Topic started by Rema (@ dsl1-194.gw1.adl1.airnet.com.au) on Sun Nov 23 18:45:25 EST 2003.
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Do anyone know the proper english name for this bran? Used in making raagi porridge.

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• From: Idiappam (@ cache138.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Sun Nov 23 23:21:34 EST 2003
  
  Raagi - I though that was used commonly in English too! Anyway, here we go:
  
  Tamil Name: kEzhvaragu (kElvaragu)
  Common English Names: Finger Millet, African Millet, Ragi
  Hindi: Mandva, MaruvA
  Malayalam: MuttAri, kOra, puNcappullu
  Sanskrit: Nrtyakundalah, Narttakah, Ragi
  
  Botanical name: Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn (Poaceae)
  
  View pictures at:
  http://www.icrisat.org/text/coolstuff/crops/gcrops3.html
  http://www.indiawatch.org.in/kssc/kintro.html
  
  
  
• From: Priya (@ 192.113.240.254) on: Mon Nov 24 06:02:39 EST 2003
  
  Hai, do anyone know the english name of "Kaddukaai"?
  
  
• From: Idiappam (@ cache138.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Tue Nov 25 01:23:49 EST 2003
  
  Kaddukaai? ok!
  
  Tamil Name: kaddukaai
  Botanical Name: Terminalia chebula Retz. (Combretaceae)
  Common English: Chebulic myrobalan
  
  
  Related speices used in Siddha Medicine:
  
  Ven maruthu or nIrmaruthu - Terminalia arjuna
  ThandRikkai - Terminalia bellirica
  kaRu maruthu - Terminalia crenulata
  poo maruthu - Terminalia paniculata
  
  Two more - I don't have the reference at hand!
  
  
• From: Suji (@ c-67-169-78-204.client.comcast.net) on: Tue Sep 21 17:35:42
  
  Hi, Does anyone know the Tamil names of the following botanical names?
  
  Centella asiatica
  Hypericum Perforatum
  
  Thanks!
  
  -Suji.
  
  

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