In Kannada it is called 'amate kai', used for delicious pickles, similar to mangoes.
On Jan 7, 7:33 pm, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > Spondias pinnata fruiting from the south end of the forest in Mumbai, seen > a few days back in Jan '11. > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:47 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > We call it amra in bengali and not !! > > tanay > > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Dinesh Valke > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Anacardiaceae (cashew family) » *Spondias pinnata* > >> *Synonyms*: *Mangifera pinnata, Spondias mangifera* > >> ... Close relation with mango is well observed by the marriage of generic > >> names and specific epithets !! > > >> *SPON-dee-as* -- Greek name for plum > >> *pin-NAY-tuh* -- feather-shaped > > >> * > >> commonly known as*: Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, wild > >> mango • Assamese: আমৰা aamrata • Bengali আমড়া aamada, আম্রাত aamraata, > >> আম্রাতক aamraataka • Garo: amatenga • Gujarati: અંબાડાં ambaada • Hindi: > >> अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला > >> metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan • Khasi: dieng-sohpier • > >> Konkani: आंबाडे ambade, आंबाडो ambado • Malayalam: അമ്പഴം ampazham • > >> Manipuri: eikhoi • Marathi: अमडा amada, अंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba, > >> खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba • Mizo: tawitaw • Nepalese: अमारो amaro • > >> Oriya: ambaada • Pali: अंबाटका ambataka • Sanskrit: आम्रात aamraata, > >> अम्रातकः amraatakah, मेटुला metula, पीतनः pitan • Tamil: கிஞ்சம் kincam, > >> புளிமா pulima • Telugu: అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi, అధ్వము adhvamu, అంబాళము > >> ambalamu • Tibetan: a mra ta ka > > >> *Native to*: China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely > >> cultivated > > >> *Edible use*: > > >>> ... unripe fruit used as VEGETABLE ... used for making pickle .. also as > >>> an additive (souring agent, substitute for tamarind) ... used in southern > >>> Konkan > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > [email protected] > > > > Spondias pinnata fruits.JPG > 187KViewDownload > > spondias pinnata foliage branching.JPG > 245KViewDownload > > Spondias pinnata bark.JPG > 261KViewDownload
