Yeah Muthu, I think for 'country' or native variety we say 'naattu'. ' Seemai' refers to 'foreign' ,meaning non-native. JencyChennai --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Vijayasankar <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59332] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-8 To: "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> Cc: "tanay bose" <[email protected]>, "Muthu Karthick" <[email protected]>, "indiatreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 4:57 PM Dear Gurcharan ji and Tanay, i wrote as 'Bangalore' brinjal and not as 'Bengali' brinjal. Sorry for the confusion. Hi Muthu, i think the word 'Seemai' in this context refers to its origin as 'non-native'. [e.g. Seemai agathi = Senna alata; Seemail mullu = Prosopis juliflora; Seemai athi = Ficus carica....all these are exotics]. Regards Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: Muthu ji Let us say temperate climate. In California it is growing at sea level. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:06 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: We too simply call it squash never heard of the term bengali brinjal !! Tanay On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: I think this plant grows only in high altitudes. The Tamil word, 'Seemai-kathirikai' means Country-brinjal On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: I knew it as Chayote squash as sold in American markets. I have seen in in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri, sold as squash but never heard the name Bengal Brinjal. Markets here in california also sell a spiny cultivar known as "Espinoda" -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:53 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: Very common in Northeastern hills tanay On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: This Tropical American plant is called as 'Seema-Kathirikkai, Chow-chow' in Tamil. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: Called as 'Bangalore Brinjal'. Commonly cultivated for its vegetable fruits. Regards ----------------------------------------------------Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected]
