chilEbi or cilEbi
rkotapati@eagle.navsses.navy.mil
Fri, 06 Jun 1997 12:35:03 EDT
From: NAVSES::RKOTAPATI 6-JUN-1997 10:37:43.36
To: MX%"TELUSA@WISC.CS.EDU",MX%"NPARINAND@CAS.ORG"
CC: RKOTAPATI
Subj: Palana chilEbi or cilEbi
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 14:53:26 -0400
From: nparinand@cas.org (PALANA (pAranandi lakshmI narasimham))
Subject: chillEbI or cilEbi
Message-ID: <#002>
Sambasivarao writes,
>7) Jidipappu (jIDi mAmiDi)- Cashew - Anacardium occidentale (a Mango family
> member) was an introduction by the Portuguese.
Does Mango belong to cashew family?
>12) mirapakAya - the paccimirapa - the chillies were introduced by the
> Portuguese. The name "chillies" indicates that the plant has gotten its name
> from the country "Chile". It is the red-hot pepper of Chile, Capsicum
> frutescens (belonging to the potato family, Solanaceae).
Do you mean that Chille and Potato belong to the same family. their anatomy
is completely different. Can you explain in detail pl..
> mirapakaaya. After 2.5 centuries, mirapakaaya, the red-hot chillies have
> become an entirely Andhra Fruit of Pride and Prestige.
I categorize mirapakaya as vegetable not fruit.
> The Black Pepper, a native plant of India, is the Piper nigrum which is a
> kin member of tamalapaaku.
I do not think so.
>20) gOmgUra - the Jute - Hibiscus spp.
> Gomgura does not look like a native plant either. Roxburgh was the one who
> looked into growing different varieties of fiber yielding crops other than
> the ganjAyi. Therefore, he tried Agave americana and Hibiscus (gOmgUra) for
> fiber.
> Now gOmgUra paccaDi is our favorite dish.
I think nobody knows gOmgUra (Hibiscus Cannabinus) except Telugus. You do
not even see gOmgUra in telangana. They do not know. The people from our
neighbouring states like Tamilnad and Karnataka also do not know. That plant
is known only in certain parts of A.P. I think it looks like maruvana or some
other narcotic. Here, sometimes the police suspect our favourite gOmgUra plant
that we grow in our vegetable garden. As I know, it happened in Lansdale,Pa
and Washinton D.C. I would appreciate, if you support your argument that
gOmgUra is an imported one. I am little bit curious. that is all.
>22) mamdAra makaraMda............Potana's famous/popular poem
> This Hibiscus chinarosensis is a native of China.
I think it is Hibiscus rosasinensis?.Corrct me if I am wrong.
> Regards
> pAlana
Regards,
Kotapati sambasivarao