mallotus philipensis

[vinod kumar gupta]

Taken at corbett on 27.12.7

 

Also called sindoor/kamala/roli

 

Vinod

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[J.M. Garg]

Lovely close shot, Vinod ji.

Here is a good link about this tree, which is valued for its fast dye & medicinal properties: http://www.bpi.da.gov.ph/Publications/mp/pdf/b/banato.pdf

 

For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Lanscape pictures etc., visit  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg

[Kiran Srivastava]

Thanks for the photograph. I am reminded of this tree we had seen this in Corbett NP in April and our Nepalese bird guide from Tiger Camp told us that the local women use the red powder as sindoor. We didn’t see such profusion of fruits as this tree though!

 

Cheers,

Kiran Srivastava

Mumbai

kir...@vsnl.net

 

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From: indian...@googlegroups.com [mailto:indian...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of vinod kumar gupta
Sent: 14 February 2008 23:53
To: indian...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Indiantreepix] mallotus philipensis

[leena taneja rao]

It is also called Runi or Rohini by the Kumaonis, and is a common mid-sized tree in the bhabar forests.

Leena Taneja Rao.

Kiran Srivastava <kir...@vsnl.net> wrote:

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