>From what I gather, the name *'Vaj no kand*' was documented by George Alexander Gammie in his paper "A note on the plants used during famines and seasons of scarcity in the Bombay Presidency" published in the Records of the Botanical Survey of India, vol. II, Calcutta, 1903. Have attached the relevant pages herewith. This name appears to be used for other *Dioscorea* species as well, not only in Surat district (Gujarat) but also in the former Khandesh district (Maharashtra). It would be spelt in Gujarati as વજનું કંદ or વજ કંદ. Also known as નાનો જંગલી કંદ.
I am not acquainted with the other names but વેણી વેલ is an evocative epithet since it is descriptive of the inflorescences (likened to braided hair). Most vernacular names of *Dioscorea* spp. refer to the tubers. Best wishes, Viplav El mié., 10 oct. 2018 a las 15:44, Dinesh Valke (<[email protected]>) escribió: > Found few more names, I am sure these are not common, may be limited to > certain regions of Gujarat ... > > હુરો huro ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી. (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) > વેણી વેલ veni vel ... thanks to Jalamsinh Vala for help with this name in > facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=465237517322457&set=gm.563571757434059&type=3&theater> > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:59 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear friends, and Viplav ji, >> >> Please validate following names for Dioscorea pentaphylla: >> વાજ નો કંદ vaj no kand ... The Famine Foods Database >> <https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/famine-foods/famine_food/dioscorea-pentaphylla/> >> નાનો જંગલી કંદ nano jungli kand ... Biological Diversity of Gujarat >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgec.gujarat.gov.in%2Fdownloads%2FBiologicalDiversityContents.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF9y8kc5X1Yr89R-2YGjW1YUM9rBw> >> ... current version of PDF seems to have shortened content - we no longer >> find the names' list which was found earlier. >> >> 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.
Gammie_Dioscorea_pages 189-190_1903.pdf
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