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Table 3.1 (continued)

Partial match

Polytypic Solega ethnotaxa and their relation to scientifi c names

Solega name Scientifi c ID Alternative ID

kurrugu Strobilanthes spp.

gejje kurrugu Nilgirianthus heyneanus (U)

nela/doḍḍa kurrugu Nilgirianthus foliosus (U)? Strobilanthes foliosa (U)

nela kurrugu Justicia japonica

mallige/kanaka ambara Jasminum sambac

ja:ji mallige Jasminum azoricum

dore mallige Dahlia sp.

gersi mallige Hypericum mysurense

panni:ru mallige Portulaca grandifl ora

su:lera/maisu:ru mallige Clerodendrum chinense

suttu mallige Tagetes erecta

aranelli Garuga pinnata

iṭṭu nelli Phyllanthus indofi scheri

uḷi nelli Phyllanthus reticulatus

na:yĩ nelli Phyllanthus emblica

nela nelli Phyllanthus niruri

tumbe Leucas aspera

arre tumbe Leucas lavendulifolia (U)

beṭṭa tumbe Leucas eriostoma

nela tumbe Mitracarpus hirtus, Richardia

scabra

matti Terminalia crenulata

ni:ru matti Terminalia arjuna

ambu matti Combretum ovalifolium

naravalu Olea paniculata

kaĩye naravalu Chionanthus ramifl orus

ka:na naravalu Chionanthus sp.

Polytypic scientifi c genera and their relation to Solega names

Scientifi c ID Solega name Alternative ID

Acacia chundra kaggali

Acacia sp. mukuḷi

Acacia sinuata b iḷi si:ge

Acacia leucophloea na:yĩ bela/sujjilu

Acacia pennata ũsu si:ge

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3.5 Solega Ethnospecies and Scientifi c Classifi cation