The translation is correct, Dinesh ji.
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tamil-knowing friends, ... would like to get the name "katampam" of > *Sigesbeckia > orientalis *in native script. It could be கதம்பம் - not sure. > > This plant is distributed throughout tropics - perhaps naturalized in many > parts of India - native range seems obscure ... NPGS / GRIN > <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70728> > The Tamil name *katampam* seems to be a popular name for this plant - it > is borrowed by other languages. > For instance: > 1) in Maharashtra, it is कटंपू katampu (ref: The Gazetteer Department > - महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा > <http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> > ) > 2) in UP, it is katampam (ref: Diversity and distribution of aromatic > plants in forests of Gorakhpur division, U.P., India > <http://researchtrend.net/bf22/6%20NN%20TRIPATHI.pdf>) > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
