[efloraofindia:34853] Chinar Tree

[Balkar Arya]

Dear All
 Chinar Tree from Chail Himachal Pradesh
Platanus orientalis
taken 11 June 2006

Regards
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Balkar ji

You forgot to attach photograph

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Balkar Arya]

Oops!! forgot to attach
now attaching

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nice photograph Balkar ji

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[R. Vijayasankar]

Dear Balkar ji,

 

Thanks for posting Platanus. This reminded me Hibiscus platanifolius (leaves look similar to that of Platanus, so the name?). I will post it in seperate mail.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

[tanay bose]

Nice photograph Balkar ji

tanay

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[mani nair]

Excellent photo Balkarji,   I have taken some photos when we visited Kashmir last year.  The trees are majestic looking and are protected in Kashmir.  I will pos some photos.

 

Regards,

Mani.

[Balkar Arya]

Thank u all
Can anyone suggest a nursery from where i may have plants of Chinar

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

As promised I am sending some photos of Chinar trees taken in Kashmir.

Hope you like it.

Regards,

Mani.

[Kenneth Greby]

Very nice photos Mani.

This species is not typically cultivated in the US. Instead, we have the complex hybrid P. X acerifolia, as well as native P. occidentalis, P. racemosa, P. wrightii, as well as the Mexican P. mexicana.

Regards--
Ken.

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Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 5:23:30 AM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:35023] Chinar Tree

[Gurcharan Singh]

Mani ji

Good photographs, reminding me more of Kashmir

Platanus orientalis growing primarily in the Mediterranean presents an example vicariance with its closely related species of America, P. occidentalis; Kenneth is so familiar with.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear Kenneth 

What a coincidence. I was typing you name at the same time you were typing your mail.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Kenneth Greby]

Ahh, very good!

Hope all is well with you my friend.

Regards--
Ken.

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Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 5:39:02 AM
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[Madhuri Pejaver]

Thank you very much for sending these photos.

In our young age there was a song in marathi in which there was a comparison of Chinar tree with Termerind tree!!

After looking at your photos i really feel like laughing like Tanay Ha Ha Ha, though it may not suit my age!

the song was

He chincheche zad dise maj chinar vrukshapari

Disashi  tu disashi tu disashi tu navtaruni Kashmiri

that is this termerind tree looks to me as a chinar tree and you like a Kashmiri beautiful lady.

sorry for diversion from identification of trees

Madhuri 

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Sent: Mon, 17 May, 2010 5:53:30 PM

Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:35023] Chinar Tree

[Gurcharan Singh]

Madhuri ji

It was not diversion rather important interjunction. Chinar tree being huge deciduous tree loses its leaves in October-November. Locals gather these leaves into heaps, burn them under control (rather ground fire with only smoke and not flame coming out) so that these leaves are converted into flakes of charcoal. Locals use these  in their Kangri, which may remain heated for up to two days with one filling of Chinar charcoal. 

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[tanay bose]

Dear rashida Ji,

I am adding links where you can see how Chinar charcoal is made and how it looks..

http://autarmota.blogspot.com/2010/01/kangris-charcoal-and-winter-of-kashmir.html

 

http://autarmota.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-kangri-charcoal-from-dry-chinat.html

 

Regards

tanay

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Tanay Bose
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9830439691(Mobile)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Tanay

How do you manage to hunt out such good sites? Great job done.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[tanay bose]

Thank you Sir Ji, feels nice to know that you liked it

Tanay

[Rashida Atthar]

Excellent links Tanay ji  and excellent pictures posted of the tree by Balkar ji and Mani ji.  Thanks to Dr. Gurcharan ji  for explaining the process of how the leaves are used.  Thanks to all.

regards,
Rashida.

[tanay bose]

welcome rashida ji

tanay

[mani nair]

Thanks Rashidaji.

Regards,

Mani.

[mani nair]

I am sending a picture of Chinar trees shot at the Mata Khirbhavaniji Temple, Srinagar.  When you look above at the chinar trees, you see the map of  India.  

Hope it is interesting to you.

Regards,

Mani.