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Dioscoreaceae (yam family) » Dioscorea bulbifera
dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, 1st century Greek pharmacologist
bulb-EE-fer-uh -- meaning, bearing bulbs
commonly known as: aerial yam, air potato, air yam, bitter yam, bulbil-bearing yam, cheeky yam, malacca yam, otaheite-potato , potato yam, shoebutton air potato • Bengali: বনআলু ban alu • Hindi: गैण्ठी gainthi, कदू कन्दा kadu kanda, रतालू ratalu (apt for D. purpurea) • Kannada: ಅಮ್ಬಲಿ ಗೆಣಸು ambali genasu, ಹಮ್ದಿಗೆಣಸು hamdigenasu, ಹೆಗ್ಗೆನಸು heggenasu, ಕುಮ್ಟಗೆಣಸು kuntagenasu, ನೇಗಿಲುಹೊನ್ನೆ negilugonne • Konkani: करंदो karamdo • Malayalam: കാച്ചില് kaacchil, പന്നികിഴങ്ങ pannikizhangu • Marathi: डुकरकंद dukar-kand, कडूकरंदा kadu-karanda, वाराही varahi • Nepalese: गीट्ठा giitthaa, गीट्ठे तरुल giitthe tarul, वन तरुल van tarul • Oriya: pita alu • Sanskrit: आलुकः aluka, वराहीकन्द varahi-kand • Tamil: காட்டுச்சீரகவள்ளி kaatu-c-ciraka-valli, காட்டுக்காய்வள்ளி kaattu-k-kaay-valli • Telugu: అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa
Native to: tropical Africa, China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, tropical Australia
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • IFAS
Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus virens
FY-kus or FIK-us -- from the Latin for fig
VEER-enz -- green
commonly known as: grey fig, Java fig, Java willow, sour fig, spotted fig, strangler fig, wavy-leaved fig tree, white fig • Assamese: pakori • Bengali: পাকুড় pakar • Gujarati: પેપરી pepri • Hindi: कमण्डल kamandal, पाकड़ paakar, पाकड़िया paakariya, पर्कटी parkati, पीतन pitan, पिलखन pilkhan, प्लक्ष plaksh, प्लव plav, रामअञ्जीर ramanjir • Jaintia: dieng chiri • Kannada: ಬಸರಿಮರ basarimara, ಕರಿಬಸರಿ karibasari • Khasi: dieng sohpoklaw • Malayalam: ചെറള cherala • Manipuri: চিঙ হৈবোঙ ching heibong • Marathi: लघुपिंपरी laghupimpri, पायर payar, पाईर paiir • Nepalese: safed kabra • Oriya: jari • Punjabi: jangli pipli, palakh, pilkhan • Sanskrit: भिदुरः bhidura, दृढप्रारोहः dridapraroha, हृस्वपर्ण hrasvaparna, जाती jati, मङ्गलछायः mangalachaya, पर्कटी parkati, पीतन pitan, प्लक्षः plaksha, प्लवकः plavaka, शुङ्गिन् shungin,, यवः yavha • Tamil: சிற்றால் chirral, சுவி chuvi, இத்தி itti, கல்லால் kallal, குருக்கத்தி kurukkaththi • Telugu: జువ్వి zuvvi • Urdu: پاکڙيا paakariya
Native to: south China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, north Australia
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • eFlora • ENVIS - FRLHT • M.M.P.N.D.
Zingiberaceae (ginger family) » Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'
al-PIN-ee-uh -- named for Prospero Alpino, Italian botanist
ZER-um-bet -- derived from a Persian word
commonly known as: butterfly ginger, light galangal, pink porcelain lily, shell flower, shell ginger • Chinese: 艳山姜 da cao kou • Finnish: galangajuuri • German: porzellan-ingwerlilie • Japanese: getto • Maori (Cook Islands): kaopu‘i, kopi ‘enua • Pinyin: yàn shanjiang • Swedish: galangarot • Russian: al'piniia prekrasnaia • Samoan: teuila • Thai: ข่าคม kha khom • Tongan: teuila • Vietnamese: gừng ấm, riềng ấm, riềng đẹp, sẹ nước
Native to: India, eastern Asia
References: Floridata • Wikipedia • PIER species info • M.M.P.N.D.
