Nepali name(s) of Xylia xylocarpa

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends, and Saroj ji,

Please help with Nepali name(s) (if any) of Xylia xylocarpa.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Dinesh ji,

It is not listed in Nepal.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Dinesh Valke]

OK, thanks Saroj ji.

May be it is found distributed in small scale OR its timber imported for commercial purpose.

I had found this page in Forests and Forestry in Nepal by S. S. Negi, Sharad Singh Negi.

And searching for its synonym - Xylia dolabriformis, I found its entry in Ancient Nepal - Journal of the Department of Archaeology.

I find the popular name jambu given to the plant ... found on page 12 (as printed on page) or page 17 of the PDF.

Jambu is found as a name given to this plant in many languages - for, the colour of heartwood is the rose-pink colour of jambu fruit.

The ascent and pronunciation varies regionally.

In the western coast, the local laterite stone also gets the same name jambu, because of the jambu colour.

I think I will go with जांबु ... your thoughts, please.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Saroj Kasaju]

I checked and did not find any mention anywhere.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Dinesh Valke]

OK. thanks Saroj ji.

I will use the references that I put in my above message, to list  जांबु jaambu as Nepali name ...

Listing the references again here:

Forests and Forestry in Nepal by S. S. Negi, Sharad Singh Negi

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=LrtcpVzm1K4C&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=Xylia+xylocarpa+Nepal&source=bl&ots=yaELMobjZ6&sig=ACfU3U2U1kI2ELMxhj22yNsyJrjs7yp3XA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs__3Q8fjjAhWHfisKHQxlDbYQ6AEwDHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Xylia%20xylocarpa%20Nepal&f=false

Ancient Nepal - Journal of the Department of Archaeology

http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ancientnepal/pdf/ancient_nepal_147_full.pdf

Regards.

Dinesh