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or mixed with yams and other vegetables. It is grown in 

 trenches or pits and needs heavy manuring, when it is most 

 profitable returning up to forty-fold. The corms are cooked 

 and made into curry. Red soil is said in Chingleput to 

 produce round tubers. 



Seed-rate— 600 lb. of corms. 



Yield-8,000 to 10,000 lb. 



TYPHONIUM TRILOBATUM. 



Tamil Karanai kizhangu. 



Telugu Kanda. 



Oriya Ullo. 



Tuiu Kene. 



This is cultivated in small quantities in Chingleput and 

 Chittoor. The root is acrid. The acridity is removed by 

 boiling the root with tamarind water. It has a reputation as 

 a remedy for piles. 



Seed-rate— 500 to 600 lb. per acre. 



ARROW-ROOT. 



(Curcuma angustifolia.) 



Araruttu. 



Palagunpa. 



Kuvva. 



Kuvegida. 



Palu. 



Kooveda dayi. 



limited and the crop is found only 

 in Ganjam, parts of the Circars and the West Coast. It is 

 grown on well-manured sandy soils. 



Seed-rate— About 700 lb. per acre. 



Yield -4,000 to 8,000 lb. of tubers. 100 lb. of tubers 

 produce about 12£ lb. of flour. 



POTATO. 



Tamil 



Telugu .. 



Malayalam 



Kanarese 



Oriya 



Tulu 



The cultivation is very 



(Solarium tuberosum.) 



Tamil 

 Telugu ... 

 Malayalam 

 Kanarese 

 Tulu 



Urulaikkizhangu. 

 Urula gadda. 

 Urula kizhangu. 

 Urula gadda. 

 Batate. 



