We call it amra in bengali and not !!
tanay
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Anacardiaceae (cashew family) » *Spondias pinnata*
> *Synonyms*: *Mangifera pinnata, Spondias mangifera*
> ... Close relation with mango is well observed by the marriage of generic
> names and specific epithets !!
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> *SPON-dee-as* -- Greek name for plum
> *pin-NAY-tuh* -- feather-shaped
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> *
> commonly known as*: Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, wild
> mango • Assamese: আমৰা aamrata • Bengali আমড়া aamada, আম্রাত aamraata,
> আম্রাতক aamraataka • Garo: amatenga • Gujarati: અંબાડાં ambaada • Hindi:
> अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला
> metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan • Khasi: dieng-sohpier •
> Konkani: आंबाडे ambade, आंबाडो ambado • Malayalam: അമ്പഴം ampazham •
> Manipuri: eikhoi • Marathi: अमडा amada, अंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba,
> खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba • Mizo: tawitaw • Nepalese: अमारो amaro •
> Oriya: ambaada • Pali: अंबाटका ambataka • Sanskrit: आम्रात aamraata,
> अम्रातकः amraatakah, मेटुला metula, पीतनः pitan • Tamil: கிஞ்சம் kincam,
> புளிமா pulima • Telugu: అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అధ్వము adhvamu, అంబాళము
> ambalamu • Tibetan: a mra ta ka
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> *Native to*: China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely
> cultivated
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> *Edible use*:
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>> ... unripe fruit used as VEGETABLE ... used for making pickle .. also as
>> an additive (souring agent, substitute for tamarind) ... used in southern
>> Konkan
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