Dear friends ... apologies ... in the subject line "NATIVE" to be ignored ... please read it as "CULTIVATED"
Regards. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » *Zea mays* > *Synonyms*: Euchlaena mexicana and many others > > > *ZEE-uh* -- cause of life > *maze* -- our mother > > > *commonly known as*: Indian corn, maize • Assamese: গোম-ধান gom-dhan • > Bengali: ভুট্টা bhutta, মকাই makai, মক্কা makka • Gujarati: મકાઈ makai • > Hindi: भुट्टा bhutta, मकाई makai, मक्का makka • Kannada: ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಳ mekke > jola, ಮುಸುಕಿನ ಜೋಳ musukina jola • Kashmiri: गवेधुका gavedhuka, मकोयू makoyu > • Konkani: जोळु jolu • Lushai: vaimîm • Malayalam: ചോളം cholam • Manipuri: > চুজাক chujak • Marathi: मका maka, भुटा bhuta, भुट्टा bhutta • Mizo: vaimim • > Nepalese: भुट्टा bhutta, मकाइ makai • Punjabi: ਚੁਲੀ ਕੋਕਰੀ chuli kokri, ਮਕ > mak, ਮਕੈਈ makai • Tamil: மக்காச்சோளம் makka-c-colam, முத்துச்சோளம் > muttu-c-colam • Telugu: మొక్క జొన్న mokka jonna • Urdu: بهٿا bhutta, مکا > makka, مکائي makai > > > *Native of*: Mexico, Guatemala; cultivated elsewhere > > > sightings are from between DEC 09 and MAY 10 > at Rajguru Nagar, Pune. >
