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Table 3.4 (continued)

Solega name

(complete) Scientifi c name Forest type Use

seluge du:pa, du:pa,

na:ḍu du:pa mara

Soymida febrifuga Incense

Construction

biḷi ko:li giḍa Colebrookea

oppositifolia

male, ka:nu Wood used for building

fences and roofs, because

the stems grow straight

goṇḍe hullu Themeda triandra Used in construction

ja:lada mara# Shorea roxburghii male, na:ḍu Wood used to make

doorframes

kaggali# Acacia chundra na:ḍu Wood used to build fences

udi mara Radermachera

xylocarpa

male Wood used for construction

thoṇḍe mara Viburnum punctatum Wood for construction of

small huts

Firewood

kaggali# Acacia chundra na:ḍu Used as fi rewood

matti mara# Terminalia crenulata,

T. elliptica (syn.) , T.

tomentosa (syn.)

male, na:ḍu

infrequently in

ka:nu

Used for fi rewood during the

monsoons, as it burns easily

taṇiki giḍa# Maesa indica male, ka:nu Wood is slow-burning

ka:naraḷu mara/

nere

Evodia lunu-ankenda Firewood

Noxious

doḍḍa oṇṭe giḍa Cosmos bipinnatus all types Considered a weed

doḍḍatursã giḍa Girardinia urticifolia male, ka:nu Fruits and leaves are

covered in irritating spines

ko:ḷi kuṭuma giḍa,

kaṇṇu no:vina

giḍa/daiyya

mallige giḍa

Gloriosa superba male, na:ḍu Poisonous if the tuber is

eaten

ro:jiga na giḍa# Lantana camara male, na:ḍu Thorny bush that creates

impenetrable thickets

unugana hullu Heteropogon

contortus

na:ḍu Seeds can become

embedded in the skin and

cause infection

hattoṇṭe giḍa Cynoglossum

furcatum

male, na:ḍu The burred fruits can pierce

the skin and cause infections

Ornament

bikkilu mara# Elaeocarpus serratus male, ka:nu Seeds included in necklaces

gongoroḷe giḍa Polygonum cf.

hydropiperoides

4–5 Infl orescences of the

female form are tied in a

bundle with ne:ri mara , and

placed above the door of the

house (ornament)

(continued)

3 Plants in Solega Language and Culture