Dear friends, received Viplav ji's response in personal mail - in which I had queried about erandi / eramdi name of Z. oenoplia.
Viplav ji's response: "Eramdi" does appear as a vernacular name of "*Zizyphus oenoplia*" in the Flora of Gujarat State (vol. 1, 1978) by GL Shah. This word is spelt as એરમડી in the Bruhad Gujarati Kosh (Comprehensive Gujarati Dictionary, part 1, 1976) by Prof. Keshavram K. Shastree <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshavram_Kashiram_Shastri> [*sic*], quite distinct from એરંડો / એરંડ of *Ricinus communis.* I don't know what exactly એરમડી denotes in the context of *Z. oenopolia*. This species is often known as બોરડીનો વેલો. Many thanks to Viplav ji for help with the names and information. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends and Viplav ji, > > Other than the generic name *બોર bor* (or *બોરડી bordi*), there is > another name *erandi* OR *eramdi* listed for *Ziziphus oenoplia* in Biological > Diversity of Gujarat > <https://gec.gujarat.gov.in/downloads/BiologicalDiversityContents.pdf> > [PDF]. > *Eranda* is a well-known name for castor-oil plant. Would like to know > whether *Z. oenoplia* indeed shares the name એરંડી erandi with > castor-bean plant. > > 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.
