vikankata :

Ripening fruit Photograph by: Dinesh Valke

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Flacourtiaceae
Genus: Flacourtia
Species: Flacourtia indica

Allied species:

The family Salicaceae includes well-known species such as kei apple (Dovyalis caffra) louvi (Flacourtia inermis), paniala (F. jangomas), and rukam (F. rukam).

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha, Vikankata, Gopakanta.
English: Mauritus plum, Madagascar plum, governors plum , Batoka Plum, flacourtia, Rhodesia plum
Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada
Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu
Bengali: Bincha, Binja, Bainchi, Benchi, Bewich, Boichi, Katai, Tambat.
Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut
Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat
Oriya: Kantheikoli, Vaincha, Uincha
Gujarathi: Kankod
Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala
Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulliKattukara, Mullikkachedi, Karimulli, Oushadakkara, Vayankkaitha, Cherumullikkachedi, Karkkadappazham, Aghori Marathi
Kannada: Miradi, Mulluvinda, Hennusampige, Mullu Thaare, Gajale, Gekara, Kuduvale, Kaakade, Hettari Mullu
Punjabi: Kakoa
Spanish: ciruela de gobernador; ciruela de Madagascar
Japanese: indo rukamu; ramonchii
Chinese: ci li mu; nuo nuo guo
French: grosse prune-café; jujube Malgache; marromse; prune pays; prunier de Madagascar; prunier dInde
German: Batokopflaume; Echte Flacourtie; Madagaskar-Pflaumenbaum; Ramontchi
Burma: nayuwai
Sinhalese: uguressa

Varities:

Classical Categorisation

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