Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: OZmic <[email protected]> Date: 9 May 2012 06:07 Subject: [efloraofindia:115986] Rutaceae / Citrus week - "Tenga" for Citrus maxima (Burm.) Osbeck To: [email protected] Dear all, As I had predicted problems with my e-mail provider prevent me from responding normally. There is an interesting discussion developing, so I create this new topic. Ritesh ji pointed out : "Local name: टेन्गा (Tenga); (In Assam and Arunachal Pradesh) Whereas, in Bhagalpur district of Bihar we call the fruits as टाभा नींबू (Tabha Neembu)". Then He and Pankaj ji point out "Let me make it clear that the word 'Tenga' in Assamese means 'Sour'. It is referred for some other sour lemons and not specific to Citrus maxima only. (Thanks goes to Mr. Pankaj Oudhiya who reminded me to make it clear). In Arunachal Pradesh, more than 38 indigenous communities are there who often use 'Assamese' as a common language. In their own language, the names may differ." I had noticed "tenga" because some of my Assamese names include this word. I was not aware that it meant "sour" however. It feels correct when we talk about lime, lemon, some oranges, or citron but pomelo? I have never tasted any pomelo so I do not know if it is bitter or sour. Based on the Assamese names in Assam it points to some bitterness or sourness in the taste. চকলা-টেঙা Sokola tenga (so.ko.la-te.nga) -> Citrus × aurantiifolia(Christm.) Swingle (Lime) নেমু-টেঙা Nemu tenga -> Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. f. (Lemon) কমলা টেঙা Komola tenga (Komolaa tegaa) -> Citrus × aurantium L. (Orange) সুমথিৰা টেঙা Xumthira tenga (sumatʰiŕā ṭeṅā) -> Citrus × aurantium L. (Orange) হুকুমা-টেঙা Hukuma tenga -> *Citrus maxima *(Burm.) Merr. (Pomelo) বিৰা টেঙা Bira tenga -> Citrus medica L. (Citron) Could the Assamese-speaking people among us validate all the above names. Then an entry for C. maxima in Hindi may look like this : HINDI : बतावीनीम्बू Bataawii niimbuu, चकोतरा Cakōtarā (Cakotaraa, Chakotra), Mahanibu, सनदाफल (Sanadāphala) Sadaphal, टाभा नींबू Tabha neembu (Bhagalpur district of Bihar), टेन्गा Tenga (Assam, Arunachai Pradesh). The first 3 names have been confirmed by Gurcharan ji in one of their romanized versions, can someone validate the same names in their scripted forms. Once validated this entry is ready to enter in the databases. Thanks -- With regards, J.M.Garg 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 1860 members & 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
