List of Mizo Vegetables

*Mizo*                  *English*

1. *Aidu* : Black cardamom.

2. *Aieng*: Turmeric.

3. *Alu* :  Potato.

4. *Anhling* : Black
               nightshade

5. *Ankasa* : Toothache plant ; Eyeball plant ; Peek-a-boo plant.

6. *Anthur*:  Sorrel ; Spinach dock ; Narrow-leaved dock

7. *Anțam*: Mustard.

8. *Awmpawng*: Luffa.

9. *Bachhim*: Aerial yam ; Air potato ; Bitter yam ;
Hoi and bitter yam.

10. *Bahkhawr*: Culantro ; Wild corriender.

11. *Bahra*: Yam.

12. *Baibing*: Alocasia fornicata.

13. *Bal* : Taro; Arum.

14. *Bawkbawn* :
Aubergine ; Brinjal ;
Egg apple.

15. *Bawrhsaiabe* :
Lady's finger. Okra

16. *Behlawi*: Crowder pea ; Black eyed pea ; Southern pea.

17. *Behliang*: Pigeon pea.

18. *Bekang*: Soyabean.

19. *Bepui*: Country bean ; Hycinth bean.

20. *Bepuipawr*: Winged bean.

21. *Berul*: Snake gourd.

22. *Chakawk*: Vegetable fern plant

23. *Changkha*: Bitter gourd.

24. *Chhawhchhi* Sesame.

25. *Chingit*: Cape yellow wood ; Indian ivy-rue ; Indian pepper.

26. *Dawl*: see 'Bal'

27. *Darbengbur* :
Centella asiatic plant ; Centella asiatic pennywort ; Indian pennywort.

28. *Dawnfawh*: Water melon.

29. *Fanghma* : Cucumber.

30. *Hmarchapui*: Capsicum.

31. *Hmarchate*: Pimento.

32. *Hmazil*: Musk melon.

33. *Iskut*: Chayote

34. *Japan zawngțah*/    *Zawngțahte* : Leucaena leucocephala.

35. *Kawhtebel*: Snowflake aralia; Travesia palmata.

36. *Kawlbahra* : Sweet potato.

37. *Khanghu* : Senagalia pennata.

38. *Kha ûm* : Chinese lard seed.

39. *Lambak*: See 'darbengbur.'

40. *Lamkhuang*: Jack fruit.

41. *Lengmaser*/
        *Lengser* :
Vietnamese balm.

42. *Mai* : Pumpkin

43. *Maian*: Pumpkin leave.

44. *Maipawl*: Winter melon ; Ash gourd.

45. *Maitamtawk* : Gac ; Baby jack fruit ; Spiney bitter gourd.

46. *Mautuai* : Bamboo shoot.

47. *Pangbal*: Tapioca.

48. *Phuihnam*: East Indian glory bower.

*(Phuihnamchhia*: *Hill glory bower.*)

49. *Pudina*: Garden mint.

50. *Purun sen* : Onion.

51. *Purun var*: Garlic.

52. *Runhmui*: Holy basil plant ;Tulsi.

53. *Samțawk*: Mock tomato.

54. *Sawhthing*: Ginger.

55. *Tawmataw*: Tomato.

56. *Thingthupui* :
Dysoxylum procerum.

57. *Tumbu*: Plantain.

58. *Tumthang* :
Crotalaria tetragona
(Rattlepod).

59. *Țawkte*: Bitter berry.

60. *Țawkpui*: Turkey berry.

61. *Um ei*: Gourd.

62. *Uithinthang*: Chameleon plant ;
Bishop's weed ;
Fishwort ;
Heart leaf.

63. *Vaimim*: Corn ; Maize.

64. *Vani an*: Red nightshade.

65. *Zawngțah* :
Stink bean ; Bitter bean ; Twisted cluster bean ; Petai.

66.*Aidu* = Amomum dealbatum

67. Anhling = Black nightshade/Capsicum frutescens/solanum nigrum

68.*Ankasa* = toothache plant/Spilanthes Acemella

69.Antam = Mustard

70.*Anthur* = Bush sorrel/Hibiscus surattensis

71.Awmpawng = Sponge gourd/loofa/luffa

72.*Bahkhawr* = prickly plant/Eryngium foetidum

73.Baibing = Alocasia fornicata/ Alocasia affinis

74.Behlawi = Cow pea

75.*Behliang* = Pigeon pea/Cajanas cajan

76.Bekang = Soya bean

77.Berul = Snake gourd

78.Bete = Chick pea

79.Buhban = Glutinous rice

80.Changkha = Bitter gourd

81.Chakawk = Fernbrake/brachen fiddle heads/Pteridium aquilinum

82.*Chingit* = Prickly Ash/Zantho xylum rhetsa

83.Dawl = Edible arum/Colocasia esculentum

84.*Dawl rep* = The dry leaves and stalks of edible arum

85.*Dawlzik* = the young leaves and stalks of edible arums

86. Iskut = Squash/green gourd/chayote

87.*Lengser* = elsholtzia blanda

88.Khanghu = climbing wattle/stinky leaf/Climbing acacia

89.*Kurtai* = Jaggery/Brown Sugar/Gur (Indian)

90.Maitamtawk = Bristly balsan-pear/Spine gourd

91.Pangbal =Tapioca

92.*Pardi* = coriander

93.Pasi = Edible fungus/fungus mushroom

94.Phuihnam = East Indian Glory Bower/ Clerodendron colebrookianum

95.Runhmui-basil(lemon basil)

96.Samtawk = Mock tomato

97.Tawkte/samtawkte = Bitter berry

98.*Telhawng* = Suweg/Tuber/rhizome/boiled rhizome

99.*Thakthing* = cinnamon

100. Tumbu = Banana flower

101. Um ei = Bottle gourd