dear friends & Fellow Sweet Potato growers,
Please do try out cooking Sweet potato leaves......
We have a patch of Sweet potato which we keep only for the leaves
(because constant pruning does not help in root growth) & i can vouch
the sabzi is really tasty.
regards.
On Sep 24, 10:53 am, Dinesh Valke <
dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Tanay, Mani ji and friends ... for those of you who are familiar with
> names of plant (and its parts) please get hold of some online editor and
> provide the names in your native script ...hope am not asking for too much
> ... certainly, you will help get the name database richer and worthy.
>
> Please note that the native script requested is not to be with any special
> fonts ... needs to be just Unicode characters (that are rendered by any
> computer).
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:43 AM, mani nair <
mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dinesh ji, in Malayalam we call it Madhurakizhangu. Madhura - Sweet and
> > kizhangu - tuber.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Mani.
>
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Gurcharan Singh <
singh...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> Shakarkandi is commonly used name in North India, eaten boiled or roasted;
> >> a favourite chaat.
>
> >> --
>
> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> >> Retired Associate Professor
> >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
> >>
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<
http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
>
> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:47 PM, tanay bose <
tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> I have never heard this name this may be the term used in chest Bengali
> >>> but not colloquial.
> >>> Tanay
>
> >>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Dinesh Valke <
dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>>> Dear Tanay ... hoping শকরখন্দ sakarakhanda is a valid name too.
> >>>> Regards.
>
> >>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:03 AM, tanay bose <
tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>>>> Dinesh ji we call it Ranga/ Misti Alu in bengali which means red/sweet
> >>>>> potato
> >>>>> Tanay
>
> >>>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Dinesh Valke <
> >>>>>
dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>> ... commonly known as: sweet potato • Bengali: শকরখন্দ sakarakhanda •
> >>>>>> Gujarati: રતાલુ ratalu • Hindi: मिठा आलु mita alu, शकरकंद shakarkanda •
> >>>>>> Kannada: ಸಿಹಿ ಗೆಣಸು sihi genasu, ಗೆಣಸು ಗಡ್ಡೆ genasu gadde • Konkani: कणंग
> >>>>>> kananga • Malayalam: kappakelengu, madhurakkilannu • Manipuri: mangra •
> >>>>>> Marathi: रताळी ratali, रताळूं ratalu • Sanskrit: पिण्डालु pindalu, रक्तालु
> >>>>>> raktalu, स्थूलकन्द sthulakanda • Tamil: சக்கரவள்ளிக்கிழங்கு
> >>>>>> sarkaraivallikizangu • Telugu: గెనుసుగడ్డ genusu gadda, కందగడ్డ kanda gadda
>
> >>>>>> Regards.
>
> >>>>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Balkar Arya <
balkara...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> Dear Gurcharan Ji
>
> >>>>>>> It is grown in our area
> >>>>>>> i will try to catch its flower
>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Regards
>
> >>>>>>> Dr Balkar Singh
> >>>>>>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> >>>>>>> Arya P G College, Panipat
> >>>>>>> Haryana-132103
> >>>>>>> 09416262964
>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> *Tanay Bose*
> >>>>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> >>>>> Department of Botany.
> >>>>> University of British Columbia .
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> >>>>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
> >>>>> Phone:
778-323-4036 (Mobile)
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
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>
> >>> --
> >>> *Tanay Bose*