*Vateria indica* L. [image: Vateria indica L.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116102294>
¿ *vah-TAY-ree-uh* ? -- named for Dr Abraham Vater, German physician, anatomist, botanist, professor, author ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plant_genera_named_for_people_(Q%E2%80%93Z)> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=indica> *commonly known as*: Indian copal tree, Indian gum anime, Malabar tallow tree, piney varnish tree, white dammar • *Gujarati*: ચંદ્રસ chandras, રાળ નું વૃક્ષ raal nu vrksha, સફેદ ડામર safed daamar, સર્જક sarjaka • *Hindi*: कहरुबा kahruba, सफेद डामर safed daamar • *Kannada*: ಬಿಳಿ ಧೂಪ bili dhupa, ಧೂಪದ ಮರ dhupada mara • *Konkani*: धूप dhoop • *Malayalam*: കുന്തിരിക്കപ്പൈൻ kunthirikkappayin, പയിനി payini, വെള്ളപ്പൈൻ vellappayin • *Marathi*: चंद्रुस chandrusa, धूप dhoop • *Odia*: ମନ୍ଦଧୂପ mandadhupa, ସନ୍ଦରସ sandarasa • *Persian*: کـﮩربا kahruba • *Punjabi*: ਸੁੰਦਰਸ sundaras • *Sanskrit*: सर्जकः sarjakah • *Tamil*: துருளக்கம் turulakkam, வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் vellai-k-kunki-liyam • *Telugu*: తెల్లగుగ్గిలము tellaguggilamu • *Tulu*: ತಂದೊಳಿಗೆ tandolige • *Urdu*: گگل guggul *botanical names*: *Vateria indica* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Vateria malabarica* Blume ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 13 January 2025 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. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *Indian copal tree* - BIOTIK <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vateindi/vateindi_en.html> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) - Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh <https://forests.ap.gov.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff0145.htm> - by R D Reddy - Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity <https://ia902608.us.archive.org/6/items/cu31924000622252/cu31924000622252.pdf> by Cameron, John, F. L. S *Indian gum anime* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras *Malabar tallow tree, white dammar* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> - Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh <https://forests.ap.gov.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff0145.htm> - by R D Reddy *piney varnish tree* - BIOTIK <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vateindi/vateindi_en.html> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> - Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh <https://forests.ap.gov.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff0145.htm> - by R D Reddy ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *ચંદ્રસ chandras, રાળ નું વૃક્ષ raal nu vrksha, સફેદ ડામર safed daamar, સર્જક sarjaka* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *कहरुबा kahruba, सफेद डामर safed daamar* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> - A new Hindustani-English dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fallon/> by S. W. Fallon ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಬಿಳಿ ಧೂಪ bili dhupa, ಧೂಪದ ಮರ dhupada mara* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> - BIOTIK <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vateindi/vateindi_en.html> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) - 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 ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *धूप dhoop* - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *കുന്തിരിക്കപ്പൈൻ kunthirikkappayin* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> *പയിനി payini, വെള്ളപ്പൈൻ vellappayin* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> - BIOTIK <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vateindi/vateindi_en.html> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *चंद्रुस chandrusa* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> - name variants: चंद्रस chandrasa, चंद्रोस chandrosa ... A dictionary, Marathi and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) *धूप dhoop* - The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ମନ୍ଦଧୂପ mandadhupa* - WISDOM LIBRARY <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mamdadhupa> - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge *ସନ୍ଦରସ sandarasa* - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. ~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~ written in: *Farsi* (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar *کـﮩربا kahruba* - A new Hindustani-English dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fallon/> by S. W. Fallon ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* *ਸੁੰਦਰਸ sundaras* - The Panjabi dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/>. Bhai Maya Singh ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *सर्जकः sarjakah* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *துருளக்கம் turulakkam, வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் vellai-k-kunki-liyam* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *తెల్లగుగ్గిలము tellaguggilamu* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ತಂದೊಳಿಗೆ tandolige* - 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 - Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/262/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Vateria> by Rev. A. Männer ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka *گگل guggul* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/dbdec7ecf3d6b37b30269aed6e39cba1/974808c804a7d0592eb34bff48c05aca> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic - Goa :: Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.01; last update January 12th, 2025. Last accessed 13/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 15:32 13-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:54 14-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vateria-indica-l.html Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vateria-indica-l.