VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 45

[Col Bimal Sarkar]

Dear friend,                  Attaching the image of 45 th member of the series.This is TAMALA as per Valmiki.Scintifically it is known as Garcinia morella.The tree is associated with Krishna.There are many KIRTANS ( devotional songs )in Bangla,where Tamala is mentioned along with Krishna.The picture is taken in the campus of MADAN-MOHAN temple at Cooch Behar. Regards Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar Mobile: 9434194942

[J.M. Garg]

Images may be of Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson as per images herein & do not match with images of Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr.

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[J.M. Garg]

[J.M. Garg]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>
Date: 10 October 2016 at 18:25
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:82449] VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 45
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear Gargji. The image is of Diospyros montana. As a non botanist I depended on botanical literature for identity.

There were three candidates for TAMALA ,namely,

( a ) Cinnamomum tamala

( b )Garcinia morella

( c ) Garcinia xanthochymus

I know the plants at ( a ) and ( c ), so I thought  Garcinia morella will be the correct name. But a conservator of forest from Assam brought it to my notice that it was not Garcinia morella . Now I know for certain that the image is of Diospyros Montana. As per The Useful Plants of India the Sanskrit name of Diospyros Montana is TUMALA.

Regards,

Bimal