Re: Colloquial vs scientific names

From: Don Martinson llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2002.04.26 at 01:48:18(8638) >Thanks for all the extra research on the part of all the Suranoslueths! My >local indian marts had, besides edoes and things that looked like >Xanthosomas, a suran lookalike called "ratalu". Any ideas? >Bonaventure Here is a site that attempts to give some equivalence between colloquial names and botanical names http://www.winphatak.com/gazetteer/agriculture020.htm It seems to have its share of mispellings and taxonomic inaccuracies, however. They say that "ratalu" is Convolvulus batatas (= Dioscorea batatas?), but I wouldn't think that would look too much like a suran. Perhaps the "rajalu" fits this bill? -- Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com

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