Bignoniaceae (bignonia, or jacaranda family) » Tabebuia rosea
ta-bee-BEW-ee-uh -- from Brazilian name tacyba bebuya for a species in the genus
RO-zee-uh -- meaning, rosy
commonly known as: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, rosy trumpet tree • Hindi: बसंत रानी basant rani
Origin: tropical America
References: Flowers of India • PIER species info • M.M.P.N.D. • Country Day School - Costa Rica
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 34.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Dioscoreaceae (yam family) » Dioscorea bulbifera
dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, 1st century Greek pharmacologist
bulb-EE-fer-uh -- meaning, bearing bulbs
commonly known as: aerial yam, air potato, air yam, bitter yam, bulbil-bearing yam, cheeky yam, malacca yam, otaheite-potato , potato yam, shoebutton air potato • Bengali: বনআলু ban alu • Hindi: गैण्ठी gainthi, कदू कन्दा kadu kanda, रतालू ratalu (apt for D. purpurea) • Kannada: ಅಮ್ಬಲಿ ಗೆಣಸು ambali genasu, ಹಮ್ದಿಗೆಣಸು hamdigenasu, ಹೆಗ್ಗೆನಸು heggenasu, ಕುಮ್ಟಗೆಣಸು kuntagenasu, ನೇಗಿಲುಹೊನ್ನೆ negilugonne • Konkani: करंदो karamdo • Malayalam: കാച്ചില് kaacchil, പന്നികിഴങ്ങ pannikizhangu • Marathi: डुकरकंद dukar-kand, कडूकरंदा kadu-karanda, वाराही varahi • Nepalese: गीट्ठा giitthaa, गीट्ठे तरुल giitthe tarul, वन तरुल van tarul • Oriya: pita alu • Sanskrit: आलुकः aluka, वराहीकन्द varahi-kand • Tamil: காட்டுச்சீரகவள்ளி kaatu-c-ciraka-valli, காட்டுக்காய்வள்ளி kaattu-k-kaay-valli • Telugu: అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa
Native to: tropical Africa, China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, tropical Australia
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • IFAS
Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana
FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig
ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist
commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Gujarati: ખડક પાયર khadak payar • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല് kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi
Native to:India, Sri Lanka
References: Sri Mahabodhiya • Ethnobotanical leaflets • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 32.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 51.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Brassicaceae >> Brassica juncea var. Rugosa
SYNONYMS:
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. rugosa (Roxb.) Prain, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. capitata N. Tsen & S. N. Lee, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. (Capitata Group), Brassica rugosa Bailey
Common names:
Head mustard, Cabbage leaf mustard, Heading leaf mustard, Broad-leaved mustard, Swatow mustard
This has dark and splendid reddish-purple leaves with bubble-like texture and light green midribs. It is mistaken for red lettuce.
More info:
(Clicked at Garden of Five Senses, New Delhi)
Bignoniaceae (bignonia, or jacaranda family) » Tabebuia rosea
ta-bee-BEW-ee-uh -- from Brazilian name tacyba bebuya for a species in the genus
RO-zee-uh -- meaning, rosy
commonly known as: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, rosy trumpet tree • Hindi: बसंत रानी basant rani
Origin: tropical America
References: Flowers of India • PIER species info • M.M.P.N.D. • Country Day School - Costa Rica
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 44.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Lythraceae (Lythrum, or loosestrife family) » Woodfordia fruticosa
wood-FORD-ee-uh -- named after E. James Alexander Woodford, botanist and physician
froo-tih-KOH-suh -- meaning, shrubby
commonly known as: dhawai flower, fire flame bush, shiranji tea, woodfordia • Bengali: dawai, dhai, dhai phul • Gujarati: ધાવડી dhavdi, ધાવડીના dhavadina • Hindi: धातकी dhataki, धातृ dhatri, धौरा dhaura, धवइ dhawai, धवल dhawala • Kannada: ತಾಮ್ರಪುಷ್ಪಿ tamrapushpi • Malayalam: tatiripuspi • Marathi: धायफूल dhaiphula, धायटी dhayati, धावडा dhavada • Oriya: dhobo, jaliko, harwari • Sanskrit: अग्निज्वाला agnijwala, धातकी dhataki, धौरि dhauri • Tamil: மைரேயம் maireyam • Telugu: ధాతక dhataki
Distribution: Madagascar, Pakistan, India, (Yunnan) China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia
References: Flowers of India • M.M.P.N.D. • eFlora
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 33.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana
FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig
ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist
commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Gujarati: ખડક પાયર khadak payar • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല് kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi
Native to:India, Sri Lanka
References: Sri Mahabodhiya • Ethnobotanical leaflets • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata
kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali
glad-ee-AY-tuh -- meaning, sword-like
commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര് vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem
Native to: paleotropics
References: ARS - GRIN • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
Euphorbiaceae (castor, euphorbia, or spurge family) » Mallotus philippensis
mal-LOH-tus -- fleecy, referring to the seed capsule
fil-lip-EN-sis -- of or from the Philippines; also spelled philippinensis
commonly known as: dyer's rottlera, kamala dye tree, monkey face tree, orange kamala, red kamala, scarlet croton • Bengali: কমলা kamala • Hindi: कामला kamala, रैनी raini, रोहन rohan, रोहिनी rohini, सिन्धुरी sinduri • Kannada: ಕುಮ್ಕುಮದ ಮರ kunkuma-damara • Malayalam: ചെങ്കൊല്ലി cenkolli, കുങ്കുമപ്പൂമരം kunkumappuumaram, കുരങ്ങുമഞ്ഞശ് kurangumanjas, നാവട്ട naavatta, നൂറിമരം nuurimaram • Marathi: कपिला kapila, केशरी kesari, शेंदरी shendri • Sanskrit: काम्पिल्यक kampilyaka • Tamil: கபிலப்பொடி kapila poti, குரங்குமஞ்சணாறி kuranku-mañcanari • Telugu:కుంకుమ చెట్టు kunkuma-chettu
Native to: China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia
References: Flowers of India • M.M.P.N.D. • World Agroforestry Centre • Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh
Interior, "1888 Building", University of Melbourne. Built 1888. Currently School of Graduate Research, former Melbourne Teachers’ College until 1994.
Dimocarpus longan Lour.
For more about other English names and scientific name synonyms -
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
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Thai language site -
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 35.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Holarrhena pubescens
ho-lar-REN-uh -- unsure of pronunciation, refers to its prolific flowering trait
pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens -- meaning, downy or short haired
commonly known as: bitter oleander, cavessi bark, common holarrhena, coneru, conessi bark, dysentery rose bay, easter tree, ivory tree, kurchi bark, Tellicherry bark, white angel • Assamese: dhulkari, dudkhuri • Bengali: kurchi, কুটজ kutaja • Gujarati: drowda, kudakari • Hindi: कडवा इंद्रजव karva indrajau, kurchi, कुटज kutaja • Kannada: koodsaloo, korchie • Konkani: कुडॉ kudo • Malayalam: കുടകപ്പാല kutakappaala • Marathi: इंद्रजव indrajav, kodaga, kodaga pala, कुटज kutaja, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Oriya: kherwa, korwa, kurwa, pitakorwa • Punjabi: keor, kewar • Sanskrit: इंद्रयव indrayava, कुटज kutaja, sakraparyaaya, sakraasana, vatsaka • Tamil: கிரிமல்லிகை kirimllikai, குடசப்பாலை kutaca-p-palai, மலைமல்லிகை mlaimllikai • Telugu: గిరిమల్లిక girimallika, కొడిసెపాల kodisepala, కోలముక్కు kolamukku, కొండమల్లె kondamalle, కుటజము kutajamu
Native to: tropical areas of Africa and Asia
References: M.M.P.N.D. • Flowers of Sahyadri • बहर
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
Solanum ferox L. Solanaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names and sharing with other similar species such as S. macrocarpon - Terung masam. Terung bulu, Terong asam, Terong Dayak, Terong Iban, Tabanburo, Tarambulo, Sinkade, Tarabi], Hairy-fruited eggplant, Malaysian sunplant, Yellow-fruited nightshade. Native to China, Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka), Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines), Solomon Islands. S. ferox is an unresolved name according to The Plant List, while GRIN and FRIM classify the species name S. ferox as auct.and a synonym to S. lasiocarpum and S. indicum. Many hybrids and cultivars. Some of the cultivated "Domesticum Group" ones are devoid of fuzzy hairs around fruits, reduced prickles on vegetative parts and variable fruit sizes. The specimen is a wild type armed with sharp prickles at its vegetative parts usually found on waste ground. and quite widespread. The fruits are used in sauces and curries and, like those of most of these (eggplant / nightshade borderline) plants, have a sour taste. In traditional medicine the seeds are used to treat toothache by rolling them in a banana leaf, burning them as a cigar and inhaling the smoke. The roots are used to cure wounds, severe bruises, itch, syphilis and to relieve violent pains all over the body. The fuzzy irritating hairs are easily removed by briefly passing over an open fire or rubbed with coconut husk.
