242 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



the Malay word into limo, and the Portuguese may 

 have made lima out of it, whence came the English 

 lime of the West Indies. It would appear that the 

 words lime and lemon have a common origin, and come 

 to us from the Malay archipelago. 



In Ceylon the lime is called cUhi. I have not been 

 able to trace the derivation of this word. 



There are other names of Citrus in use in India to 

 denote particular varieties. The sweet lemon is called 

 either mitha nimboo or amratphal. Prof. Cowell 

 says this is evidently the common Sanskrit word 

 amrita-phala (immortal, or ambrosial fruit). Amrita 

 and mrita meaning undying, andflfrata, fruit. 



Similarly, he says, sadaphal comes from the San- 

 skrit sada, always, and phala, fruit meaning, fruiting 

 all the year round. This name I found given to more 

 than one variety. 



Karnphal, applied to the khatta in Almora, appears 

 to be no other than the fruit of the karna, which is 

 sometimes applied to the khatta orange, but really 

 belongs to the Seville, as it means bitter. 



Kuthairee-nimboo appears no other than the jack- 

 fruited nimboo, from its size, kuthal, or kuthar, 

 meaning the jack fruit. 



Shunkhadrav, and probably sungdaraz, applied 

 to some kinds of sour Citrus, are said to mean 

 shell melter, from the extreme acidity of their juice. 

 Perhaps in the same way that some call the amil- 

 bd " suigul," from its melting a needle stuck into 

 it. 



Then Behari and Gungoli nimboo are names 

 probably taken from Behar and Gungoli-hat in 

 Almora. 



Ras kanker probably means a juicy kakree. It is 

 applied to the kathairee nimboo. 



