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Table 3.4 (continued)
Solega name
(complete) Scientifi c name Forest type Use
kaṭṭaguḷi giḍa Ardisia solanacea male, ka:nu Stems are chewed for a sour
taste
komba:le mara# Wrightia tomentosa male, na:ḍu Flowers (June–July); added
to milk to make curd
lakoṭi mara Polygala arillata male, na:ḍu Exotic plant that now grows
in forests; fruit ( monsoons)
are eaten by people
matti mara# Terminalia crenulata,
T. elliptica (syn.) , T.
tomentosa (syn.)
male, na:ḍu
infrequently in
ka:nu
The fl owers yield viscous
honey
ma:vũ, torre
ma:vũ/mara#
Mangifera indica male, ka:nu also
na:ḍu near
streams
Edible fruits
na:yĩ bela/sujjilu
mara
Acacia leucophloea Alcohol made from the bark
nagare mara Commiphora sp. ,
Balsamodendron sp.
na:ḍu Edible fruits appear in the
monsoon (June)
na:yĩ nelli mara Phyllanthus emblica Fruit are eaten raw or
pickled
na:yĩbela mara Naringi crenulata na:ḍu The bark is used by plains
people to brew alcohol
nela go:ṇi soppu Bacopa monnieri na:ḍu Plant is eaten
nela javanada
ambu
Cyanotis
arachnoidea
na:ḍu Leaves are eaten
neve geṇasu Dioscorea glabra Yam whose long tuber
grows vertically down; the
superior tip of the tuber is
fi brous and inedible
pa:pasagaḷḷi Opuntia sp. na:ḍu Edible fruit ripen in August
sa:gaḍe mara# Schleichera oleosa all types Fruit (July) are edible
seḷḷe mara# Cordia obliqua male, na:ḍu Edible fruit ripen in the
monsoon (June–July)
thu:ba:re mara# Diospyros
melanoxylon (?)
na:ḍu Edible fruits ripen in July
to:ṭambu Dioscorea sp. Yams are ready to eat in
January
u:li, uḷinelli giḍa# Phyllanthus
reticulatus,
Kirganelia reticulata
(syn.)
male, na:ḍu Small fruit can be pickled
uṇise mara Tamarindus indica Used to impart a sour
fl avour to cooked food
uppilu Taxillus tomentosus Big mistletoe that grows on
daḍasu trees are eaten
belare geṇasu Dioscorea
oppositifolia
Edible yam
(continued)
3 Plants in Solega Language and Culture