Friends, here is a link that gives the local names. Actually, when fully ripe, this is very sweet. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=EUhD24AftZAC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=kadali+banana+Kerala&source=bl&ots=Xf3JofSQ4N&sig=nQND8ButzJ99vEvgxu2vVqigf30&hl=en&ei=6BmzTfu_MsLsrQeYqqnIDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=kadali%20banana%20Kerala&f=false Regards Yazdy Palia.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:22 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Botanical name please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “I have seen this type of banana in southern sates of India > Tanay” > > > > “Aarti ji, this is not Poovan type. Poovan is always yellow in color. This > is some hybrid variety. > > Regards, > > Mani." > > > > “These again are available in Tamil Nadu, but more in Kerala. This is not > Poovan variety. (I will try to post pics of Poovan) Locally it's called > Sevvaalai (the 'l' pronounced with the 'twist of the tongue 'zh' sound) > meaning 'red banana'. > > Jency > Chennai” > > "Could it be the "Kadhali" banana??" from Mandev ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> > Date: 3 January 2011 12:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:58870] Fruits & Vegetables :: Red Bananas from Sri > Lanka : 030111:AK-2 > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Another variety of Bananas from Sri Lanka. > Are these Poovan Bananas? > Aarti > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1580 members & > 66,000 messages on 30/3/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 4500 species) >
