Thank you very much, Vijayasankar ji, for suggesting the most appropriate Tamil and English spellings of the name. I have incorporated the changes in my notes. Regards. Dinesh
On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 5:42 AM Vijay Raman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dinesh ji, > > The words moolaga and molakaa perhaps refer to molagaa (மொளகா (not மொலகா), > a modified version of Milagaai மிளகாய் for chilli). So, I suggest the > spelling *molagaa cembaga paalai* *மொளகா செம்பக பாலை*. The other name > patapataa படபடா looks okay. > > Best, > > Vijayasankar > > > > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 8:28 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Vijayasankar ji, >> I found one transcribed name - moolaga shembaga palai in one of the XLS >> document - Plants of Tamil Nadu database >> <http://www.tnenvis.nic.in/tnenvis_old/pdf/floralchecklist.xls> (ENVIS), >> that you had given me the link to.. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 6:38 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Vijayasankar ji, >>> >>> Please help in validating the English transcribed names of *Neolitsea >>> cassia* (L.) Kosterm. >>> மொலகா செம்பக பாளை molakaa cempaka paalai, படபடா patapataa >>> Reference: Tamil names of Botanical names >>> <https://books.google.com/books?id=EIE5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false> >>> by Yercaud Ilango >>> >>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2OiVVd--uf6tPz6fdTu5jLXaq2t5GfeSjzKyaKnu3p%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.

