ಸೂಂಟಿ kaatu sunti = wild ginger ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra; endemic - 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 13th, 2025. Last accessed 15/02/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Goa :: Gaikwad S, Gore R, Garad K, Gaikwad S, Mulani R (2015) Geophytes of northern Western Ghats (Sahyadri Ranges) of India: a checklist. <https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1543> Check List 11(1): 1-16. - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora/page/92/mode/2up?q=Zingiber+cernuum&view=theater> - Karnataka :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%202.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) - Kerala :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%202.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) - Maharashtra :: Shinde, Rajendra. (2012). Cerejo S., R. Singh, K. Mhatre and Shinde R.D., 2012. 'Additions to the flora of Sanjay Gandhi National Park <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256371645>'. Xplore. 3. 50-56. ~~~~~ Created on: 16:46 15-02-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:50 15-02-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/02/zingiber-cernuum-dalzell.html Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/02/zingiber-cernuum-dalzell.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Saturday, 16 July 2011 at 09:14:31 UTC+5:30 Prashant wrote: > >> Nice photograph Dinesh. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> via Species >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > Z >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/z> > >>> *Zingiber cernuum* >>> [image: Zingiber cernuum Dalz.] >>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5925878161/> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of India] <http://www.flowersofindia.in/>[image: >>> Discussions at efloraofindia] >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Zingiber%20cernuum>[image: >>> more views in flickr] >>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Zingibercernuum&m=tags&z=m>[image: >>> more views on Google Earth] >>> <http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Zingibercernuum&format=kml_nl> >>> >>> >>> *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 >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/curved-stem-ginger> >>> , nodding-stem ginger >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/nodding-stem-ginger> >>> • *Gujarati*: જંગલી આદું jungali aadu >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/jangali-adum-jungali-aadu> >>> • *Marathi*: रान आले raan-ale >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/rana-ale-raan-ale> >>> >>> >>> >>> *botanical name*: *Zingiber cernuum* Dalz. ... *synonyms*: no synonyms >>> ... 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