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Romabama entries in English-Latin alphabetical order.
• {sa.moan-sa.pa:}
•
Foeniculum vulgare • Apiaceae
• {sa.mwut}
{sa.mwut} • Apiaceae
• {sän-ka:}
•
Michelia champaca • Magnoliaceae
• {sa.pa:ling (moan.hing:hka:)} / {moan.hing:hka: sa.pa:ling}
/
Lemon grass (Chklist)
•
Cymbopogon citratus • Poaceae
• {sa.pa:ling (hsap-pra)} / {hsap-pra
sa.pa:ling}
Citronella grass (Chklist)
•
Cymbopogon nardus • Poaceae
• {sän.pèý pan: (tau:)} 
• Jasminum pubescens
• Oleaceae
• {saung:ya:}
• Averrhoa carambola • Oxalidaceae
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Burmese-Myanmar transcript names:
• Agri.Dept.2000 16-0414:
{sa.moan-sa.pa:}
• Chklist: Fennel, Samon-saba
• FAO : NL
• LSR 151:
{sa.moan-sa.pa:}
• KS-TMN: NL
• Nagathein 1-377:
{sa.moan-sa.pa:}
• UHM 26: Samon-saba
Myanmar-Script Spelling :
•
{sa.moan-sa.pa:} -
--
MMDict080
•
{sa.moan-sa.pa:} - n. aniseed -- MEDict104
UKT: Note that 'aniseed' is Pimpinella anisum and not Foeniculum vulgare .
anise seed or aniseed n. 1. The seedlike fruit of the anise. -- AHTD
anise n. 1. An annual, aromatic Mediterranean herb (Pimpinella anisum) in the parsley family, cultivated for its seedlike fruits and the oil obtained from them and used to flavor foods, liqueurs, and candies. 2. Anise seed. [Middle English anis from Old French from Latin anīsum from Greek anison] -- AHTD
For more information, go to Foeniculum vulgare
UKT: I am listing {sa.mwut} as Apium graveolens only on the strengths of:
• LSR 161:
{ta.roat-nän-nän}
• Agri-Dept2000:
Apium graveolens -- Umbelliferae -- {nän-nän-ta.roat)} 33-0864
Apium graveolens -- Umbelliferae -- {sa.mwat} {ta.roat-nännän} 17-0422
Apium graveolens -- Umbelliferae -- {ta.roat-nän-nän} 25-0646
Family : Apiaceae
UKT: Trachyspermum ammi is tentatively identified as
• Synonyms: Carum copticum (L.) Benth. & Hook. f., Carum copticum (L.) C.B. Clarke, Carum ajowan, Ptychotis ajowan, Trachyspermum copticum (L.) Link -- http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Trac_amm.html
• Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi ) is one of those spices that are very often confused with other plants, despite its unambigous English name. Literature has examples of misidentification with other spices (celery, lovage, nigella) and even nonculinary plants (goutweed, toothpickweed). -- http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Trac_amm.html
Ref. Burmese-Myanmar
transcripts
• Agri.Dept.2000 :
• Chklist: Bishop's weed, Lovage, Samok
• LSR :
• FAO :
• KS-TMN:
• Nagathein :
• UHM :
Myanmar-Script Spelling
•
{sa.mwat} -
--
MMDict080
•
{sa.mwat} /|samu'|/ - n. kind of shrub, Carum copticum -- MEDict104
UKT: See Apium graveolens . Is it
The answer to the first question: Apium graveolens is most likely to be
The answer to the second question: It is most probable thatNow the question, what is
• Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague . Habit: Shrub . Distribution: Cultivated . Common Names: Bishop's weed, Lovage, Samok -- Chklist
But the plant given by MEDict104, is Carum copticum , not Trachyspermum ammi .
USDA-NRCS gives:
"CACO44","Carum copticum (L.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke",">> Trachyspermum ammi","Apiaceae"Based on the above considerations MMPDB will treat,
Apium graveolens? as
Trachyspermum ammi as
For more information, see Trachyspermum ammi
UKT: Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson . Habit: Tree . Distribution: Cultivated . Common Names: Kadat-ngan, Saga-sein, Ylang-ylang. -- Chklist
What was the {sän-ka:} tree, the tree to which {pan:Bè: maung-ting.tèý} was tied, for his execution, as mentioned in the story of the Min Mahagiri Nat in the Myanmar Nat histories? Since, Nat worship is still practiced in Myanmar, the people tend to look on any flowers with the name {sän-ka:} as the flowers to be avoided in Nat worship.
