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Table 3.4 (continued)

Solega name

(complete) Scientifi c name Forest type Use

ku:re pandi giḍa Curculigo

orchidoides

all types Bulbs are dug up and eaten

by pigs

magga:re mara# Randia dumetorum male, ka:nu Porcupines like to eat the

bark

ma:vũ, torre

ma:vũ/mara#

Mangifera indica male, ka:nu also

na:ḍu near

streams

Fruits eaten by elephants

muḷḷu kappa:li# Scolopia crenata all types Fruits (July) are eaten by

birds

naravalu mara Olea glandulifera. O.

paniculata (syn.)

male, ka:nu Flowers are visited by large

numbers of bees

navila:ḍi mara Vitex regunda (?) na:ḍu Flowers in the early

monsoon, visited by smaller

bee species

na:yĩbela mara Naringi crenulata na:ḍu Unripe fruit can be

poisonous to wild animals,

such as deer

nere mara Vepris bilocularis male, ka:nu Fruits (July) are eaten by

birds; fl owers are visited by

bees

ni:ḷa:lu mara Bischofi a javanica all types Fruits (July/August) are

eaten by birds; fl owers are

visited by bees; leaves are

eaten by the giant and fl ying

squirrels

sa:gaḍe mara# Schleichera oleosa all types Fruits (July) are eaten by

animals

taṇiki giḍa# Maesa indica male, ka:nu Fruits (July) eaten by bears

and birds

te:kina mara Tectona grandis male Flowers (June/July) visited

in large numbers by

stingless bees ; this is a good

time to harvest stingless

honey

toṭṭi mara Capparis cleghornii na:ḍu Fruits eaten by bears

gumuṭi giḍa# Nicandra physaloides Fruits also eaten by snakes

(especially the cobra)

icci mara Ficus nervosa Fruits eaten by birds

kincaga mara Erythrina indica all types Birds and small animals

drink rainwater out of the

cup-shaped fl owers

oluge mara Terminalia

paniculata

male Flowers have a soporifi c

effect on bees; said to give

bees a headache, and make

them stop fl ying

soravilu mara Acrocarpus

fraxinifolius

Bees like the fl owers

(continued)

3.9 Plant Uses