Thanks very very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, for helping with, and for validating the Malayalam names and their English spellings. I have made the correction accordingly in my notes. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji. > *ചെങ്കുരു chenkuru* is the correct Malayalam and English spellings. > Regards, > Sam Kuzhalanattu. > > On Wed, 14 Jan, 2026, 3:47 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Semecarpus anacardium* L.f. >> [image: Semecarpus anacardium L.f.] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153651270> >> >> *sim-eh-KAR-pus* -- Greek: *semeion* (a sign, a mark); *karpos* (fruit) >> ... Auroville Virtual Herbarium >> <https://aurovilleherbarium.org/contents/nomenclature.php?id=177> >> *an-uh-KAR-dee-um* -- a fruit's name of an Indian tree, applied to >> cashew by Linnaeus ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=anacardium> >> *commonly known as*: dhobi nut tree, Indian marking nut tree, Malacca >> bean, marany nut, marking nut, marsh nut, Oriental cashew nut, varnish tree >> • *Assamese*: বৰ-ভোলা bar-bhola, ভলা bhala, ভল্লাতক bhallatak • *Bengali*: >> অহ্বলা ahbala, ভল্লাত bhallata, ভল্লাতক bhallataka, ভেলা bhela • *Garo*: >> babari, bareri, bol-agal • *Gujarati*: ભિલામો bhilamo, ભિલામું bhilamu, >> બિબ્બા bibba • *Haryanvi*: भिलवा bhilawa, घेरू gheru • *Hindi*: भेला >> bhela, भिलावां or भिलावन bhilawan, निर्दहन nir-dahan, पावक pawak, विषास्या >> vishasya • *Kannada*: ಗೇರ್ಕಾಯಿ gerkaayi, ಗೇರು geru, ಗೊಡ್ಡುಗೇರು >> goddageru, ಗುಡ್ಡದ ಗೇರು guddada geru, ಕೇರ ಮರ kera-mara • *Karbi*: >> barla-arong • *Khasi*: dieng-soh-bhala • *Kokborok*: vela • *Kol*: लोसो >> loso • *Konkani*: अंबेरी amberi, बिब्बा bibba, ಬಿಬ್ಬಯಿ bibbayi, बिबो >> bibo • *Malayalam*: അലക്കുചേര് alakkucheru, ചേന്ക്കുരു chenkkuru, >> തേങ്കൊട്ട thenkotta • *Marathi*: भल्लातक bhallataka, भिल्लावा bhilava, >> बिबवा bibava, बिब्बा bibba, गोडंबी godambi • *Mech*: bhalo, bhaola, >> bhelawa • *Mizo*: kawh-tebel, vawmbalhnahhlai, vawmbal-pui • *Nepali*: >> भलायो bhalaayo • *Odia*: ଭାଲିଆ bhalia, ଦୁର୍ଦ୍ଧର durddhara, ଲଙ୍କା ଭାଲିଆ >> lanka bhalia, ପୃଥଗ୍ ବୀଜ pruthag-bija, ରକ୍ଷୋଘ୍ନ rakshoghna • *Persian*: >> بلادر baladur • *Punjabi*: ਭਿਲਾਵਾ bhilawa • *Sanskrit*: अग्निमुख >> agnimukha, अह्वला ahvala, अन्तःसत्त्वा antahasattva, अर्शोहित arshohita, >> आरुष्कर arushkara, भल्लातक bhallataka, भूतनाशन bhutanashana, बीजपादप >> bijapadapa, धनुर्वृक्ष dhanurvrksha, कृमिघ्न krmighna, कृष्णवर्त्मन् >> krshnavartman, क्षतकृत् kshatakrt, महातीक्ष्णा mahatikshna, निर्दहन >> nirdahana, पावक pavaka, पृथग्बीज prthagbija, रक्षोघ्न rakshoghna, शैलबीज >> shailabija, शोककर shokakara, शोफहृत् shophahrt, शोथहृत् shothahrt, >> स्फोटबीजक sphotabijaka, तैलबीज tailabija, तपन tapana, वह्निनामन् >> vahninaman, विरातक virataka, वीरवृक्ष viravrksha, विषास्या vishasya, >> व्रणकृत् vranakrt, वृषाङ्क vrshangka • *Santali*: ᱥᱳᱥᱳ soso • *Tamil*: >> சேங்கொட்டை cen-kottai, சோம்பலம் compalam, காலகம் kalakam, காவகா kavaka, >> கிட்டாக்கனிக்கொட்டை kitta-k-kani-k-kottai, தேம்பாறை temparai • *Telugu*: >> భల్లాటము bhallatamu, జీడిమామిడిచెట్టు jidimamidichettu, నల్ల జీడి nalla >> jeedi, తుమ్మెద మామిడి thummeda mamidi • *Tulu*: ಗೇರ್ಕಾಯಿ gerukaayi, >> ಕೇರ್ಕಾಯಿ kerukaayi, ತೇರೆದ ಮರ tereda mara • *Urdu*: بهلاوان or بهلاون >> bhilawan, نردهن nir-dahan, پاوك pawak >> *botanical names*: *Semecarpus anacardium* L.f. ... *homotypic synonyms*: >> *Cassuvium anacardium* (L.f.) Kuntze ... *accepted infraspecifics*: >> *Semecarpus >> anacardium* var. *anacardium* ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Anacardium >> officinale* Pritz. • *Anacardium orientale* Steud. • *Anacardium >> semecarpus* Buch.-Ham. ... and more at POWO >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 10 January 2026 >> 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 >> *dhobi nut tree* >> >> - Flowers of India >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Marking%20Nut.html>, >> retrieved January 10, 2026 >> - Auroville Virtual Herbarium >> <https://aurovilleherbarium.org/contents/nomenclature.php?id=177> >> >> *Indian marking nut tree, marsh nut, Oriental cashew nut* >> >> - Semalty M, Semalty A, Badola A, Joshi GP, Rawat MS. *Semecarpus >> anacardium* Linn.: A review. >> <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3249908/> Pharmacogn Rev. >> 2010 Jan;4(7):88-94. doi: 10.4103/0973-7847.65328. PMID: 22228947; PMCID: >> PMC3249908. >> >> *Malacca bean, varnish tree* >> >> - Ayate, Dipika & Shedge, Swati & Dobhal, Sneha & Kukreti, Shweta & >> Kumar, Sooraj & Bai, Rani & Neenu,. (2025). A Review on Uses of >> Bhilwa (*Semecarpus anacardium*) in the Indian Context. