Bara nembu or nibu can be any citrus. But i have eaten BIJAURA in youger days. But it was not grapefruit and it was not savour at all. It could be citrus maxima.Promila Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:26:11 +0530 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:110871] Citrus names From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. On 16 March 2012 01:41, OZmic <[email protected]> wrote: Dear all, Would you consider a Citrus week? Here is a first teaser. Would any of those names apply to Citrus grandis / Citrus maxima ? Would any name be only generic ? this would explain why they are applied to different species. Are all the names spelt correctly. Citrus medica L. Khasi: Soh-manong Assamese: বিৰা জৰা Bira jora, বিৰা টেঙা Bira tenga, জৰা টেঙা Jora tenga. Bengali: জম্বির Jambira, পানি লেবু Pāni lēbu, টাবা Taba. English: Citron Gujarati: તુરંજ Turanj (Turanji). Hindi: बड़ा नीबु Bara nibu, बिजौरा Bijaura, पूरक Purak, तुरन्ज Turanj, वेतस Veta. Kannada: ಮಾದಳ Maadala. Malayalam: ചെറുനാരകം Cerunaarakam (cĕṟunārakaṃ), ഗണപതിനാരകം (gaṇapatinārakaṃ). Marathi: महाळुंग Mahalung, महाळुंगी Mahalungi. Tamil: எலுமிச்சை Elumiccai, கடரநாரத்தை Kaṭāranārattai, கொம்மட்டிமாதுளை Kommatti-matulai. Telugu: మాతులుంగము Matulumgamu (mAtulumgamu). -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1820 members & 1,10,000 messages on 29/2/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
