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Table 1 Plants named in the Mongolian language recorded in MAKK

From: A historical and ethnobotanical study on local botanical knowledge recorded in the book “Mongolia and Amdo and the Dead City of Khara-Khoto

Original record name

Corresponding scientific acceptance name

Corresponding folk name

Meaning

Morphological characteristics

Тограк

(Populus euphratica)

Populus euphratica Oliv.

[towray]/tɔ:rɔi/

PN

Хайлис

(-)

Ulmus pumila L.

[xayilasu]/xɑils/

PN

Сульхир

(Agriophyllum gobicum)

Agriophyllum squarrosum (L.) Moq.

[sulhir]/sʊlhir/

PN

Хату-хара

(-)

Amygdalus mongolica (Maxim.) Ricker

[xatagu xar_a]/xɑtʊ: xɑr/

Hard black

Branches: hard wood, gray-black in color

*

[ulagan buyilasu]/ʊlɑːn-bʊɪls/

Red Amygdalus pedunculata

Flower: red

*

[xar_a modo]/xɑr mɔd/

Black tree

Branches: gray-black in color

*

[xar_a buta]/xɑr bʊt/

Black bush

Branches: gray-black in color

Карагана

(Caragana)

Caragana Fabr.

[xargan_a]/xɑrgɑnɑː/

PN

Хармык

(Nitraria schoberi)

Nitraria tangutorum Bobr.

[xarmag]/xɑrmɑg/

PN

*

[bögereg]/bo:rog/

PN

*

[usun üsüg]/ʊsn usəg/

Water-rich Sour

Berries, juicy

Taste:sour

Дзрзсун

(Lasiagrostis splendens)

Achnatherum splendens (Trin.) Nevski

[deresü]/dərs/

PN

Мото-ширик

(Kobresia thibetica)

Kobresia tibetica Maxim.

[modo sirigi]/mɔd ʃirəg/

Wood grass

Culms: rigid and erect, like wood

Цакэлдак

(-)

Iris lactea var. chinensis (Fisch.) Koidz.

[čaxildag]/tʃæxʲɑldɑg/

PN

  

*

[čaxirm_a]/tʃæxʲɑrmɑː/

PN

  1. * The folk Mongolian name obtained by interview.
  2. PN primary name, no other meaning.
  3. The species in the inventory are arranged according to the Engler system.
  4. The Mongolian folk names are spelled in Uygur Mongolian and marked with international phonetic symbols [65].The phonetic symbols of written language are in square brackets, and the spoken language ones are in the double slash.