Hi Dinesh ji, Roxburgh, in his original description of *Z. caracutta* (Flora Indica, v. 1, p. 612, 1832), has mentioned "...*A native of the southern parts of Mysore, and there known to the natives by the name Karakutta*...". See attached. The language is not mentioned but it could be a Malayalam or Tulu name. [The name *karakutta *is used in Tulu for a disease of cattle, called Epizootic aphthae (Ref.: Tulu-English Dictionary by Rev. A. Manner, 1886)].
Vijayasankar ---------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, and Vijayasankar ji, > *Ziziphus caracutta* is known to be described from Coromandel coast; thus > most chances are that the epithet *caracutta* is derived from local name. > Any light on this ? > கொட்டையிலந்தை kottai-y-ilantai > <http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3dsal?dbname=tamillex&query=xylopyra&matchtype=exact&display=utf8> > is one name for *Z. xylopyra* - closely associated to *Z. caracutta.* > > > 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