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395899049> Annual Research >> & Review in Biology. 40. 12-22. 10.9734/arrb/2025/v40i102316. >> >> *marany nut* >> >> - All About Marany Nut >> >> <https://theindianvegan.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-about-bhallataka-in-india.html> >> in Catherine Reddy's blog *The Earth of India* >> >> *marking nut* >> >> - Flowers of India >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Marking%20Nut.html>, >> retrieved January 10, 2026 >> - Vikaspedia >> >> <https://en.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/semecarpus-anacardium> >> - Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Portal - Government of India initiative >> (powered by MEIT <https://www.meity.gov.in/> & C-DAC >> <https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=HY>) >> >> ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ >> written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal >> Pradesh, Meghalaya >> *বৰ-ভোলা bar-bhola* >> >> - name pervalent in Nowgong region (modern-day Nagaon) ... Flora of >> Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/mode/2up?view=theater> >> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha >> >> *ভলা bhala, ভল্লাতক bhallatak* >> >> - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Semecarpus%20anacardium> - Your >> gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/mode/2up?view=theater> >> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha >> >> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *অহ্বলা ahbala* >> >> - Dasa, Jnanendramohana. *Bangala bhashara abhidhana*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/dasa/> Paribarttita o >> paribardhita 2. samskarana. Kalikata: Indiyan Pablisim Hausa, [bhumika >> 1937] 2 v. >> >> *ভল্লাত bhallata, ভল্লাতক bhallataka* >> >> - Biswas, Sailendra. *Samsad Bengali-English dictionary*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/biswas-bengali/> 3rd ed. >> Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2000. >> >> *ভেলা bhela* >> >> - PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> >> - VOL. I >> - Biswas, Sailendra. Samsada Bangala abhidhana. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/biswas-bangala/> 7th ed. >> Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2004. >> - or ভালা bhala ... Dasa, Jnanendramohana. *Bangala bhashara >> abhidhana*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/dasa/> >> Paribarttita o paribardhita 2. samskarana. Kalikata: Indiyan Pablisim >> Hausa, [bhumika 1937] 2 v. >> >> ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ >> written in: *Roman*, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: >> *Meghalaya*, Assam >> *babari, bareri, bol-agal* >> >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/mode/2up?view=theater> >> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha >> >> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & >> Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* >> *ભિલામો bhilamo* >> >> - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> >> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) >> - Biological Diversity of Gujarat >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> >> - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020] >> >> *ભિલામું bhilamu* >> >> - Amar Shri Ratilal P. Chandaria's Gujarati Lexicon >> >> <https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-english-translation/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%82/> >> - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource >> >> *બિબ્બા bibba* >> >> - Biological Diversity of Gujarat >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> >> - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020] >> >> ~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: *Haryana*, >> Delhi >> *भिलवा bhilawa, घेरू gheru* >> >> - Haryana Forest Flora >> <https://haryanaforestflora.in/specimen/view/360> - A Comprehensive >> Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India) >> >> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, >> *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, >> Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* >> *भेला bhela* >> >> - Dasa, Syamasundara. *Hindi