Dear Gabe, Peninsular India ,Africa,Antartica and Latin America once formed part of Gondwana land.China was part of Laurasia. The Solanaceae family contains chillies,brinjals,tomato,potato,tobacco and the Cape Gooseberry. Brinjals have wild relatives in India (Solanum torvum,etc),the erect chillies(Tarvoti or Lovangi mirchi) are also supposed to have pre-dated the Arabs and the Portuguese in India. It is eminently possible that they were natives.... or came with the chunk that separated from the super-continent to form India. The bell peppers were brought in from Latin America as was cashew. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: [Goanet]SEETAPHAL et Chillies
> > > > The impact of this discovery is so enormous that > > historians are still trying to assess the prospective > > monumental task of re-writing history. > > > > Here are 2 of my photos of Sugar Apples growing here > > in Florida: > > > > A common type: > > http://www.geocities.com/bohuroopi/SApple71ASIT > > A Red type: > > http://www.geocities.com/bohuroopi/SAred35ASIT > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Asit K. Ghosh > > Rockledge, Florida, USA > > Tuesday - 4:40am > > > Response: > > What about chillies? The Chinese claim that Chillies grew in the Sichuan > province of China for years before the Portuguese arrived. Could it be the > case for India as well, that we too had Chillies growing well before the > Portuguese arrived and are unduly crediting them with having introduced it > to us? > > > Cheers, > > Gabe Menezes > > > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################