Description:
Anacardiaceae (cashew family) »
Spondias pinnata SPON-dee-as -- Greek name for plum pin-NAY-tuh -- meaning, feather-shaped commonly known as: Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, wild mango • Assamese: আমৰা aamrata • Bengali আমড়া aamada, আম্রাত aamraata, আম্রাতক aamraataka • Chinese: 槟榔青 bing lang qing • Garo: amatenga • Gujarati: અંબાડાં ambaada • Hindi: अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan • Khasi: dieng-sohpier • Konkani: आंबाडे ambade, आंबाडो ambado • Malayalam: അമ്പഴം ampazham • Manipuri: eikhoi • Marathi: अमडा amada, अंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba, खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba • Mizo: tawitaw • Nepalese: अमारो amaro • Oriya: ambaada • Sanskrit: आम्रात aamraata, अम्रातकः amraatakah, मेटुला metula, पीतनः pitan • Tamil: கிஞ்சம் kincam, புளிமா pulima • Telugu: అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అధ్వము adhvamu, అంబాళము ambalamu • Tibetan: a mra ta ka Native to: China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely cultivated References:
eFlora •
Digital Dictionaries of South Asia •
ENVIS - FRLHT. Date: 15 August 2009, 13:59. Source:
tawitaw (in Mizo). Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.
