Names of Plants in India :: etymology of caracutta (of Ziziphus caracutta)

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends, and Vijayasankar ji,

Ziziphus caracutta is known to be described from Coromandel coast; thus most chances are that the epithet caracutta is derived from local name. Any light on this ?
கொட்டையிலந்தை kottai-y-ilantai is one name for Z. xylopyra - closely associated to Z. caracutta.

Regards.

Dinesh 

[Vijayasankar]

Hi Dinesh ji,

Roxburgh, in his original description of Z. caracutta (Flora Indica, v. 1, p. 612, 1832), has mentioned "...A native of the southern parts of Mysore, and there known to the natives by the name Karakutta...". See attached.

The language is not mentioned but it could be a Malayalam or Tulu name.
[The name karakutta is used in Tulu for a disease of cattle, called Epizootic aphthae (Ref.: Tulu-English Dictionary by Rev. A. Manner, 1886)].

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Dinesh Valke]

Wonderful retrieval of information, Vijayasankar ji. This is so wonderful. 

Found entries of karagunta, karakutta and karakunta in Rev. A. Männer's Tulu-English Dictionary - all three mean - disease of cattle, called Epizootic aphthae. Will try to find how any these words connect to the plant or its fruit.

Thank you very very much.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot,  Vijayasankar ji and Dinesh ji

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