Thank you very much Vijayasankar ji for validating the name in Tamil script. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
