Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for your thoughts. Comments are solicited for this query with the intention of resolving the etymology of the epithet *mungo*.
By now, feeling certain that it is derived from Hindi / Marathi *mung* ... the name for the beans (or the plant). But it is a wonder that the epithet for *urid*, *urad* OR urd got derived from *mung* !! One of the English name (coined from vernacular name in India) is mung bean for *urad* ... not sure how popular this name is with people in India. Regards. On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:03 PM, R. Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Not many, Dinesh ji, pl check this: > http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=&find_species=mungo&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch > in this link, all others are synonyms to Vigna mungo i think. > > However, the zoological name of Banded Mangoose is *Mungos mungo*! > Mungo is also name of persons, lake, Park and cities... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:54 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter pl. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >> Date: 5 June 2010 15:33 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:37209] ... name the floral species with epithet >> mungo >> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Dear friends, ... how many other species share this epithet, *mungo* ? >> ... could not get any search results for floral species ... fauna: found a >> couple of species of mongoose. >> >> >> >> This query is related to post at >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/894d590aec08192c?hl=en >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, >> Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