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 05:12:24 UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > >> Wonderful find. >> >> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Beautiful Shot Dinesh Ji >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dinesh, >>>> That is lovely finding, I am yet to see it though :) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19 May 2012 14:23, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> via Species >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > V >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/v> > >>>>> >>>>> *Vateria indica* L. ... (*family*: Dipterocarpaceae) >>>>> [image: Vateria indica L.] >>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/6792206022/> >>>>> >>>>> [image: Flowers of India] >>>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Damar.html> [image: >>>>> Discussions at efloraofindia] >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Vateria%20indica> >>>>> [image: more views in flickr] >>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Vateriaindica&m=tags&z=m> [image: >>>>> more views on Google Earth] >>>>> <http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Vateriaindica&format=kml_nl> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ¿ *vah-tay-REE-uh* ? -- named for Dr Abraham Vater, German professor >>>>> of medicine and botany >>>>> ... Dictionary of arts and sciences >>>>> <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=TzcPAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PT356&lpg=RA3-PT356&dq=abraham+vater+vateria+indica&source=bl&ots=x0iWjScE4z&sig=VnvhMx1fUWW8hSYrwd3cGHiC3Dk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hFGJT5C7D8nlrAfpsJDfCw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=abraham%20vater%20vateria%20indica&f=false> >>>>> Volume 6 or The British encyclopedia by William Nicholson >>>>> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* -- of or from India >>>>> ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *commonly known as*: Indian copal tree >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/indian-copal-tree>, >>>>> Indian gum anime >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/indian-gum-anime>, >>>>> Malabar tallow tree >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/malabar-tallow>, >>>>> piney varnish tree >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/piney-varnish-tree>, >>>>> white dammar >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/white-dammar> >>>>> • *Hindi*: सफेद डामर safed daamar >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/sapheda-damara-safed-daamar> >>>>> • *Kannada*: ಬಿಳಿ ಡಾವರು bili daamaru >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/bili-davaru-bili-daamaru>, >>>>> ಬಿಳಿ ಧೂಪ bili dhupa >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/bili-dhupa-bili-dhupa>, >>>>> ಧೂಪದ ಮರ dhupada mara >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/dhupada-mara-dhupada-mara> >>>>> • *Malayalam*: കുന്തിരിക്കപ്പൈന് kuntirikkappayin >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/kuntirikkappain-kuntirikkappayin>, >>>>> പയിനി paini >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/payini-paini>, >>>>> വെള്ളപ്പൈന് vellappayin >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/vellappain-vellappayin> >>>>> • *Marathi*: चंद्रुस chandrusa >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/candrusa-chandrusa> >>>>> • *Oriya*: ମନ୍ଦଧୂପ mandadhupa >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/mandadhupa-mandadhupa>, >>>>> ସନ୍ଦରସ sandarasa >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/sandarasa-sandarasa> >>>>> • *Sanskrit*: सर्जकः sarjakah >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/sarjakah-sarjakah> >>>>> • *Tamil*: துருளக்கம் turulakkam >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/turulakkam-turulakkam>, >>>>> வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் vellai-k-kunki-liyam >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/vellaikkunkiliyam-vellai-k-kunki-liyam> >>>>> • *Telugu*: తెల్లగుగ్గిలము tellaguggilamu >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/tellaguggilamu> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *botanical names*: *Vateria indica* L. ... *synonyms*: no synonym >>>>> known >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>>>> ~ ~ ~ >>>>> Photographed at Kateli near Joida, Karnataka on 21 FEB 12 >>>>> Many thanks to Shrikant ji for the ID >>>>> >>>>> ... more views at *flickr* >>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Vateriaindica&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> Rajesh Sachdev >>>> http://project-matheran.webs.com >>>> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/5AZ3MpLV3cw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f5b07301-8634-4dcc-9a2c-0b38bee0dab6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f5b07301-8634-4dcc-9a2c-0b38bee0dab6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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