Indica

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Indica (or indicum) means "of India", or "Indian", in Latin and is applied to things connected with India or South Asia:

• The specific epithets indica and indicum are used in binomial nomenclature to indicate species (or subspecies) of plants, animals etc thought to originate in, or associated with, India.
  • Examples of such species are Mangifera indica (mango), Juniperus indica (black juniper), Azadirachta indica (neem), and Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle).
  • Indica is a long-grain variety of rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica), as opposed to the short-grain Japonica (O. sativa subsp. japonica).
  • Another example of a botanic subspecies is Cannabis sativa subsp. indica (a type of marijuana, considered to be a separate species, Cannabis indica, by some authorities).
• TATA Indica is the name of a car sold by the Indian company TATA Motors. It is sold in the UK as CityRover.
• Indica is the title of Arrian's account of Nearchus' voyage from India after Alexander the Great's conquest.
• Indica or Indika is the title of Megasthenes' account of his travels in South Asia as ambassador in Chandragupta Maurya's court.

Other meanings of Indica apparently lacking a direct connection with India include:

• Indica is a solo project from Eliad Grundland, the man behind the Israeli psychedelic trance group Space Buddha.

• Indica Gallery was a London gallery in the 1960s set up by John Dunbar, Barry Miles and Peter Asher. It was the place where John Lennon and Yoko Ono met.

• Indica Records is a Quebec record label.

• Indica were a four piece hardcore, alternative metal band from Midsomer Norton (U.K), who were signed to Sugar Shack records.