Synonym(s):
Solanum indicum L.
Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal
Solanum immane Hance ex Walp.
Solanum ferox auct.
Solanum lasiocarpum var. velutinum Dunal
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29604513
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29600277
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?416240
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/s/Solanum_ferox/
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/CATALOGUE/Pt2-A...
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 37.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana
FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig
ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist
commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Gujarati: ખડક પાયર khadak payar • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല് kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi
Native to:India, Sri Lanka
References: Sri Mahabodhiya • Ethnobotanical leaflets • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
Mimosaceae (touch-me-not family) » Mimosa pudica
mim-MOH-suh from the word for mimic, because the movement of the leaves
pud-EE-kuh shrinking, closing, modest
commonly known as: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • Gujarati: reesamani • Hindi: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • Kannada: muttidare muni • Malayalam: tintarmani • Manipuri: ikaithabi, kangphal • Marathi: लाजाळू laajaalu, laajari • Sanskrit: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, samangaa, shamipatra • Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, tottalavaadi • Telugu: attaapatti
Origin: Brazil
References: Flowers of India • M.M.N.P.D. • Wikipedia
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata
kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali
glad-ee-AY-tuh -- sword-like
commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര് vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem
Native to: paleotropics
References: Flowers of India • ARS - GRIN • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica
flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India
commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu
Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere
References: World Agroforestry Centre • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
commonly known as: common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy, Flanders poppy, Shirley poppy • Arabic: khashkhash bustânî, khashkhash manthûr • Chinese: yu mei ren, yu mei ren guo shi • Czech: mák • Danish: kornvalmue • Dutch: klaproos • Finnish: silkkiunikko • French: coquelicot, pavot rouge, ponceau • German: feuer-mohn, klatschmohn, wolder mohn • Hindi: गुलहोना gulhona, ख़स-ख़स khas-khas • Hungarian: pipacs • Italian: papagna, papavero, rosolaccio (Switzerland), scattarola • Japanese: hinageshi • Kannada: ಗಸಗಸೆ gasagase • Korean: kae yang gwi bi • Manipuri: kaba • Marathi: खसखस khaskhas • Norwegian: kornvalmue • Polish: mak polny • Portuguese: papoila • Russian: mak samoseika • Sanskrit: खस्खस khaskhas • Spanish: ababol, amapola, rosillas • Swedish: kornvallmo • Tamil: கசகசா kaskas • Telugu: గసగసాలు gasagasalu • Urdu: خشخش khash-khash
Reference: M.M.P.N.D.
Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » Trichosanthes cucumerina
try-kos-ANTH-us -- from the Greek trichos (hairy) and anthos (flowers)
koo-KOO-may-ree-nuh -- meaning, related to cucumber - from the Greek kykyon
commonly known as: wild snake gourd • Hindi: जंगली चिचोण्डा jangli chichonda, कड़वा परवर kadva parvar, pudel • Kannada: paduvalakaayi • Malayalam: padavalanga • Marathi: जंगली पडवल jungli padwal, कडू पडवळ kadu padwal, पडोळ padol • Sanskrit: पटोल patola • Tamil: காட்டுப்பேய்ப்புடல் kattuppeypputal • Telugu: అడవిపొట్ల adavipotla, potlakaaya
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » Momordica dioica
mo-MOR-di-ka -- from the word to bite, reference to the seeds which look bitten
dy-oh-EE-kuh -- male and female flowers on separate plants
commonly known as: bristly balsam-pear, prickly carolaho, spine gourd, teasle gourd • Assamese: avandhya, bhat-kerela • Bengali: bhat korola, ghee korola, kankrol • Gujarati: katwal • Hindi: बन करेला ban karela • Kannada: karchi-balli, madahagala gadde • Konkani: फागिल phagil • Malayalam: ben-pavel, erimapasel • Marathi: करटोली kartoli • Rajasthani: bara -karela, kankera, kankoda • Sanskrit: कर्कोटकी karkotaki, कर्कोटी karkoti • Tamil: மெழுகுபாகல் meluku-pakal, பழுபாகல் palu-pakal • Telugu: అడవికాకర adavikakara, ఆకాకర akakara
Native to: south-east Asia
References: Flowers of India • Dave's Garden • M.M.P.N.D. • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 43.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.