Dear Dinesh ji, Nice picture and good work. *കാട്ടുമാങ്ങ Kaattumaanga* (*കാട്* means forest, *maanga* means mango) Regards, Sam Kuzhalanattu.
On Wed, 21 Jan, 2026, 6:14 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Spondias pinnata* (L.f.) Kurz > [image: Spondias pinnata (L.f.) Kurz] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77302474> > > *SPON-dee-as* -- Greek name for plum ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Spondias> > *pin-NAY-tuh* -- feather-shaped ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=pinnata> > *commonly known as*: Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, wild > mango • *Abor*: dergi-asing • *Adi*: dorge, dorgu dorge • *Ahom*: আমৰা > amora • *Andamans (local name)*: gue • *Assamese*: আমৰা aamaraa • > *Bengali*: আমড়া aamada, আম্রাত aamraata, আম্রাতক aamraataka • *Bodo*: > thaisuri • *Dogri*: माड़ा madha, मंब mamb • *Garo*: ambare rongtong, > ambi-thong, ambri-thong, thong-rong • *Gujarati*: અંબાડાં ambaadaa, > અંબાડો ambaado, અંબેડી ambedi, અંબેડો ambedo • *Hajong*: amra • *Haryanvi*: > अमरा amara • *Hindi*: अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी > फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan • > *Kachari*: thaisudi-phang • *Kannada*: ಅಬಟ್ಟಿ ಮರ abatti mara, ಅಮಟೆ ಕಾಯಿಮರ > amate kaayimara, ಅಂಬಾಡೆ ambaade, ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate, ಗೊಡ್ಡದ ಕಾಯಿ goddada kaayi, > ಗೊಡ್ಡಮಟೆ goddamate, ಕಾಡಂಬಟ್ಟಿ kadambatti, ಕೊಡಲಿ ಮಾವು kodali maavu, ಮರ > ಹುಣಿಸೆ mara hunise, ಮುತ್ತಿಗ muttiga, ಪೂಂಡಿ poondi, ತಿಂಡೀಕ tindeeka, > ವೃಕ್ಷಾಮ್ಲ vrkshaamla • *Karbi*: chiming-arong, suming-arong • *Khasi*: > dieng-soh-pier, dieng-soh-pier-kanthai • *Kokborok*: raisoingsing, > thai-toui, totoi gera • *Konkani*: आंबाडो ambado • *Kuki*: tai-to-thing, > toito • *Lepcha*: ᰛᰩᰮᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ ᰀᰪᰵ raom-chyee-ling koong, ᰛᰪᰵᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ > rung-chyee-ling • *Malayalam*: അമ്പഴം ampazham, കാട്ടുമാ kaattumaa • > *Manipuri*: ꯍꯩꯅꯤꯡ heining • *Marathi*: अमडा amada, आंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा > dholamba, खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba • *Maring*: totohei • *Mishing*: > dergi-asing • *Mizo*: tawi-taw • *Mundari*: ambaru, arbaru • *Nagamese*: > tamzen • *Nepali*: अमारो amaaro • *Nyishi*: dongkal seen, pakka • *Odia*: > ଅଧ୍ୱଗଭୋଗ୍ୟ adhwagabhogya, ଆମ୍ବଡ଼ା ambarda, ଆମ୍ରାତ amrata, ଅତ୍ୟମ୍ଳ atyamla, > ବାଳମୂଳିକା balamulika, ବୃଦ୍ଧ ବିଭୀତକ bruddha bibhitaka, ବୃକ୍ଷାମ୍ଳ brukshamla, > କପିପ୍ରିୟ kapipriya, କପୀତନ kapitana, ଫଳୀ phali, ପୀତନ pitana, ପୂରାମ୍ଳ > puramla, ରସାଢ୍ୟ rasadhya, ସାଲମା salama, ଶୁଙ୍ଗ shunga • *Pahari*: अंबुआड़ा > ambuara • *Pali*: अंबाटका ambataka • *Punjabi*: ਭੰਬੋਲਾ bhanbola • *Rabha*: > doythe • *Sanskrit*: अध्वगभोग्य adhvagabhogya, आम्रात amrata, आम्रवाट > amravata, अत्यम्ल atyamla, भृङ्गीफल bhrngiphala, बीजामित bijamita, बृहद्बीज > brhadbija, इन्दुफल induphala, कपिचूड kapichuda, कपिप्रिय kapipriya, > कपिरसाध्या kapirasadhya, कपीतन kapitana, माधवद्रुम madhavadruma, मधुराम्लक > madhuramlaka, मेटुला metula, पशुहरीतकी pashuharitaki, पीतनक pitanaka, > पूराम्ल puramla, रसाढ्य rasadhya, सारण sarana, शृङ्गिन् shrngin, शुङ्ग > shunga, स्वादुरसा svadurasa, तनुक्षीर tanukshira, वर्षपल्किन् varshapalkin, > वृद्धविभीतक vrddhavibhitaka, वृक्षाम्ल vrkshamla • *Santali*: ᱟᱢᱲᱟ amra • > *Tagin*: kodum • *Tamil*: அம்பாழம் ambazham, ஆம்பிரம் ampiram, அப்பீரகம் > appirakam, காட்டுமா kattuma, கிஞ்சம் kincam, மாழை malai, மாம்புளி mampuli, > மாரிமா marima, நாளினி naalini, புளிமா pulima, உகின் ukin • *Tangkhul*: > heining • *Tangsa*: makok • *Telugu*: అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అధ్వము > adhvamu, అంబాళము ambalamu, అంపిలేపిచెట్టు ampilepichettu, ఆమ్రతకము > aamrathakamu, ఇవురుమామిడి ivuru mamidi, కొండమామిడి konda mamidi, పీతవృక్షము > peetha vrukshamu • *Tibetan*: ཨ་མྲ a-mra, ཨ་མྲ་ཏ་ཀ a-mra-ta-ka, ཤིན་པ་ཀོ > sin-pa-ko, ཤིན་བྲ་ཀ sin-bra-ka • *Tulu*: ಅಂಬಡೆ ambade, ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate • > *Urdu*: امباڙا ambara, امباڙي ambari, امرا amra, پهل بهرنگي bhringi-phal, > ميٿلا metula, هريتکي پش pashu-haritaki, پيتن pitan > *botanical names*: *Spondias pinnata* (L.f.) Kurz ... *homotypic synonyms*: > *Mangifera pinnata* L.f. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Spondias amara* > Lam. • *Spondias mangifera* Willd. • *Spondias paniculata* Roxb. ex Wight > & Arn. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 18 > 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 > *Andaman mombin, Indian mombin* > > - INDIAN HOG PLUM (*Spondias pinnata* (L.f.) kurz.). > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335240801> ... (accessed: > Jan 18, 2026) > > *Indian hog plum* > > - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> > [Madras], University of Madras ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > - PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS > <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> > - VOL. I ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > - INDIAN HOG PLUM (*Spondias pinnata* (L.f.) kurz.). > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335240801> ... (accessed: > Jan 18, 2026) > - BIOTIK > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/s/sponpinn/sponpinn_en.html> > (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive > shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *wild mango* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Mango.html>, > retrieved January 18, 2026 > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ ABOR ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* ... Abor is one of > the two groups of the various languages and dialects of the Adi people, > other being Lhoba, spoken by Lobha people of south-eastern Tibet > *dergi-asing* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* > *dorge, dorgu dorge* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 21 January 2026 > > ~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~ > written in: *Ahom*, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars for > religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile *Ahom kingdom* > (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: > Tai-Ahom > *আমৰা amora* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 21 January 2026 > > ~~~~~ Andamans ~~~~~ > languages spoken: Bengali | Tamil | Telugu | Hindi | Malayalam | Sadri | > Kurukh | and a dozen endangered Andamanese languages ... written using > their respective scripts, oral languages use Devanagari / Latin > *gue* > > - *The Useful Plants of India* > > <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n607/mode/2up?q=Spondias> > (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate) ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ > written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal > Pradesh, Meghalaya > *আমৰা aamaraa* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, > Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *আমড়া aamada* > > - PRAIN, DAVID - BENGAL PLANTS > <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> > - VOL. I ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > *আম্রাত aamraata, আম্রাতক aamraataka* > > - Biswas, Sailendra. *Samsad Bengali-English dictionary*. > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/biswas-bengali/> 3rd ed. > Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2000. ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other names > for this language: Boro > *thaisuri* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 19, 2026) > > ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... > spoken by the Dogras > *माड़ा madha, मंब mamb* > > - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... > facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid0Ts9bMhy6TtfGUwKincKGL6eACBdKQYJjxq5UgUXX96Zfn2u819TyK3EkVFdAA3icl> > ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman*, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: > *Meghalaya*, Assam > *ambare rongtong* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 19, 2026) > > *ambi-thong* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 19, 2026) > > *ambri-thong, thong-rong* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar > Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* > *અંબાડાં ambaadaa, અંબાડો ambado* > > - Biological Diversity of Gujarat > > <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> > - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission ... (accessed on: Dec 16, 2020) > - Yadav, Shri Ram - A contribution to the floristics and > phytosociology of some parts of South Gujarat > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/75428> :: Chapter 1 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 19, 2026) > > *અંબેડી ambedi, અંબેડો ambedo* > > - સૃષ્ટિ (અંક-૩૦, માર્ચ ૨૦૦૧, વૃક્ષ વિશેષાંક) > <https://archive.org/details/Ank30/page/n27/mode/2up> publication by > Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation ... (accessed: > Jan 19, 2026) > > ~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~ > written in: *Bengali-Assamese* (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, > Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal > *amra* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 19, 2026) > > ~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: *Haryana*, > Delhi > *अमरा amara* > > - Haryana Forest Flora > <https://haryanaforestflora.in/specimen/view/158> - A Comprehensive > Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India) ... (accessed: Jan 19, 2026) > > ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, > *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, > Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* > *अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला > metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan* > > - 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. