*Dioscorea wallichii* Hook.f. [image: Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.] *dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh* -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Dioscorea> *wall-IK-ee-eye* -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=wallichii>
*commonly known as*: Wallich's yam • *Assamese*: পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo • *Gujarati*: ચાયડુ chaydu • *Hindi*: जुगुर कंद jugur kanda • *Kannada*: ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu • *Kokborok*: ganga • *Konkani*: रान करांदो ran karamdo • *Malayalam*: കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu • *Malvani*: रान करांदा ran karanda • *Marathi* कडूकंद kadukanda, रान करांदा ran karanda • *Odia*: ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu, ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga • *Telugu*: కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada • *Tulu*: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu *botanical names*: *Dioscorea wallichii* Hook.f. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Dioscorea wallichii* var. *christiei* Prain & Burkill • *Dioscorea wallichii* var. *vera* Prain & Burkill ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 08 November 2023 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. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *Wallich's yam* - name coined, for want of name; derived from the commemorative epithet *wallichii* honouring Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician; yam = common name for some species of *Dioscorea* that form edible tubers, though some are known to be toxic; also to be noted that yam may refer to other plants across regions of the world ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya *পাণ পতিয়া বন আলু paan potiya bon aloo* - Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi and Monoj Nath for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/permalink/2501954996702077/> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *ચાયડુ chaydu* - Chauhan, S.H., Yadav, S., Takahashi, T. et al. Consumption patterns of wild edibles by the Vasavas: a case study from Gujarat, India. <https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0254-3> *J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine* *14*, 57 (2018). ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan *जुगुर कंद jugur kanda* - Prain, D. & Burkill, I. H. (1938). An account of the genus Dioscorea in the East, Part 2: The species which twine to the right. <https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/userfiles/file/Rare%20Books/Annals%20of%20the%20Royal%20Botanic%20Garden%20Calcutta%20vol.14%20Part.2.pdf> *Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta* 14: 211–528. ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆಣಸು balligenasu, ಕಾಡು ತೂನಗೆಣಸು kaadu toonagenasu* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~ written in: *Roman*, Bengali ... spoken in: *Tripura* ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera *ganga* - Many thanks to Dipti Das for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/posts/9674933065881279/> ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari*, *Kannada*, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: *Goa*, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala *रान करांदो ran karamdo* - name coined, for want of name; रान ran = of forest, wild; करांदो karamdo = name given for the edible tuber of *Dioscorea pentaphylla* L. ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala* *നറുകിഴങ്ങ് narukizhangu* - Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/OXdy01nZyA0/m/vhE2nPTnBgAJ> - വിക്കിപീഡിയ <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D> - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം *കാട്ടുകിഴങ്ങ് kaattukizhangu, വരക്കിഴങ്ങ് varakkizhangu* - Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with these names ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/OXdy01nZyA0/m/vhE2nPTnBgAJ> - വിക്കിപീഡിയ <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D> - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra *(only in the Sindhudurg district)*, north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords *रान करांदा ran karanda* - Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ButterfliesIndia/posts/7944473962293363/> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *कडूकंद kadukanda* - The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> - Kuvar, Sachin & Shinde, Rajendra. Uses of *Dioscorea* L. species with special reference to food and medicine by Kokni tribe of Nasik and Dhule districts of Maharashtra <https://www.mutagens.co.in/jgb/vol.10/08/100803.pdf> - Journal of Global Biosciences, Vol. 10(8), 2021 pp. 8962-8967 *रान करांदा ran karanda* - Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ButterfliesIndia/posts/7944473962293363/> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha* *ସୂତା ଆଳୁ suta aalu* - Many thanks to Ambika Prasad Research Foundation (APRF) for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/posts/2578675822170197/> - Kshirsagar, Jyoti & Warjri, Susan & Jadav, Sagar & Kumar, Sanjeet & Sinnadorai, Nithiyananthan & Mahanta, Debasmita & Lyngdoh, Aroma. (2022). Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f. (Dioscoreaceae): a tribal medico-food of India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363899600_Dioscorea_wallichii_Hook_f_Dioscoreaceae_a_tribal_medico-food_of_India> 10.5281/zenodo.7120434. *ଟୁଙ୍ଗା tunga* - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana* *కుమ్మర బద్దు kummara baddu, వెర్రి చాడ verri chaada* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Dioscorea+wallichi> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/3252/59981913e46fb843550e6aa541b3d6d1> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada*, Malayalam ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಕಾಟ್ಟು ತೂಣಕೆರೆಂಗ್ kattu toonakerengu* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ ***Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, ***Manipur, ***Meghalaya, Odisha, ***Rajasthan, ***Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, ***West Bengal - Chauhan, S.H., Yadav, S., Takahashi, T. et al. Consumption patterns of wild edibles by the Vasavas: a case study from Gujarat, India. <https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0254-3> *J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine* *14*, 57 (2018). - Kshirsagar, Jyoti & Warjri, Susan & Jadav, Sagar & Kumar, Sanjeet & Sinnadorai, Nithiyananthan & Mahanta, Debasmita & Lyngdoh, Aroma. (2022). Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f. (Dioscoreaceae): a tribal medico-food of India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363899600_Dioscorea_wallichii_Hook_f_Dioscoreaceae_a_tribal_medico-food_of_India> 10.5281/zenodo.7120434. - Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 18.1; last update Nov. 7th, 2023. Last accessed 08/11/2023. *** no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Last updated: 10-11-2023 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/11/dioscorea-wallichii-hookf.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 on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0KZZpyDtPNT5OHFp6d0uZLKy8Gqq3J0yor%2B%2BStyH9UOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
