Promila ji, ... *ratalu* looks like a generic name given to many plants - name especially referring to their tubers, most popular for *Ipomoea batatas*. Your description seems fitting for *Ipomoea batatas*.
Most probably *Remusatia vivipara* is not known as ratalu. Reference: ENVIS - FRLHT *Dioscorea alata L.ratalu(Hindi),Dioscorea pentaphylla L.ratalu(Hindi),Dioscorea purpurea ROXB.ratalu(Marathi),Dioscorea sativa AUCT. NON L.ratalu(Hindi),Dioscorea tomentosa KOEN. EX SPRENG.ratalu(Hindi),Ipomoea batatas (L.) LAM.ratalu(Hindi), ratalu(Marathi),* Regards, Dinesh On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Promila Chaturvedi < thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mr. Vakle, > If its roots are addible then it is known as Ratalu in Hindi. Ratalu roots > are rough brown with stiff blunt thorns on it. The flesh is deep pink, > sometimes creamy. > Promila > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Usha di. >> Shrikant (Ingalhalikar) ji has been fortunate to see the flower in >> wilderness of Western Ghats - it is illustrated in his second book - >> Further Flowers of Sahyadri. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> At this url you ll find the nursery in scotland, they say its a somewhat >>> reddish tuber and yellow flowers.. >>> http://himalayangardens.com/detail/38/Remusatia-vivipara.html >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> via Species >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > R >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/r> > >>>> *Remusatia vivipara* (Roxb.) Schott ... *family*: Araceae >>>> [image: Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F15399326902&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcm6IPOyW2p7VxF5gRVhEIMtUreTg> >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: Flowers of India] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FHitchhiker%2520Elephant%2520Ear.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdb2688ipv50hixk8anFOwLnxbXxw> >>>> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Remusatia%20vivipara%7Csort:date%7Cspell:true> >>>> [image: more views in flickr] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DRemusatiavivipara%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfX0itR-x2hL2cT8T8nTY5GGP-tWQ> >>>> [image: more views on Google Earth] >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DRemusatiavivipara%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdtpsxhmG2xsTCsRji1xEKqhU_J5g> >>>> >>>> >>>> *rem-yoo-SAT-ee-uh* -- named for Jean Pierre Abel-Remusat, French >>>> Chinese scholar and botanist ... Dave's Botanary >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DRemusatia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeBfDmdpHAZS_L9sBOxfujtpFmM4A> >>>> *vy-VIP-ar-uh* -- live bearer; bears live young ... Dave's Botanary >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dvivipara&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdXI8Z_ikcPmepdQfnJqbudzm5YaQ> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *commonly known as*: hitchhiker elephant ear >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/hitchhiker-elephant-ear> >>>> • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಗಡ್ಡೆ kadu gadde >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kadu-gadde-kadu-gadde> >>>> , ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/marakesu-marakesu> >>>> • *Konkani*: रुखाळूं rukhalum >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/rukhalum-rukhalum> >>>> •*Malayalam*: മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/maraccemp-marachembu> >>>> • *Marathi*: लालकंद lalkand >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/lalakanda-lalkand> >>>> , रुखाळूं rukhalu >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/rukhalum-rukhalu> >>>> • *Sanskrit*: लक्ष्मणा laksmana >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/laksmana-laksmana> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *botanical names*: *Remusatia vivipara* (Roxb.) Schott ... *synonyms*: >>>> *Arum >>>> viviparum* Roxb. • *Caladium viviparum* (Roxb.) Nees •*Colocasia >>>> vivipara* (Roxb.) Thwaites • *Remusatia formosana* Hayata ... *The >>>> Plant List* (2013). Version 1.1. >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Fkew-177295&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzem1hO08b1CRg8p9aVK-MkJJe9vRQ> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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