Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the
Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Regards.
Dinesh

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Fabulous picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and
> English names are correct, regards, Sam.
>
> On Sun, 16 Feb, 2025, 12:18 am Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> *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 ... The Plants List
>>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-273237>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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