Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. On 11 March 2012 06:43, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all, > Could you please supply me with various Indian names, preferably in > original scripts, for this orange / mandarin. > > Thanks. > Michel > > *Citrus poonensis* hort. ex Tanaka > SYNONYM(S): *Citrus poonensis* Osbeck ?, *Citrus reticulata* Blanco '* > Oneco*' ?* Citrus reticulata* Blanco '*Poongan*' , *Citrus > reticulata*Blanco ' > *Ponkan*', *Citrus reticulata* Blanco '*Suntara*' , *Citrus > reticulata*Blanco var. > *poonensis* (Hayata) H. H. Hu > CHINESE : Mi gan (Zhangzhou), *椪柑* *Peng gan*, 椪 Pon (Guangdong), 椪柑 > Peng gan (Taiwan), Lu gan (Zhangzhou, Fujian) , Lu gan (Taiwan), Lu (Hong > Kong, Taiwan), Mei gan (Hunan province), Bai ju (Yunnan, Jianshui of > Rennan province), Meng ban ju (Xisongbanna of Rennan province) , Mi > tong gan, 有柑 You ga (Taiwan). > ENGLISH : Batangas mandarin, Chinese honey orange, Ponkan mandarin, > Poona orange, Suntara mandarin,Suntara orange, *Lu tangerine*. > > FRENCH : Mandarine Ponkan, Mandarine Ponkan de Formose, Mandarine > Suntara, Mandarine Suntara de l'Inde. > > HINDI : Nagpur suntara, Nangpur suntara. > > JAPANESE : ポンカン Ponkan, 椪柑 Ponkan. > TAGALOG : Batangas. > VIETNAMESE : Cam ngọt Trung Quốc. > > > Bolded names are the preferred names. See our note on *Jiao* & *Lu > mandarins*<http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Note_Lu&Jiao_mand.html> > . > > Strangely, given that this is a well known Chinese cultivar, the latest > taxonomy appears to favour the botanical *Citrus reticulata* Blanco '* > Ponkan*' which is base on the romanised Japanese name. It does however, > by association, link it to the Hindi name "Suntara". We still have to > determine if "Suntara" = "Nagpur suntara". After the Chinese brainstorm we > have an Indian brainstorm to initiate. That should give us a number of > Indian names. > > Photo close-ups of fruit, inside and outside views. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) 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 1820 members & 1,10,000 messages on 29/2/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
