piRqAlu

piṇḍālu

(1) a) DIOSCOREA ALATA LINN. (Chopra; Nadk. 1, nr. 838; V 3, p. 37);

b) D. GLOBOSA ROXB. (Chopra; Dutt; DWH 3, p. 551; Gul;

HK; Kav; KB 4, p. 2490; MW; Nadk. 1, nr. 838; V 3, p. 37);

c) D. ATROPURPUREA ROXB. (Chopra);

d) D. PURPUREA ROXB. (Chopra);

e) D. RUBELLA ROXB. (Chopra);

Watt (CP, p. 492-493) observes: “Roxburgh (see Flora Indica, p.

726-728) assigned four or five types of tubers to separate specific posi-

tions, chiefly on account of their shape and colour. He, however, ad-

mitted that he would be quite prepared to accept all these races as

belonging to the same species.” Hooker (Flora of India 6, p. 296-297)

described D. ALATA LINN. as a species and considered b, c, d and e as

“imperfectly known and indeterminable species;” Prain and Burkill

(see Watt, l. c.) have recorded Roxburgh’s four forms (b, c, d and e)

under D. ALATA LINN. and have formed varietal positions for each;

the Index Kewensis gives the five forms, mentioned as a-e, as separate

species; see also the article: Dioscorea, IRM 3, p. 67-76;

(2) IPOMOEA BATATAS POIR. (KB 3, p. 1719-1720; V 9, p. 50) =

CONVOLVULUS BATATAS LINN. (Avk) = BATATAS EDULIS CHOISY (Bpn,

p. 679-680; MW; PW);

(3) RANDIA ULIGINOSA DC. (DWH 2, p. 207; KB 2, p. 1272-1273; [Page-575+ 35]

V 6, p. 89) = GARDENIA ULIGINOSA RETZ. (KB 2, p. 1272-1273) =

POSOQUERIA ULIGINOSA (WILLD.) ROXB. (KB 2, p. 1272-1273);

(4) TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA MIERS = COCCULUS CORDIFOLIUS DC.

(PW: = kandaguḍūcī; Vśs: = kandaguḍūcī; identical with guḍūcī).

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