Species Identity

[Keith Lopes]

I have No pictures , There is a Species at the Local Timber Depot Called Panchras (Marathi) Couldn't Find it's Botanical name after much digging around, Location Would be Palghar District and Around Mumbai. Please Help Identify.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

[Dinesh Valke]

I think the local timber depot has named some "wood" as panchras. I am not aware of it.

Literal meaning of panchras is mixture of five juices - the name is used in ayurveda, referring to various mixtures of five different species of plants, used in medical treatment.

Try google searching these word variants of panchras: पांचरस, पंचरस, पंचारस

I could not find any single species by that name.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Dinesh ji

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With regards,
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From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb, 2022, 6:18 pm
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:414390] Species Identity
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

I think the local timber depot has named some "wood" as panchras. I am not aware of it.

Literal meaning of panchras is mixture of five juices - the name is used in ayurveda, referring to various mixtures of five different species of plants, used in medical treatment.

Try google searching these word variants of panchras: पांचरस, पंचरस, पंचारस

I could not find any single species by that name.

Regards.

Dinesh

On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 3:43 PM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Keith Lopes]

Thanks Dinesh and Garg ji for your Inputs, The Name comes from Local Names.

For Example They Refer to Aldina Cordifolia as Haid or Haldoo Or Hedi.

I Suspect the Species is  Muntingia calabura.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Dinesh ji

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From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 at 11:27
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:414638] Species Identity
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Thanks Garg ji.

Local names of native plants are quite popular and are found on internet and most of them find their names entered in dictionaries, reference books, literature, articles.

Thus Haid, Haldoo and Hedi - names of Aldina cordifolia are well known.

However names of exotic or foreign trees are given names by people locally, and may not be known beyond a region.

The exotic Muntingia calabura has one name given in Marathi - केवनी or केवणी ... but this may not be a popular name.

I have not yet come across the name पांचरस or पंचरस or पंचारस for Muntingia calabura

Thanks very much to Keith ji for sharing this information.

Regards.

Dinesh

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