Ensete superbum

commonly known as: cliff banana, rock banana, wild plantain • Adi: colon, kopak • Assamese: লবং কেং টং lobong keng tong • Gujarati: જંગલી કેળ jangli kela • Hindi: जंगली केला jangli kela • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟಬಾಳೆ bettabale, ಕಾಡುಬಾಳೆ kaadubale, ಕಲ್ಲುಬಾಳೆ kallubale • Konkani: चवय chavay, जंगली केळीं jangli keli, रान क्यांळे raan kyaanle • Malayalam: കല്ലുവാഴ kalluvazha, കാട്ടുവാഴ kattuvazha, മലവാഴ malavazha • Marathi: चवेणी chaveni, कावदर kavadara, रानकेळ raankel • Rajasthani: जंगली केलो jangli kelo • Sanskrit: बहुबीज bahubija, वन कदली vana kadali • Singpho: namninyah • Tamil: கல்வாழை kal-valai, காட்டுவாழை kattu-valai, மலைவாழை malai-valai • Telugu: అడవి అరటి adavi arati • Tangsa: napkhoi • Tulu: ಕಲ್ಲ್ ಬಾರೆ kallubare • Zou: saisuong

botanical names: Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman … homotypic synonym: Musa superba Roxb. … POWO

• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58

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• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• Telangana Forest Department – Flora by R D Reddy
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga

• Angami, A. & Gajurel, Padma & Rethy, P. & Kalita, S.K.. (2006). Status and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 5(4):541-550.

• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58
• Many thanks to Brahmananda Pattiri for help with this name in native script … facebook

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58

• Telangana Forest Department – Flora by R D Reddy

• Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ಬೆಟ್ಟ betta = mountain, hill; ಬಾಳೆ baale = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit, and growing on the rocky hill slopes

• Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna … or ಕಾಡಬಾಳೆ kaadabale
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ಕಾಡು kaadu = wild; ಬಾಳೆ baale = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit and habitat

• for Musa superba Roxb. … Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna … or ಕಲ್ಬಾಳೆ kalbale
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ಕಲ್ಲು kallu = rock, stone; ಬಾಳೆ baale = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit, growing on rocky hill slopes, and also for the stony seeds

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• चवय chavay = a relish (helps elevate taste)

• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58

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• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … കല്ലു kallu = rock, stone; വാഴ vazha = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit, growing on rocky hill slopes, and also for the stony seeds

• for Musa superba Roxb. … ENVIS – FRLHT … കാട്ടു kattu = wild; വാഴ vazha = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit and habitat

• Wikipedia
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … മല mala = mountain, hill; വാഴ vazha = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit, growing on rocky hill slopes

• for the popular name wild plantain … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) … other variants: चवेण chavena, चवी chavi, चवीण chavina, चवैण chavaina, चवई chavai, चवईण chavaina = a relish (helps elevate taste)
• also चोवणी or चौवणी chowani … Telangana Forest Department – Flora by R D Reddy

• The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• for the popular name wild plantain … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) … other variants: कवदर kavadara, कवदरी kavadari, कौदरी kaudari

• The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• This name is shared by various wild growing plants belonging (or even resembling) to plantain / banana family
  रान raan = forest, wild, belonging to forest; केळ kel OR केळी keli = plantain, plantain-like

• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58

• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58
• जंगली jangli = of forest, wild; केलो kelo = plantain … this plantain grows naturally in montane wilderness; hence the given name

• Kolhe, R., Gurav, A., Prasad, G., Rath, C., Mangal, A., & Srikanth, N. (2021). Influence of Ayurveda in traditional health practice of tribe of Shahapur and Jawhar forest area of Maharashtra. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 22, 1–36.
• बहुबीज bahubija = many seeded, वन कदली van kadali = wild plantain

• Angami, A. & Gajurel, Padma & Rethy, P. & Kalita, S.K.. (2006). Status and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 5(4):541-550.

• for Musa superba Roxb. … Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras … கல் kal = rock, stone, காட்டு kattu = of forest, வாழை valai = plantain … this plant is seen to grow wild on rocky cliffs, also is known to bear stony seeds, thus the given names

• Vasundharan SK, Jaishanker RN, Annamalai A, Sooraj NP. Ethnobotany and distribution status of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman in India: A geo-spatial review. J Ayu Herb Med 2015;1(2): 54-58
• மலை malai = mounatin, hill, வாழை valai = plantain … this plant is seen to grow wild on rocky cliffs of hills and mountains

• Angami, A. & Gajurel, Padma & Rethy, P. & Kalita, S.K.. (2006). Status and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 5(4):541-550.

• for Musa superba Roxb. … ENVIS – FRLHT … అడవి adavi = wild; అరటి arati = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit and habitat
• Telangana Forest Department – Flora by R D Reddy

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ಕಲ್ಲ್ kallu = rock, stone; ಬಾರೆ bare = plantain … named so, due to its wild habit, growing on rocky hill slopes, and also for the stony seeds

• for Musa superba Roxb. … H. Esther Gangte, N.S. Thoudam, Ginzamang T. Zomi. Wild Edible Plants used by the Zou Tribe in Manipur, India IJSRP, Vol. 3, Issue 5, May 2013
• this name needs to be put in the native script (Zoulai), used by Zou people

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Flora of Odisha-PD13012017 for Identification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)

This seems to be Ensete Species.

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Musa balbisiana

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Thanks … for suggestions. I agree with Ensete…… There are two species of this genus occurred in India. Let me check.

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It is Ensire supeba only.

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