MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting African names

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AFRIKAANS, AMHARIC (rom. only), ARABIC , BEMBA, HAUSA, MALAGASY, SWAHILI, YORUBA, ZULU

in these files

Areca, Bactris, Borassus, CALAMUS, Caryota, Cocos, Daemonorops, Elaeis, Hyphaene, Laccosperma, Phoenix, Raphia

Check elsewhere for other African names -> Cross-index Medical Library + search for "African palms"

Also in these files Tamil, Sinhala, Hindi romanised & Tagalog.

AFRIKAANS

Borasusspalm -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

 

AMHARIC

Zembaba -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Zembaba (Ethiopia) -> Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart.

from BANTU group of languages ...which language ?

Gekwiya (Cameroon) -> Laccosperma spp.

Mekah (Cameroon) -> Laccosperma spp.

Nkan (Cameroon) -> Laccosperma spp.

Nkan (Cameroon) -> Laccosperma spp.

 

BEMBA

Chibangalala -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Kakoma -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Kambili -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

 

HAUSA

 

Giginya -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Kwagiri -> Calamus spp.

Kwagiri -> Daemonorops spp.

 

SWAHILI

 

Kekelé (Congo) -> Calamus spp.

Kekelé (Congo) -> Daemonorops spp.

Likaw (Congo - Zaire) -> Laccosperma spp.

Mchapa -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Mchikichi -> Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Mikaana (Congo) -> Calamus spp.

Mikaana (Congo) -> Daemonorops spp.

Mikaana (Congo) -> Laccosperma spp.

Miwesi -> Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Mjenga -> Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Mkoma -> Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart.

Mnazi -> Cocos nucifera L.

Mtappa -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Mtende -> Phoenix dactylifera L.

Mvomo -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

YORUBA

Abgon eye -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.

Ekakieri -> Eremospatha macrocarpa (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl.

Epa-emele -> Eremospatha hookeri (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl.

Epe-nla -> Laccosperma secundiflorum (G. Mann. & H Wendl.) Drude

Erogbo -> Calamus deërratus Mann. & H. Wendl.

Erugbo -> Calamus deërratus Mann. & H. Wendl.

Ikan-iku -> Laccosperma secundiflorum (G. Mann. & H Wendl.) Drude

Irrumka -> Eremospatha macrocarpa (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl.

Ukan -> Eremospatha macrocarpa (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl.

 

ZULU

 

Isigqiki somkhovu -> Encephalartos spp.

Isigqiki somkhovu -> Encephalartos lebomboensis Verd.

Isigqiki somkhovu -> Encephalartos natalensis R. A. Dyer & I. Verd.

Umngquabe -> Encephalartos natalensis R. A. Dyer & I. Verd.

 

MAIN REFERENCES
used during the compilation of these indexes.

ICRAF, 2003, Agroforestree Database, World Agroforestry Centre, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry. < http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org >.

IPNI, 2003, International Plant Name Index. Online Database. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

Sunderland Terry C. H. , 2003, Indigenous Nomenclature, Classification and Utilisation of African Rattans. In Maffi L. & Carlson T. (Eds.) [in press]. Ethnobotany, and Conservation of Biocultural Diversity. Advances in Economic Botany. New York Botanical Gardens.

 

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