330 APPENDICES. 
Appendix 
E. — List of Fodder Plants, Grasses, etc. 
List of some 
Trees, Creepers 
, Grasses^ etc.^ eaten by Elephants, 
Burmese Name. 
Vernacular. 
Scientific. 
Remarks. 
Paung 
Saccharum procerum? 
Eaten readily but not very 
nourishing 
Kaing 
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Saccharum sponta- 
neum ? 
One of the most valuable of 
fodders 
Kyan-sa-nwai 
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Toddalia aculeata 
Considered to be one of the best 
fodders and very fattening 
Naya ... 
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Fattening and eaten readily 
Taw-hnget-pyaw 
(Wild plantain) 
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Musa rubra and varie- 
ties 
Fattening and supposed to be 
sought after as a thirst quen- 
cher 
A useful grass, considered very 
nourishing' 
Padaw 
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Ohnlet 
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Cocos nucifera 
Strengthening and fattening 
Pyaung-yo (Millet) ... 
Andropogan sorghum 
A very excellent fodder 
Minbaw 
Wetla 
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OoScOD 
Caryota urens 
Cyperus compressus 
and varieties 
Considered fattening. Leaves 
eaten and stem split to obtain 
the pith which they are very 
fond of 
An inferior fodder: .eaten but 
not nourishing 
Kyan (Sugarcane) ... 
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Saccharum oflicinarum 
Very fattening 
Kyu-nabin-pake, Kyu 
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Arundo sp. 
Si n-don-ma-nwai 
Ta-ma-zaing 
Tinospora nudiflora 
Panicum acariferum ... 
Much sought after. Bitter in 
taste and considered to have an 
excellent tonic effect, especially 
in debility 
A nourishing grass eaten freely 
Myin-wa 
gSols 
Dendrocalamus strictus 
Wa-pyu 
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Dendrocalamus mem- 
branaccus 
Wa-bo 
Dendrocalamus Bran- 
disii 
-Are considered the best 
Kya-lo-wa 
cqjcxjols 
Bambusa Brandisii ... 
Kyakat-wa 
cqj-oools 
Bambusa arundinaria 
J 
Thaik-wa 
Bambusa polymorpha 
Bambusa tulda, Bam- 
busa offinis 
Are thought by Burmans to 
(- cause slight congestion of the 
Tin-wa 
oc6solg 
Cephalostachyum per- 
gracile 
Salu 
Licuala peltata 
Much liked 
Yingan 
Zalacca Wallichiana ... 
Fruit much sought after 
