The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega A Linguistic Perspective

64

Table 3.1 Correspondence between Solega plant name s and Linnaean taxonomy, divided into
three categories: groups that show no match, groups that show a partial match, and groups that
match fully

No match

Polytypic Solega ethnotaxa and their relation to scientifi c names

Solega name Scientifi c ID Alternative ID

a:le Tylophora indica

beppa:le Holarrhena pubescens

komba:le Wrightia arborea

araḷu Ricinus communis

ka:naraḷu Melicope lunu-ankenda

koṭṭaraḷu Jatropha sp. ( J. curcas, J.

gossypiifolia )

hebbe:vu Toona ciliata

kaĩye be:vu Azadirachta indica

nela be:vu Andrographis paniculata

(na:ḍu) du:pa Soymida febrifuga

ka:nadu:pa Canarium strictum

seluge du:pa Boswellia serrata

ekka Calotropis gigantea Asclepias gigantea

ambu ekka Dregea volubilis Asclepias volubilis

biḷi ekka Gomphocarpus physocarpus Asclepias physocarpa

ka:ḍekka Rotheca serrata

kempu ekka Asclepias curassavica

je:neraku Mallotus tetracoccus

kaĩye eraku Clerodendrum infortunatum

hokke eraku Macaranga peltata

go:ṇi Ficus drupacea

arre go:ṇi Cyanotis adscendens

nela go:ṇi Bacopa monnieri

honne Pterocarpus marsupium

ka:rhonne

sirhonne Bridelia retusa

nela honne Tephrosia calophylla

kaḷḷi Euphorbia spp., such as E.

umbellata

Synadenium grantii

muṇḍugaḷḷi/guṇḍugaḷḷi Caralluma umbellata

pa:pasagaḷḷi Opuntia sp.

(continued)

3 Plants in Solega Language and Culture