Thanks a lot, Vijayasankar ji and Dinesh ji On 10 Apr 2017 10:43 p.m., "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
