MS/3/2020/6 Tree for ID

M Swamy

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Apr 1, 2020, 11:23:49 AM4/1/20

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Please ID the tree species in front of a temple in Tamilnadu. It is worshipped. Looks like a species of Garcenia. Could it be ?

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Apr 1, 2020, 10:12:11 PM4/1/20

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Furnish some more information, Swamy Ji,

With regards.

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Mahadeswara

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Apr 1, 2020, 11:02:22 PM4/1/20

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Sorry Anjaneyulu ji. These pictures have been sent by someone from Tamil Nadu . He has no other photographs.

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Furnish some more information, Swamy Ji,
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lalithamba

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Apr 3, 2020, 8:16:53 AM4/3/20

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It is Diospyros species(flower character); in some temples in A.P. also Diospyros is worshipped; where it is photographed, even the sign board on the tree is not clear, its tamil name?

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J.M. Garg

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Apr 3, 2020, 9:09:52 AM4/3/20

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M Swamy

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:25:46 AM4/3/20

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Garg ji & Lalithamba madam,

Thanks. In Tamil it is written as "Tamala maram" the Krishna's favourite tree. It is a tree planted in front of a temple ( Purandhara temple a Vaishanavaite's temple) in a town near Tirunelveli. Here in Mysore I consulted an expert taxonomist , who confirmed that the tree is Garcinia xanthochymus only. I also checked a review paper on Garcinia sps in Researgate and matched with G.xanthochymus. Now I am really confused !

Madam, I shall be thankful if you could post the photographs of the Diospyros planted in A.P temples. I am curious to know.

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kips0519

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:34:20 AM4/3/20

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I have one photo of Diospyros species (D.malabarica) Noted at South Gujarat but here we are not able for proper identification because we have no more photos.

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Kishan Prajapati

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Date: 03/04/2020 5:46 p.m. (GMT+05:30)

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Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:346979] MS/3/2020/6 Tree for ID

It is Diospyros species(flower character); in some temples in A.P. also Diospyros is worshipped; where it is photographed, even the sign board on the tree is not clear, its tamil name?

A.Lalithamba.

On Thursday, 2 April 2020 08:32:22 UTC+5:30, Mahadeswara wrote:

Sorry Anjaneyulu ji. These pictures have been sent by someone from Tamil Nadu . He has no other photographs.

On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 7:42:11 AM UTC+5:30, Paradesi Anjaneyulu wrote:
Furnish some more information, Swamy Ji,
With regards.

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 20:53, M Swamy <swam...@gmail.com> wrote:
Please ID the tree species in front of a temple in Tamilnadu. It is worshipped. Looks like a species of Garcenia. Could it be ?

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radha veach

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:40:27 AM4/3/20

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The posted tree seems to have alternate leaves so Garcinia can be ruled out.
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Radha

J.M. Garg

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:42:02 AM4/3/20

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:42:57 AM4/3/20

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Lalithamba Avadhanam

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Apr 3, 2020, 11:20:22 AM4/3/20

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It is not Garcinia xanthochymos; because I know the plant very well;the crown is pyramidal like Polyalthea longifolia tree; it is most probably Diospyros malabarica; which is known as tumbika in tamil; one tamil fisherman showed Diospyros tree as tamala; but actually in Sanskrit it is Cinnamomum tamala(tej patta tree) In many areas people worship Diospyros chloroxylon, D.malabarica(Syn.D.peregrina) as an incarnation of Goddess Parvati(as village deity) The first image clear, the flower is of typical Diospyros

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Lalithamba Avadhanam

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Apr 3, 2020, 11:29:47 AM4/3/20

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This is how trees are worshipped;

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J.M. Garg

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Apr 3, 2020, 11:59:53 AM4/3/20

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Thanks, Lalithamba ji

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Apr 3, 2020, 12:01:06 PM4/3/20

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Thanks Radha ji.

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kips0519

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:20:14 PM4/3/20

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Hello everyone,

I have two photos of Diospyros malabarica flowering.

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Kishan Prajapati

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J.M. Garg

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Apr 3, 2020, 10:56:12 PM4/3/20

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Thanks, Kishan ji.

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