Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week :: Xylia xylocarpa at Karnala Bird Sanctuary

[Dinesh Valke]

Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub.

• ZY-lee-a -- from the Greek xylon, (wood); referring to the genus having very hard wood
  zy-lo-KAR-puh -- woody fruit

Mar 28, 2009 ... at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra

commonly known as: Burma ironwood, Indian Iron tree • Hindi: जंबू jambu • Kannada: ಅರಸು ತೇಗ arasu tega • Konkani: झांबा jamba • Malayalam: ഇരുള്‍ irul, ഇരുമുള്ള് irunmull, കടമരം katamaram • Marathi: जांब or जांबा jamba, येरुळ yerul • Mizo: thing-uk • Oriya: kangada • Sanskrit कनककुली kanakakuli, शिंशपा shinshapa • Tamil: இருவேல் iruvel • Telugu: ఎర్ర చిన్నంగి erra chinnangi, కొండ తంగేడు konda tangedu

Native to: India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

References: Flowers of India • Forestry Compendium • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT


more views:

• Mar 28, 2009 ... at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra
  
• Dec 29, 2009 ... ... at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra
  

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

again shower of Mimosaceae plans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Dinesh ji for another nice upload

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[H S]

very common in Konkan and in some patches of vidarbha in Maharashtra,, fruits always remind me of weapon of Mowgli... of the Jungle book.

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[Neha Singh]

Beautiful set of pics Dinesh Sir.
U can turn anything extraordinary with yr lens.


Regards
Neha S

[Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy]

Beautiful sets Dinesh Ji.

I missed the flowers in my collection.

 

Thanks

BRS

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park
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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Balkar ji, Gurcharan ji, HS, Neha ji and Rathinasabapathy ji for appreciating the uploads.
Yes HS, it reminds me too of the weapon - with looks of a boomerang.
Regards.
Dinesh

[prasad dash]

Very very beautiful and neat images.

Regards

Prasad

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