Ref. Burmese-Myanmar
transcripts
• Agri.Dept.2000 017-0443:
{sän-ka:},
{sän-ka:wa}
• FAO : NL
• Lè-seik-shin 141 :
{sa.ka:wa}
• KS-TMN 153: Saga-Wa; Saga; Sampar
• Nagathein 1-363:
{sa.ka:wa}
• UHM : NL
Myanmar-Script Spelling
•
Official Myanmar Dictionaries -
{san°ka:} -
-- TravPo-M-Dict
088
{san°ka:}
- n. same as
{san°ka:wa} [Pali
{sam~pa.ka.}] -- Myan-Engl-Dict 114
-
{san°ka:seim} n. tree bearing flowers which are green when immature, but
later turn yellow.
Cananga odorata.
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{san°ka:wa} - n. champac; magnolia. Michelia champaca.
-- Myan-Engl-Dict 114
-
{sam~pa} - n. heartwood from the tree Michelia champaca.
-- Myan-Engl-Dict 126
For more information go to: Michelia champaca
Family: Poaceae
MMPDB2006: {moan.hing:hka: sa.pa:ling}
- Lemon grass (Chklist)
See also: Cymbopogon schoenanthus
• {sa.pa:ling (mhwé:)}• Nagathein 1-370
Burmese-Myanmar transcripts :
• Agri.Dept.2000 16-0411:
{sa.pa:ling hing:-mhwé:}
• FAO : NL
• Lè-seik-shin 149:
{sa.pa:ling (hing:sa:)}
• KS-TMN : NL
• Nagathein 1-370:
{sa.pa:ling}
• UHM 19: Sabalin
• U San Hla 398:
{sa.pa:ling}.
UKT: U San Hla on p398 listed under
See the following in :
• Lemongrass (the original article)
from: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/LEMONGRASS.html
• Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) (the original article)
from: http://www.puralibre.com/html/eng_lemon_grass.html#StudiesandReferences
• Myanmar-Script Spelling :
Official Myanmar Dictionaries :
-
{sa.pa:ling}
-- TravPo-M-Dict 080
-
{sa.pa:ling} - n. lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus -- -- Myan-Engl-Dict 103
For more information, go to Cymbopogon citratus
Family: Poaceae
MMPDB2006:
- Citronella grass (Chklist)
Ref. Burmese-Myanmar transcripts:
• Agri.Dept.2000 16-0410:
{sa.pa:ling hsi-mhwé:}
• FAO : NL
• Lè-seik-shin 145:
{sa.pa:ling mhwé:}
• KS-TMN : NL
• Nagathein : NL
• UHM : NL
Myanmar-Script Spelling :
Official Myanmar Dictionaries :
-
{sa.pa:ling}
--
TravPo-M-Dict 080
-
{sa.pa:ling} - n. lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus -- Myan-Engl-Dict 103
UKT: Both TravPo-M-Dict and Myan-Engl-Dict, did not list either
{sa.pa:ling hsi-mhwé:} or
{sa.pa:ling mhwé:}, and therefore what is given above (from TravPo-M-Dict 080
and Myan-Engl-Dict 103) do not apply to C. nardus .
For more information, go to Cymbopogon nardus
Ref. Burmese-Myanmar
transcripts :
• Agri.Dept.2000 26-0674:
{tau:san°pèý}
• FAO : NL
• Lè-seik-shing : NL
• KS-TMN 177: Taw-sabai; Sabai
• Nagathein 1-373: {sa.pèý pan: (tau:)}
• UHM : NL
Myanmar-Script Spelling
• Official Myanmar Dictionaries
:
{san°pèý} -
-- TravPo-M-Dict
088
{san°pèý} - n. jasmine (Hindi - {sa.mé-li})
-- Myan-Engl-Dict 114
For more information, go to Jasminum pubescens
Ref. Burmese-Myanmar
transcripts
• Agri.Dept.2000 18-0458:
{saung:lya:}
• FAO 073:
zaung-ya
• Lè-seik-shin :
NL
• KS-TMN 178:
Zaung-yar
• Nagathein 1-399:
{saung:lya:thi:}
• UHM : NL
UKT: A. bilimbi is known as {ta.roat saung:lhya:} -- Agri.Dept.2000 25-0641
[notice {ha.hto:} in Burmese-Myanmar name given which is obviously an orthographical error.]
Myanmar-Script Spelling
•
Official Myanmar Dictionaries :
-
- TravPo-M-Dict
091
- n.
carambola. Averrhoa carambola - Myan-Engl-Dict 118
For more information, go to Averrhoa carambola
Entry format:
Burmese-Myanmar name / Botanical name / Family /
Ref. Burmese-Myanmar transcripts / Official Myanmar Dictionary /
Hindi / Sanskrit / English common name used in Myanmar / Picture / Plant
identification characters / Distribution in Myanmar / Part used and uses
/ Constituents /
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