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Table 3.4 (continued)

Solega name

(complete) Scientifi c name Forest type Use

kiribidiru Dendrocalamus

strictus?

na:ḍu Large mammals eat the

stems when they are sick

Artefacts

anase mara Glochidion velutinum

(ka:na anase) ,

Glochidion

zeylanicum

Flowers in the monsoons

(June–July); leaves are used

to make smoking torches for

honey gathering

bu:ra mara# Bombax ceiba na:ḍu Silky fi bres around the seeds

are used as mattress and

pillow stuffi ng

cennãgi giḍa# Gardenia turgida na:ḍu Waxy covering of young

leaves used to stick objects

together (e.g. in ta:li

necklaces)

je:nerakina mara Mallotus tetracoccus male, ka:nu Leaves are used for baking

roṭṭi, and as plates

kaĩyerakina mara Clerodendrum

viscosum

male, ka:nu Leaves are used to make the

receptacles giṇṇi and joṭṭe

kallu sauwe mara,

i:rananna mara

Frimiana colorata male, na:ḍu Fibres from the trunk are

used for making rope

karigilu mara/

karagilu#

Callicarpa tomentosa male Leaves used to make plates

ka:ta:ḷe mara Eriolena

quinquelocularis

male Wood used to make handles

for hoes and axes

komba:le mara# Wrightia tomentosa male, na:ḍu Wood used to make a millet

dough stirrer

se:bina geṇasu# Colocasia sp. Leaves are used as a

receptacle for honey

seḷḷe mara# Cordia obliqua male, na:ḍu Resin from the fruit is used

as glue

urigilu mara# Chloroxylon

swietenia

na:ḍu Wood used to make ploughs

beppa:le mara# Wrightia

antidysenterica

Wood used to make a millet

dough stirrer

kallu muttaga giḍa Desmodium

oojeinense, Ougeinia

oojeinensis (syn.)

Leaves used as containers

kallu sauwe mara Sterculia villosa Leaves used as containers

hebbidiru Bambusa

arundinacea or

Dendrocalamus

strictus?

male Large stems are chopped

into segments, and used as

water carriers

Ceremony

aḷḷa ko:li giḍa Ludwigia octovalvis male Flowers used in festivals

biḷi sampage mara,

keṇḍa sampage

mara

Michelia champaca male, ka:nu Flowers used in religious

ceremonies

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3 Plants in Solega Language and Culture