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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