sabdasagara*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/dasa-hindi/> Navina >> samskarana. Kasi: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, 1965-1975. >> - PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> >> - VOL. I >> >> *भिलावां or भिलावन bhilawan, निर्दहन nir-dahan, पावक pawak, विषास्या >> vishasya* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1888/f52b754912d5b039461c75709b01002d> >> - Platts, John T. (John Thompson). *A dictionary of Urdu, classical >> Hindi, and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> >> London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. >> >> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* >> *ಗೇರ್ಕಾಯಿ gerkaayi, ಕೇರ ಮರ kera-mara* >> >> - Five Hundred Indian Plants >> >> <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> >> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore >> >> *ಗೇರು geru* >> >> - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus >> >> <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81> >> created by V. Krishna >> >> *ಗೊಡ್ಡುಗೇರು goddageru, ಗುಡ್ಡದ ಗೇರು guddada geru* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> :: >> Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, >> Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng >> *barla-arong* >> >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/mode/2up?view=theater> >> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha >> >> ~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Latin* (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: >> *Meghalaya*, Assam >> *dieng-soh-bhala* >> >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/mode/2up?view=theater> >> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha >> - Sawian, J.T. & Jeeva, Solomon & Lyndem, F.G. & Laloo, R.C.. (2007). Wild >> edible plants of Meghalaya, North-East India. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287597816_Wild_edible_plants_of_Meghalaya_North-East_India> >> Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources. 6. 410-426. >> >> ~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~ >> written in: Koloma, *Latin*, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... >> spoken in: *Tripura* ... other names for this language: Tripuri, >> Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera >> *vela* >> >> - Majumdar, Koushik & Datta, B. (2013). Practice Pattern of >> Traditional Pharmaceutical Formulations by the Tribes of Tripura, >> Northeast >> India. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264623030_Practice_Pattern_of_Traditional_Pharmaceutical_Formulations_by_the_Tribes_of_Tripura_Northeast_India> >> Global Journal of Pharmacology. 7. 442-447. >> >> ~~~~~ KOL ~~~~~ >> written in: *Warang Chiti* (or Barang Kshiti, Varang Kshiti), Devanagari >> ... spoken in: *Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh*, Odisha, West Bengal ... >> spoken by: Kol people >> *लोसो loso* >> >> - PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> >> - VOL. I >> >> ~~~~~ 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 >> *अंबेरी amberi, बिब्बा bibba* >> >> - Biodiversity in Goa >> <http://goafoundation.org/biodiversity-in-goa/annexure6a.htm> - Flora >> of Goa (n.d., Original Page Inactive) >> >> *ಬಿಬ್ಬಯಿ bibbayi* >> >> - Five Hundred Indian Plants >> >> <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> >> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore >> >> *बिबो bibo* >> >> - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo >> methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. >> >> <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> >> Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. >> - V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note >> on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga >> :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >> *അലക്കുചേര് alakkucheru, തേങ്കൊട്ട thenkotta* >> >> - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം >> >> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> >> *ചേന്ക്കുരു chenkkuru* >> >> - बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् निघंट् >> >> <https://berakeattilu.home.blog/2019/02/09/%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%86%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%86-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9f%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8d-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%98%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d/> >> - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *भल्लातक bhallataka, भिल्लावा bhilava (or भिलावा bhilava), बिबवा bibava, >> बिब्बा bibba (or बिब्बी bibbi / बिबा biba / बिबी bibi), गोडंबी godambi* >> >> - Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). *A dictionary, Marathi and >> English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> 2d >> ed., rev. and enl. Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education >> Society's press, 1857. >> >> ~~~~~ MECH ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari*, Roman ... spoken by: Mech people (Bodos of >> north West Bengal) >> *bhalo, bhaola, bhelawa* >> >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam12/mode/2up?view=theater> >> Vol I (Part II) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, C Purkayastha >> >> ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ >> written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other >> names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian >> *kawh-tebel* >> >> - Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & >> Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE MIZOS >> OF MIZORAM, INDIA. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308886133_WILD_EDIBLE_PLANT_RESOURCES_USED_BY_THE_MIZOS_OF_MIZORAM_INDIA> >> KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. >> 106-126. [Accessed 15/11/2021 (dd/mm/yyyy)] >> >> *vawmbalhnahhlai* >> >> - ENVIS :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram >> <http://mizenvis.nic.in/Database/Biodiversity_1444.aspx> [Accessed >> 18/08/2022 (dd/mm/yyyy)] >> >> *vawmbal-pui* >> >> - List of Ethno-medicinal plants in Mizoram state with uses >> >> <https://smpbmizoram.com/List%20of%20Medicinal%20Plants%20by%20State%20Medicinal%20Plants%20Board%20-%20Mizoram.pdf> >> - State Medicinal Plants Board - Mizoram >> >> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, >> *Assam*, *Sikkim* >> *भलायो bhalaayo* >> >> - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... >> eFloraofIndia >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/_bwX3gZFGZo/m/9wFwi1ynCAAJ> >> >> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar >> Islands >> *ଭାଲିଆ bhalia, ଦୁର୍ଦ୍ଧର durddhara, ଲଙ୍କା ଭାଲିଆ lanka bhalia, ପୃଥଗ୍ ବୀଜ >> pruthag-bija, ରକ୍ଷୋଘ୍ନ rakshoghna* >> >> - Praharaj, G.C. *Pūrṇṇachandra Orḍiā bhāshākosha: a lexicon >> of the Oriya language*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> Cuttack: Utkal >> Sahitya Press, 1931-1940. >> >> ~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~ >> written in: *Farsi* (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: >> West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar >> *بلادر baladur* >> >> - Platts, John T. (John Thompson). *A dictionary of Urdu, classical >> Hindi, and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> >> London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. >> >> ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* >> *ਭਿਲਾਵਾ bhilawa* >> >> - Singh, Maya. *The Panjabi dictionary*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/> Lahore: Munshi Gulab >> Singh & Sons, 1895. >> >> ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests >> and scholars >> *अग्निमुख agnimukha (or अग्निमुखी agnimukhi), अह्वला ahvala, अन्तःसत्त्वा >> antahasattva, अर्शोहित arshohita, आरुष्कर arushkara, भल्लातक bhallataka (or >> भल्लात bhallata / भल्ली bhalli / भल्लिका bhallika), भूतनाशन bhutanashana, >> बीजपादप bijapadapa, धनुर्वृक्ष dhanurvrksha (or धनु dhanu), कृमिघ्न >> krmighna, कृष्णवर्त्मन् krshnavartman, क्षतकृत् kshatakrt, महातीक्ष्णा >> mahatikshna, निर्दहन nirdahana, पावक pavaka, पृथग्बीज prthagbija, रक्षोघ्न >> rakshoghna, शैलबीज shailabija, शोककर shokakara, शोफहृत् shophahrt, शोथहृत् >> shothahrt (or शोथकृत् shothakrt), स्फोटबीजक sphotabijaka (or स्फोटहेतुक >> sphotahetuka / स्फोटकर sphotakara), तैलबीज tailabija, तपन tapana, >> वह्निनामन् vahninaman, विरातक virataka, वीरवृक्ष viravrksha, विषास्या >> vishasya, व्रणकृत् vranakrt, वृषाङ्क vrshangka* >> >> - Learn Sanskrit >> <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=semecarpus&dir=es> - >> पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः >> >> ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), >> Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*, >> Odisha >> *ᱥᱳᱥᱳ soso* >> >> - ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ >> >> <https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AC_%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> - PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> >> - VOL. I >> >> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *சேங்கொட்டை cen-kottai, சோம்பலம் compalam, காவகா kavaka, >> கிட்டாக்கனிக்கொட்டை kitta-k-kani-k-kottai, தேம்பாறை temparai* >> >> - University of Madras. *Tamil lexicon*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras, 1924-1936. >> >> *காலகம் kalakam* >> >> - Winslow, Miron. *A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of >> high and low Tamil*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/winslow/> >> Madras: P.R. Hunt, 1862. >> >> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >> *Telangana*, Puducherry >> *భల్లాటము bhallatamu, జీడిమామిడిచెట్టు jidimamidichettu* >> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=anacardium> - Plant >> Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >> - Brown, Charles Philip. *A Telugu-English dictionary*. >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> 2nd ed. Madras: >> Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. >> >> *నల్ల జీడి nalla jeedi, తుమ్మెద మామిడి thummeda mamidi* >> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=anacardium> - Plant >> Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1888/f52b754912d5b039461c75709b01002d> >> >> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in >> Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, >> north Kerala >> *ಗೇರ್ಕಾಯಿ gerukaayi* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> :: >> Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> - Five Hundred Indian Plants >> >> <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> >> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore >> >> *ಕೇರ್ಕಾಯಿ kerukaayi* >> >> - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional >> medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and >> Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> :: >> Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> *ತೇರೆದ ಮರ tereda mara* >> >> - Five Hundred Indian Plants >> >> <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> >> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore >> - Männer, A - Tulu-English and English-Tulu dictionary >> >> <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/298/mode/2up?q=Semecarpus> >> - Mangalore, Basel Mission Press (1886-8) >> >> ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, >> Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka >> *بهلاوان or بهلاون bhilawan, نردهن nir-dahan, پاوك pawak* >> >> - Platts, John T. (John Thompson). *A dictionary of Urdu, classical >> Hindi, and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> >> London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. >> >> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, >> Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, >> Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, 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 25.12; last update Dec. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 10/01/2026 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> - Goa :: V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note >> on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga >> :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> - Tripura :: Majumdar, Koushik & Datta, B. (2013). Practice Pattern >> of Traditional Pharmaceutical Formulations by the Tribes of Tripura, >> Northeast India. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264623030_Practice_Pattern_of_Traditional_Pharmaceutical_Formulations_by_the_Tribes_of_Tripura_Northeast_India> >> Global Journal of Pharmacology. 7. 442-447. >> - Uttarakhand :: Rathiesh, P., Ajeet Kumar Negi and Dinesh Singh >> 2019. Effect of Seed Size on Germination of Semecarpus anacardium >> (Marking Nut) in Garhwal Himalaya. >> <https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.809.300> >> Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 8(9): 2590-2596. >> >> ~~~~~ Created on: 15:03 10-01-2026 ¦ Last updated: 15:29 14-01-2026 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/01/semecarpus-anacardium-lf.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]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0gauVDKSvxA9AGbrGN6av%3Dw%3DX4qT2x93jRDxN81WhKPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
