Thank you very much Ritesh ji.
All information of and about names is a great help; interesting too.

Regards.
Dinesh




On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Ritesh Choudhary <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear Dinesh sir,
>
> Just now my another friend from Upper Assam informed some names for
> these plants:
>
> Portulaca oleracea: In Upper Assam they call it "Hanh-
> thengia" (because the leaves look like "Legs of a duck"), Hanh = Hans
> (Hindi) and Teng =Taang (Hindi)
>
> Bodo people of Assam call it "Mephrai".
>
> Oxalis corniculata is called as "Tengesi" in Upper Assam. 'Tenga'
> means 'Sour' in Assamese.
>
> Hope this will be an addition to your database.
>
> Regards,
> Ritesh.

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