Dear Gurcharan ji, first of all i am not familier with these names/preparations(?) kachalu & arvi. But almost all the sites that discuss these names are relating to only Colocasia esculenta. for e.g. http://www.uga.edu/rootandtubercrops/English/crops/findpage.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_North_Indian_foods However the name 'kachalu' also refers to yam (Dioscorea) it seems.
May be other members will be able to answer your query better. Thank you With regards R. Vijayasankar On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Vijayasankar ji > May be you can throw some light on my question put on this forum some days > back. Do both Kachalu and Arbi (arvi) come from this species?. I thought so > but Flora of W. Pakistan mentions Arvi to be Alocasia macrorrhiza. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:03 AM, R. Vijayasankar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Colocasia esculenta*, from Manipur. Rhizome/corm used as vegetable. >> >> With regards >> >> R. Vijayasankar >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
