| Plant species | | Botanical Name | Eleusine coracana (L.) GAERTN. | | Family | POACEAE | | Used In | Ayurveda, Folk, Tibetian, Unani and Sidha |
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Language
(No. of Names) | Vernacular Name | | Bengali (1) | hinche | | | | English (5) | coracan, finger millet, kurakkan, nagli, ragi | | | | Hindi (12) | lagli, maduo, makra, malicha, mandal, mandua, mandva, mandwa, marua, maruva, ragi, rotka | | | | Kannada (3) | ambali raagi, raagi, ragi | | | | Malayalam (6) | kora, muthari, muttari, puncappullu, ragi, tsjetti-pullu | | | | Marathi (4) | naachni, nachiri, nachni, nagli | | | | Oriya (1) | mandia | | | | Persian (1) | mandwah | | | | Sanskrit (19) | bahupatraka, bhuchara, guchha, kadhina, kanisha, krishna, lanchhana, madhulika, maliyasa, narttaka, narttakah, nrityakunda, nrtyakundaka, nrtyakundala, nrtyakundalah, ragi, raji, rajika, soma | | | | Tamil (29) | ariyam, iracikai, iracikam 2, iragi, iraki, irattaraci 2, kal varagu, kalumarikam, kapai, kayur, kel varaku, kelvaragu, kelvaraku, keppai, kevar, kevaru, kevu, kevura, kevuru, kezhvaragu, kulvaraku, kurakkan, kurukkan, naccini, nancini, pancantanki, ragi, raki, ukantavaraku | | | | Telugu (13) | chollu, cholu, peddaraagulu, ponassa, raagulu, ragi, ragulu, sodi, tamidalu, tamidelu, thamidalu, thamidelu, thaviddu | | | | Tibetan (2) | bras ma dhu li ga, bras ma du lun ga (d) | | |
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