Aliviraaii
(Alivira) Wrong
spellings -> Linum
usitatitssimum L.
Alivirai v ->
Linum
usitatitssimum L.
Amaanaakku
(Amanakku) Wrong
spellings -> Ricinus communis L.
Aamanakku
(aamaNakku) v -> Ricinus communis L.
Ananassappalam -> Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
Annasi pazham Wrong spellings -> Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
Annaachip pazam v ->
Ananas
comosus (L.) Merr.
Aratai -> Alpinia galanga (L.) Sw.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Chaamaaii
Wrong
spellings -> Panicum miliare
Lam.
Chaamai
v -> Panicum miliare Lam.
Chaamai -> Sorghum
vulgare Pers. -> Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.
Diraakshai
v -> Vitis
vinifera L.
Drakshai -> Vitis vinifera L.
Elam v -> Elettaria cardamomum (L..) Maton.
Ellu v -> Sesamum indicum
L.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Gajjarakkilangu -> Daucus carota L.
Ganja -> Cannabis sativa L.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Illu Wrong spellings -> Sesamum indicum
L.
Inchi -> Zingiber officinale Rosc.
Inchi veer ->
Zingiber
officinale Rosc.
Inciveer
Wrong
spellings -> Zingiber officinale
Rosc.
Inji Wrong spellings -> Zingiber officinale Rosc.
Inthu v -> Cycas circinalis L.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Kanchaa
v -> xxx xxx
xxx
Kichali kizhangu -> Curcuma zerumbet (Berg.) Roxb. -> Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
Kadalaii Wrong spellings -> Cicer arietinum L.
Kaarumbu (Karumbu) Wrong spellings
-> Saccharum officinarum L.
Karumpu v ->
Saccharum
officinarum L.
Katalai v -> xxx xxx xxx
Kasturivendai -> Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Kelvaaraagu
(Kelvaragu) Wrong
spellings -> Eleusine
coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Kelvaaraagu
(Kelvaragu) Wrong
spellings -> Eleusine
coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Keezvaraku
v -> Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn.
Kochittamarattai -> Averrhoa bilimbi L.
Kodimunthiri Wrong spelling -> Vitis vinifera L.
Koti
munthiri v -> Vitis vinifera L.
Kolvaaraagu Wrong
spellings -> Eleusine
coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Kolvaaraagu Wrong spellings -> Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn.
Koorayaa
Wrong
spellings -> Psidium guajava L.
Kooyayaa
Wrong
spellings -> Psidium guajava L.
Kooyayaa
Wrong
spellings -> Psidium
littorale Raddi
Kottai muthu
v -> Ricinus communis L.
Koyyaa v -> Psidium
littorale Raddi
Kuchumpaa ->
xxx xxx
xxx
Kusumbavrai -> Carthamus tinctorius L.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Maampazam
v -> Mangifera indica
L.
Mambazham Wrong spelling -> Mangifera indica L.
Manchal v -> Curcuma longa L.
Manjaala (Manjal)
Wrong
spellings -> Curcuma longa L.
Maravalli -> Manihot esculenta Crantz
Mochai -> Dolichos lablab L. -> Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Mullumangila Wrong
spellings -> Bambusa
arundinacea (Retz.) Roxb.
Munga Wrong
spellings -> Bambusa
multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult. &
Schult f.
Munthiri -> Anacardium occidentale L.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Pakku -> Areca catechu L.
Palaa ->
Pappali -> ?
Ponmungil
Wrong
spellings -> Bambusa vulgaris
Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.
Palaa -> Artocarpus integrifolia auct. -> Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Pappali Wrong spellings -> Carica papaya L.
Peyellu -> Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.
Pola -> Artocarpus integrifolia auct. -> Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Raagi ->
Eleusine
coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Saamaaii ->
Panicum
miliare Lam.
Samaaii -> Psidium littorale
Raddi
Shaamaaii ->
Panicum
miliare Lam.
Simaaii ->
Psidium
littorale Raddi
Sinnamungil
-> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
Sirumungil -> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
Suriyakanthi -> Helianthus annuus L.
Thaali ->
Caryota
mitis Lour.
Thaamarai ->
Thengai -> ?
Thinai -> Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.
Thulasi ->
Ocimum sanctum L. -> Ocimum
tenuiflorum L.
no reliable name recorded so far.
Valli -> Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Varagu
-> Panicum miliaceum L. subsp. miliaceum
Vazhapazhan -> Musa sapientum L.
Vellaippundu -> Allium sativum L.
Vendai -> Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.
Vengayam -> Allium cepa L.
Verkadalai -> Arachis hypogaea L.
Vethilai -> Piper betle L.
Vilvam ->
Aegle
marmelos (L.) Corrêa
Vilvama ->
Aegle
marmelos (L.) Corrêa
no reliable name recorded so far.
Ohrnberger D. (Dieter), 1999, The Bamboos of the World, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdan, The Netherlands. (Taxonomy of bamboos)
Tamil Nadu Government, 2004, GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL, ENGLISH AND TAMIL NAMES OF CROPS. < http://www.tn.gov.in/crop/dtab10.htm >.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: < http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl? > (General taxonomy).
We are pleased to announce that the names in this index (in construction) have now been submitted to as much scrutiny as others such as the Russian or Chinese names, Thanks to our valued Tamil Editor Sundara Balasubramanian. Very few but some spelling mistakes may still be present in either the Tamil names or their romanised forms (or both). Only the top half of this index has been edited so far. Further comments are sought on spelling variations.
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