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~ > written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, > Nagaland ... other names for this language: Cachari, Plains Kachari (Boro > or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa) > *thaisudi-phang* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* > *ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate, ಅಂಬಾಡೆ ambaade, ತಿಂಡೀಕ tindeeka* > > - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus > <https://alar.ink/> created by V. Krishna ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *ಅಬಟ್ಟಿ ಮರ abatti mara, ಅಮಟೆ ಕಾಯಿಮರ amate kaayimara, ಗೊಡ್ಡಮಟೆ goddamate, > ಗೊಡ್ಡದ ಕಾಯಿ goddada kaayi, ಕಾಡಂಬಟ್ಟಿ kadambatti, ಕೊಡಲಿ ಮಾವು kodali maavu, > ಮರ ಹುಣಿಸೆ mara hunise, ಮುತ್ತಿಗ muttiga, ಪೂಂಡಿ poondi, ವೃಕ್ಷಾಮ್ಲ vrkshaamla* > > - BIOTIK > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/s/sponpinn/sponpinn_ka.html> > (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive > shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, Meghalaya, > Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng > *chiming-arong, suming-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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin* (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: > *Meghalaya*, Assam > *dieng-soh-pier, dieng-soh-pier-kanthai* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > - or dieng-soh-pair-kynthai ... 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. ... > (accessed: Jan 19, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~ > written in: Koloma, *Latin*, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken > in: *Tripura* ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, > Tippera, Tipra, Trippera > *raisoingsing, thai-toui, totoi gera* > > - NATURE INFO <https://www.natureinfo.com.bd/spondias-pinnata/> - > Electronic Database - *Spondias pinnata* by Md. Salah Uddin ... > (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ 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 > *आंबाडो ambado* > > - 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. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > - 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 ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Assam, Nagaland ... other > names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki > *tai-to-thing, toito* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~ > written in: *Lepcha* (or Róng), Tibetan ... spoken in: *Sikkim*, West > Bengal > *ᰛᰩᰮᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ ᰀᰪᰵ raom-chyee-ling koong, ᰛᰪᰵᰀᰤᰧᰶᰜᰧᰵ rung-chyee-ling* > > - Aathing K P Tamsang - *The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary* > > <https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1087/page/863/mode/2up?q=Spondias> > - Second Edition (2009) ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > - Mainwaring, George Byres; Grünwedel, Albert - Dictionary of the > Lepcha-language > <https://archive.org/details/cu31924023194198/page/334/mode/2up?q=Spondias> > - Berlin : Printed by Unger Bros. 1898 ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep > *അമ്പഴം ampazham (or അന്പാഴം anpaazham / അന്പഴം anpazham)* > > - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം > > <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%82> > ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > - BIOTIK > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/s/sponpinn/sponpinn_ma.html> > (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive > shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *കാട്ടുമാ kaattumaa* > > - Gundert, Hermann. *A Malayalam and English dictionary*. > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gundert/> Mangalore, London, > C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., 1872. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ > written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: > *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei > *ꯍꯩꯅꯤꯡ heining* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Mango.html>, > retrieved January 18, 2026 > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *अमडा amada, आंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba, खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा > ranamba* > > - 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. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ MARING ~~~~~ > written in: *Meitei* (ꯃꯔꯤꯡ) ... spoken in: *Manipur* ... spoken by Maring > people ... not to be confused with the Maring language of New Guinea > *totohei* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Mango.html>, > retrieved January 20, 2026 > > ~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~ > written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal > Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri > *dergi-asing* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other > names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian > *tawi-taw* > > - Lorrain, J. Herbert (James Herbert) *Dictionary of the Lushai > language*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/lorrain/> Calcutta > : Asiatic Society, 1940. (Bibliotheca Indica, 261) ... (accessed: Jan 18, > 2026) > - 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)] > > ~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~ > written in: *Mundari Bani*, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken > in: *Jharkhand*, Odisha > *ambaru, arbaru* > > - *The Useful Plants of India* > > <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n607/mode/2up?q=Spondias> > (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate) ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Nagaland* ... the Naga languages are > a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga > peoples > *tamzen* > > - 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 ... > (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, > *Assam*, *Sikkim* > *अमारो amaaro* > > - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... > eFloraofIndia > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/u3wO_ZVGOtE/m/b0rkzSziAQAJ> > > ~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... spoken > by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names > for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, > Bangni-Bangru, Solung > *dongkal seen, pakka* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 21 January 2026 > > ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ > written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar > Islands > *ଅଧ୍ୱଗଭୋଗ୍ୟ adhwagabhogya, ଆମ୍ବଡ଼ା ambarda, ଆମ୍ରାତ amrata, ଅତ୍ୟମ୍ଳ > atyamla, ବାଳମୂଳିକା balamulika, ବୃଦ୍ଧ ବିଭୀତକ bruddha bibhitaka, ବୃକ୍ଷାମ୍ଳ > brukshamla, କପିପ୍ରିୟ kapipriya, କପୀତନ kapitana, ଫଳୀ phali, ପୀତନ pitana, > ପୂରାମ୍ଳ puramla, ରସାଢ୍ୟ rasadhya, ସାଲମା salama, ଶୁଙ୍ଗ shunga* > > - Praharaj, G.C. *Pūrṇṇachandra Orḍiā bhāshākosha: a lexicon of > the Oriya language*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> > Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press, 1931-1940. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of > languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu > and Kashmir, Uttarakhand > *अंबुआड़ा ambuara* > > - Himalayan Wild Food Plants > > <https://himalayanwildfoodplants.com/2023/03/spondias-pinnatal-f-kurz-ambuara-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%a1%e0%a4%be-ambade/> > by Dr. Tara Sen Thakur ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the > sacred language of Theravada Buddhism > *अंबाटका ambataka* > > - Pali Text Society, London. *The Pali Text Society's Pali-English > dictionary*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/> Chipstead, > 1921-1925. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* > *ਭੰਬੋਲਾ bhanbola* > > - Singh, Maya. *The Panjabi dictionary*. > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/> Lahore: Munshi Gulab > Singh & Sons, 1895. ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ > written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, > Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya > *doythe* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes > of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> :: Chapter 5 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 19, 2026) > > ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests > and scholars > *अध्वगभोग्य adhvagabhogya, आम्रात amrata (or आम्रातक amrataka), आम्रवाट > amravata (or आम्रवाटक amravataka / आम्रवाटिक amravatika), अत्यम्ल atyamla, > भृङ्गीफल bhrngiphala, बीजामित bijamita, बृहद्बीज brhadbija, इन्दुफल > induphala, कपिचूड kapichuda, कपिप्रिय kapipriya, कपिरसाध्या kapirasadhya, > कपीतन kapitana, माधवद्रुम madhavadruma, मधुराम्लक madhuramlaka, पशुहरीतकी > pashuharitaki, पीतनक pitanaka, पूराम्ल puramla, रसाढ्य rasadhya, सारण > sarana, शृङ्गिन् shrngin, शुङ्ग shunga (or शुङ्गी shungi), स्वादुरसा > svadurasa, तनुक्षीर tanukshira, वर्षपल्किन् varshapalkin, वृद्धविभीतक > vrddhavibhitaka, वृक्षाम्ल vrkshamla* > > - Learn Sanskrit > <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=spondias&dir=es> - पठत > संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *मेटुला metula* > > - ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ > > <https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE> > स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), > Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*, > Odisha > *ᱟᱢᱲᱟ amra* > > - Campbell, A., of the Santal mission A Santali-English dictionary > <https://archive.org/details/cu31924096339464/page/n21/mode/2up?q=Spondias> > Pokhuria, India : Santal Mission Press, 1899 ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > - 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 ... (accessed: Jan 21, 2026) > > ~~~~~ TAGIN ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* ... other names > for this language: West Dafla, Bangni ... spoken by: Tagin people or Ghasi > Miri people > *kodum* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 21 January 2026 > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, > Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *அம்பாழம் ambazham* > > - BIOTIK > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/s/sponpinn/sponpinn_ta.html> > (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive > shared Knowledge base) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *ஆம்பிரம் ampiram, அப்பீரகம் appirakam, காட்டுமா kattuma, கிஞ்சம் kincam > (or சிஞ்சம் cincam), மாழை malai, மாம்புளி mampuli, மாரிமா marima, நாளினி > naalini, புளிமா pulima, உகின் ukin (or எகின் ekin)* > > - University of Madras. *Tamil lexicon*. > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], > University of Madras, 1924-1936. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~ > written in: *Latin*, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Nagaland > ... spoken by: Tangkhul people > *heining* > > - S. Salam, P.K. Singh 1 and N.S. Jamir - Kitchen garden plants of > Tangkhul tribe in Ukhrul District, Manipur, India > > <http://pleione.ehsst.org/journals/Pleione52/011%20Kitchen%20garden%20plants%20of%20Tangkhul%20tribe%20in%20Ukhrul%20District%20Manipur.pdf> > - Pleione 5(2): 280 - 285. 2011. ... (accessed: Jan 18, 2026) > - Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga > tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/55908> :: Chapter 4 > :: Shodhganga - a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ... (accessed: Jan > 18, 2026) > > ~~~~~ TANGSA ~~~~~ > written in: *Tangsa*, Latin ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... > other names for this language: Tase and Tase Naga ... spoken by: Tangshang > people or Tangsa Naga > *makok* > > - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of > useful plants of north-east India > <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> > - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... > Accessed on 21 January 2026 > > ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ > written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, > *Telangana*, Puducherry > *అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అంబాళము ambalamu* > > - Flora Andhrika > <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Spondias+pinnata> - Plant > Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > - Brown, Charles Philip. *A Telugu-English dictionary*. > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> 2nd ed. Madras: > Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *అధ్వము adhvamu* > > - Brown, Charles Philip. *A Telugu-English dictionary*. > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> 2nd ed. Madras: > Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > *అంపిలేపిచెట్టు ampilepichettu, ఆమ్రతకము aamrathakamu, ఇవురుమామిడి ivuru > mamidi, కొండమామిడి konda mamidi, పీతవృక్షము peetha vrukshamu* > > - Flora Andhrika > <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Spondias+pinnata> - Plant > Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1976/f9bc906dbf75803ec2e407070be25d3e> > ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ > written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*, > Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan > *ཨ་མྲ a-mra, ཨ་མྲ་ཏ་ཀ a-mra-ta-ka, ཤིན་པ་ཀོ sin-pa-ko, ཤིན་བྲ་ཀ sin-bra-ka > (or ཤིན་བྲ་ཀོ sin-bra-ko)* > > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1976/f9bc906dbf75803ec2e407070be25d3e> > ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ > written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in > Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, > north Kerala > *ಅಂಬಡೆ ambade, ಅಂಬಟೆ ambate* > > - Männer, A - Tulu-English and English-Tulu dictionary > <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/n3/mode/2up> > - Mangalore, Basel Mission Press (1886-8) ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ > written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, > Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka > *امباڙا ambara, امباڙي ambari, امرا amra, پهل بهرنگي bhringi-phal, ميٿلا > metula, هريتکي پش pashu-haritaki, پيتن pitan* > > - 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. ... (accessed: Jan 20, 2026) > > ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Widely, but sparsely distributed across India, primarily thriving in > tropical, subtropical moist deciduous forests and sub-Himalayan regions; > also cultivated. > ~~~~~ Created on: 10:38 18-01-2026 ¦ Last updated: 16:01 21-01-2026 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/01/spondias-pinnata-lf-kurz.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/CADkXgDSB4f555q_wDpeo4Dz2mna3q92THKCq8HObz9cW03vLDg%40mail.gmail.com.
