From: Barry Garcia (barry_garcia@csumb.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 20:12:50 EST
romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
>mocán probably a native plant? Is it a Guanche word?
Mocán is an endemic plant from the Canary Islands related to Camelias
(Theaceae - tea family). It is a small evergreen tree. The fruit is used
for a type of jam called "checerquén" (/tSeser'ken/). The wood is also
apparently good for carving.
My favorite plants from those islands have got to be Phoenix canariensis
(the Canary Island Date Palm), which is the most common feather palm in
california (very regal), and Pride of Madeira (Echium fastuosum) with
deep blue flowers, and Tower of Jewels (Echium wildpretii), which are
called "Tajinaste" on the islands.
I can't seem to be able to find the origin of tajinaste... is it guanche
or Spanish?
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