Talk:manita

RFV discussion: November 2011–March 2012

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manita

Chiranthodendron pentadactyllon. Apparently this is the "Mexican devil's hand tree"...? Equinox ◑ 01:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Searches for "manita-tree" and "manitas"+"tree" find some hits that are using "manita" to mean a particular kind of tree, but I can't say what kind. - -sche (discuss) 07:13, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

[[1]] has "hand-flower tree," "tree of the little hands," "monkey's hand" and "devil's hand" for Chiranthodendron pentadactylon. BenjaminBarrett12 (talk) 08:09, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Cited as "manita tree" — should the entry be moved to [[manita tree]]? - -sche (discuss) 20:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm not against creating a new entry for manita tree, but manita is used alone, as attested by two quotations I have just added. — Xavier, 22:53, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm, now, considering the quotes, I'm wondering if manita is not the flower rather than the tree. — Xavier, 22:56, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Hm, interesting question. I've started looking for more citations. I found one of manitas=tree, Citations:manitas. - -sche (discuss) 00:05, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

If we define manita as the flower (which is what the citations support), does that make manita tree SOP? If so, we can just leave all the quotations where they are, and not create manita tree. - -sche (discuss) 00:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

OK. I have added two more citations attesting that manita also refers to the tree. Thank you for helping, I think you can close this case now. — Xavier, 20:40, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

I've broadened the definition to "The tree Chiranthodendron pentadactyllon, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces." to account for all the citations. - -sche (discuss) 22:34, 26 March 2012 (UTC)