*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]. 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