Patal flower

[Abhay Tiwari]

I recently gathered that rose is also known in Sanskrit as Patal/
पाटल. The other meaning of Sanskrit पाटल (पाढल/पादर in Hindi) refers
to a tree by the same name that has a pinkish red flower. Any idea
about this tree?

[Abhay Tiwari]

The leaves of the said Patal tree are shaped like Bael leaves.
here is a link for this info.- http://www.abhilash.org/bs/home.php?mean=71719

[Dinesh Valke]

Abhay ji,

Leaves like bael reminds us Crataeva spp. (C. religiosa) ... but could not find any of its names as patal.

There is Stereospermum colais ... commonly known as: yellow snake tree • Bengali: পারুল parul • Gujarati: પાડેલી padeli • Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली paroli, पाटल patal • Kannada: ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ kalaadri, ಪಾದರಿ paadari • Konkani: पाडल paadal • Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി paathiri, പൂപ്പാതിരി puuppaathiri • Marathi: पाडळ padal, पाडळी padali • Mizoram: zinghal • Oriya: pamphunia • Sanskrit: पाटल patal, पाटला patala, पाटलि patali • Tamil: அம்பு ampu, அம்புவாகினி ampuvakini, பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி punkali • Telugu: అంబువాసిని ambuvasini, కలిగొట్టు kaligottu, పాదిరి padiri, పాటల patala • Urdu: پارل paral, پاٿل patal


However this S. colais does not have tri-foliate leaves like bael.


Reference: A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English
... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=platts&query=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2&matchtype=exact&display=utf8


Let us wait for comments.


Regards.

[Tabish]

A tree more commonly known as Patal is Stereospermum chelonoides.
Leaves are not trifoliate, but compound. However, the leaflets do
resemble Bel tree leaves.
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=45531&flora_id=110
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stereospermum_chelonoides_Blanco2.252-original.png
- Tabish

On Jul 23, 9:01 am, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Abhay ji,
>
> Leaves like bael reminds us Crataeva spp. (C. religiosa) ... but could not
> find any of its names as patal.
>

> There is *Stereospermum colais* ... commonly known as: yellow snake tree •

> Bengali: পারুল parul • Gujarati: પાડેલી padeli • Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली
> paroli, पाटल patal • Kannada: ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ kalaadri, ಪಾದರಿ paadari • Konkani: पाडल
> paadal • Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി paathiri, പൂപ്പാതിരി
> puuppaathiri • Marathi: पाडळ padal, पाडळी padali • Mizoram: zinghal • Oriya:
> pamphunia • Sanskrit: पाटल patal, पाटला patala, पाटलि patali • Tamil: அம்பு
> ampu, அம்புவாகினி ampuvakini, பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி
> punkali • Telugu: అంబువాసిని ambuvasini, కలిగొట్టు kaligottu, పాదిరి padiri,
> పాటల patala • Urdu: پارل paral, پاٿل patal
>

> However this *S. colais* does not have tri-foliate leaves like bael.

>
> Reference: A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English

> ...http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pl...

>
> Let us wait for comments.
>
> Regards.
>

[Abhay Tiwari]

Many thanks Dinshji and Tabish. The second link given by Tabish shows
a picture that has redish flowers, this could be our Patal. Thanks.

On Jul 23, 11:34 am, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A tree more commonly known as Patal is Stereospermum chelonoides.
> Leaves are not trifoliate, but compound. However, the leaflets do
> resemble Bel tree leaves.
>  http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=45531&flora_id=110

>  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stereospermum_chelonoides_Blan...

[Dinesh Valke]

... yes, Tabish has rightly pointed out... as well seen in the earlier posts.

At Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh
... http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Family/Bignoniaceae.htm
there is either some confusion or substance.

Yellow-Flowered Fragrant Trumpet Flower: Stereospermum personatum, Stereospermum chelonoides, Bignonia chelonoides, Stereospermum tetragonum
Rose-Flowered Fragrant Trumpet Flower, Padiri: Stereospermum suaveolens, Bignonia suaveolens

The more digging into Stereospermum, finding that various sites have mixed up and mismatch of names and synonyms

Regards.