Thanks, Viplav ji and Dinesh ji On Wed 10 Oct, 2018, 7:43 PM [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 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.
