Kunkuduchettu (Telugu: కుంకుడుచెట్టు)

Sapindaceae (soapberry family) » Sapindus trifoliatus

 

sap-IN-dus or SAP-in-dus -- from the Latin sapo (soap) and indicus (Indian)

try-foh-lee-AY-tus or try-foh-lee-AT-us -- meaning, three leaves

 

commonly known as: south India soapnut, three-leaf soapberry, trijugate-leaved soap-nut • Assamese: হাইঠা aritha • Bengali: ritha • Gujarati: અરીઠી arithi, અરીઠો aritho, અરીઠું arithu • Hindi: फेनिल phenil, रिष्ट risht, रिष्टक rishtak • Kannada: ಅಮ್ಟಳಕಾಯಿ amtalakaayi, ನೊರೆಕಾಯಿ norekaayi, ತೊಗಟೆ ಮರ togate mara • Konkani: रिठा ritha • Malayalam: ചവക്കായ് cavakkaay, പശക്കൊട്ടമരം pasakkottamaram, ഉറുവഞ്ചി uruvanchi • Manipuri: ke • Marathi: फेनिल phenil, रिंठी rinthi, रिठा ritha • Oriya: ritha • Prakrit: रिट्ठओः ritthaoh • Sanskrit: हृष्टः hrishtah, फेनका phenaka, फेनिल phenil, रिष्टः rishtah, रिष्टक rishtak, रीठा rita, सारिष्ट sarishta, ऊर्ध्वशोधनः urdhvashodhanah • Tamil: புனலை punalai, பூந்தி punthi, பூவந்தி puvanti • Telugu: కుంకుడుచెట్టు kunkuduchettu, ఫేనిలము phenilamu • Urdu: پهينل phenil

 

Native to: south India

 

 

References: eFlora • ENVIS - FRLHT • Digital Dictionaries of South Asia

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