Mar 24, 2012 11:45
12 yrs ago
Arabic term
عين الذيب
Arabic to English
Science
Esoteric practices
plant or animal?
The original text is a recipe for making a particular incense for treatment. It just says: "collect all the ingredients, grind them and cense the person with the mixture", that's all the instructions with a list of the ingredients without any further explanation. The problem is with a few names which I don't understand and can not find in any dictionary or reference. So either they are some obscured titles, or some kind of rural names of the given herb/resin known only to the author.
This name "wolf's eye" may be an actual animal part but I was told there is a herb with the same name. Unfortunately, I can't find what is this plant?
This name "wolf's eye" may be an actual animal part but I was told there is a herb with the same name. Unfortunately, I can't find what is this plant?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | Dogbane |
rabbas (X)
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| 3 | Rhazya stricta Decne |
Linda Al-Bairmani
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Proposed translations
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Dogbane
Rhazya is the genus of many species:
Genus: Rhazya
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Rauvolfioideae tribe: Vinceae:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?417560
These are found in " Rare Species Rhazya stricta Decne. (Apocynaceae), is known in Egypt only from Kharga Oasis. Its occurrence in Kharga represents the westernmost locality in its geographical range of distribution, which extends eastwards to Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and southwards into Sudan. The above three endemic species, as well as the rare Rhazya, are known only from one or very few collections, and are therefore to be classified as threatened species.": http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1808/
Common name of species family Apocynaceae: http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/plant names.htm
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2012-03-26 00:56:34 GMT)
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It is also known by other common names: http://www.rain-tree.com/periwinkle.htm
Genus: Rhazya
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Rauvolfioideae tribe: Vinceae:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?417560
These are found in " Rare Species Rhazya stricta Decne. (Apocynaceae), is known in Egypt only from Kharga Oasis. Its occurrence in Kharga represents the westernmost locality in its geographical range of distribution, which extends eastwards to Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and southwards into Sudan. The above three endemic species, as well as the rare Rhazya, are known only from one or very few collections, and are therefore to be classified as threatened species.": http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1808/
Common name of species family Apocynaceae: http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/plant names.htm
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2012-03-26 00:56:34 GMT)
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It is also known by other common names: http://www.rain-tree.com/periwinkle.htm
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Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Rhazya stricta Decne
As I noted in the discussion entry, each country has a different name. In Iraq, it turned out that we call it Harmal.
Sorry about the fishy sites, but that's how I managed to see the name in my dialect.
Good luck
Sorry about the fishy sites, but that's how I managed to see the name in my dialect.
Good luck
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