Indica

Indica is classical Greek and Latin for "of India". It (therefore) is used to mean various India-related things, including:

Historical ethnographic accounts of India

• Indica (Arrian), Arrian's account of Nearchus' voyage from India
• Indica (Al-Biruni), Al-Biruni's account of his travels in India
• Indica (Ctesias), a recording of the beliefs of the Persians about India by the classical Greek author Ctesias
• Indica (Megasthenes), the Megasthenes' account of his travels in India

Arts

• Indica (Argentine band)
• Indica (Finnish band)
• Indica Gallery, a London art gallery in the 1960s

Brands and companies

• Indica Records, a Quebec record label
• Tata Indica, an automobile by Tata Motors, India
• Indica India Pale Ale, beer by Lost Coast Brewery

Biology / Taxonomy

If a species originates in India, its scientific name sometimes includes "Indica"

Subspecies

• Apis cerana indica, a subspecies of honey bee and one of the important pollinating agents for coconut Palms
• Acacia nilotica subsp. indica, a perennial tree native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan
• Oryza sativa var. indica, the Indica rice, a long-grained cultivar of rice
• Puccinia substriata var. indica, a plant pathogen subspecies
• Cannabis indica

See also

• All pages with titles containing indica
• Indicus (disambiguation)
• Indicum (disambiguation)
• Mangifera austro-indica, a plant species endemic to India
• Opuntia ficus-indica, the prickly pear, the Indian fig opuntia or barbary fig, a cactus species and a long-domesticated crop plant important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world