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
