Wonderful retrieval of information, Vijayasankar ji. This is so wonderful. Found entries of karagunta, karakutta and karakunta in Rev. A. Männer's Tulu-English Dictionary - all three mean - disease of cattle, called Epizootic aphthae. Will try to find how any these words connect to the plant or its fruit. Thank you very very much. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
