Muzki leaves - food for rabbits

[raghu ananth]

Evening, Tribal people (Malasar) carry Muzki leaves to feed rabbits back in their Pathis (hamlet).
(Muzki -a difficult malayalam word to pronounce, Do they mean Muzki,Muzhki, Mulki...)

Forest Checkpost, Chimmony WLS, Thrissur, Kerala
9 Oct 2011 5:30PM

Regards
Raghu Ananth

[Giby Kuriakose]

These are leaves of Erythrina sp. 

In malayalam it is called Murikku. May be Muzki is a name used by tribal people. 

Yes it is a common food for rabbit. 

 

Regards

Giby

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[raghu ananth]

--- On Sun, 23/10/11, Giby Kuriakose <giby.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:

[raghu ananth]

Yes, Chimmony tribesman spoke the right word ’Murikku’. I made a mistake by not committing it to memory and recalling the wrong word.

Thank you, Sir

Murikku in Malayalam translates to Indian coral tree - Erythrina stricta var. suberosa. Leaf shapes do match.

eflora reference-

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/144c75cb9a350fe3/fa8e6450163ec5be?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=indian+coral+tree#fa8e6450163ec5be

Thanks again

Raghu

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Erythrina species

Group discussion at

Muzki leaves - food for rabbits (google.com)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Erythrina species

Group discussion at

Muzki leaves - food for rabbits (google.com)