Good start, Dr Porcher I look forward to all that you'll tell us Usha di =====
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks dear Mr. Porcher for useful information > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:45 AM, OZmic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> It is hard to choose where to start for there is not really a beginning >> and no end in sight. Chinese people have a saying "Every long journey >> starts with a tiny step". >> So here is first what has been the big revelation for me. Hidden behind >> some links in one of Dinesh's postings was what some of you had proposed / >> wished for and that I was also waiting for. The initial building of an >> amazing database called "Names of Plants in India". It does not display the >> basic info for such a site so a review cannot yet be written about it. I >> have written one nevertheless that will appear online when I have all the >> details. It is however fully operational and can be used. I warmly invite >> you to consult it ... and yes it has got photos! The URL is < >> https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/ >. >> >> Now just a couple of entries calling for further feedback from you all. >> We all know that the name "Mosambi" is used for other taxa (plants). We >> will come back to it when we treat these species. I believe the following >> to be the original vernacular. >> >> *Citrus* × *sinensis *(L.) Osbeck 'Mosambi' >> BENGALI : মোসাম্বি (Mōsāmbi). >> ENGLISH : Mosambi orange, Mosambique orange. >> HINDI : मौसम्बी Mausambee, मोसम्बी Mōsambī , मोसाम्बी Mōsāmbī, >> मोज़ाम्बि Mōzāmbi >> KANNADA : ಮೊಸಂಬಿ ಹಣ್ಣು Mosambi hannu ? >> MARATHI : मोसंबी Mosambi. >> TAMIL : சாத்துக்குடி Cāttukkuṭi ? >> TELUGU : బత్తాయి పండు Battāyi paṇḍu. >> "Fruit medium-large, slightly oblate to globose or broadly obovoid; >> areolar ring regularly shallow; moderately seedy. Color light yellow to >> pale orange at maturity. Rind medium-thick; surface moderately to roughly >> pebbled, and faintly striped with narrow, longitudinal grooves and >> ridges. Flesh color straw-yellow; somewhat firm, juicy; flavor insipid >> because of very low acidity. Early in maturity. >> This very distinctive variety is of unknown origin, but the name, of >> which there are numerous spellings, suggests that it was taken from >> Mozambique, East Africa, to India, presumably by the Portuguese. The >> brown color of the chalazal spot indicates that it does not belong to the >> sugar orange group, as some have assumed, but that it is a low acid orange, >> the acidity of which is further reduced by the Indian climate and the rough >> lemon rootstock on which it is grown. >> Mosambi is highly popular in central India and is probably the most >> important orange variety of that country. According to Gandhi (1956), it >> is grown principally in the Bombay Deccan where total plantings were >> reported to be about 20,000 acres."R. W. Hodgson in Chapter 4 of >> Horticultutal Varieties of Citrus. >> >> What we need now is validation of those names - spelling... and a photo >> or two, and some clarification. >> If this is the Batavian orange, Cattukkuti orange, Loose-jacket orange, >> Sylhet orange, can it be బత్తాయి Battāyi, బత్తాయి నరింమ్జాపండు (Battāyi >> narimmjāpaṇḍu) Battāyi nāriṃzapaṇḍu ? We know it is not sweet but is it >> bitter at all ? could it be called a mandarine ? >> >> *Citrus* × *sinensis *(L.) Osbeck 'Malta' >> ENGLISH : Malta orange. >> HINDI : माल्टा Malta (mālṭā). -> correct spelling ? >> >> It may be difficult to find all these names in dictionaries but there is >> enough expertise in the group to work out what is correct and to validate >> it. >> Thanks > > > > -- Usha di ===========
