zaNa (hemp)

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

--- Geeta Bharathan <geeta at LIFE.BIO.SUNYSB.EDU> wrote:

> Cannabis sativa (family Cannabinaceae) is source of hemp and marijuana
>

 Called as "kullai" in sangam texts; ganja plant.

> Corchorus capsularis and Corchorus olitorius (family Tiliaceae) are
> sources of jute fibre that makes jute/gunny bags.

 "gunny" as in gunny-bag comes from tamil word, "ka.n.ni"("rope","knot")etc.,
 Check Madras univ. Lexicon; will look into my copy of Hobson-Jobson.

 Best regards,
 SM


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