Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Erythrina variegata at Dodhani near Matheran, and Vaghbil

[Dinesh Valke]

Erythrina variegata L.

• er-ith-RY-nuh -- red colored
  var-ee-GAY-tuh -- variegated

Feb 19, 2011 ... at Dodhani village, at base of Matheran, Maharashtra

commonly known as: Indian coral tree, lenten tree, tiger claw • Assamese: মদাৰ madaar • Bengali: ডেও deo, ডেউয়া deuya, মাদার maadaara, মন্দার mandaara • Gujarati: પાનરવો paanarvo • Hindi: महामेद mahamed, मन्दार mandar, पांगरा pangra, पारिभद्र paribhadra, पारिजात parijat • Kannada: ಹೊಮ್ಗಾರ homgaara • Konkani: पोंगेरो pongero • Malayalam: മുള്‍മുരിക്ക് mulmurikk, മുരിക്ക് murikk, പെണ്‍മുരിക്ക് penmurikk • Manipuri: korou angangba • Marathi: पांगारा pangara • Mizo: fartuah • Nepalese: मन्दार् mandar, फलेदो phaledo • Sanskrit: बहुपुष्पः bahupushpah, महामेदः mahamedah, मन्दारः mandarah, मन्दारकः mandarakah, मन्दारवः mandaravah, मन्दारुः mandaruh, मन्दटः mandatah, पारिभद्रः paribhadrh, प्रवालश्मन्तकः pravalashmantakah, सुष्पः sushpah, सुतिक्तकः sutiktakah, व्यागुलीकेसरः vyagulikesarah, विद्रुमः vidrumah • Tamil: சிவப்புமொச்சை civappu-moccai, கிஞ்சுகம் kincukam, முள்ளுமுருக்கு mullu-murukku, நவிர் navir, பலாசம் palacam, பாரிசாதம் paricatam • Telugu: బాడినెచెట్టు badidepuchettu, ముచ్చెకర్ర muchchekarra

Native to: e Africa, s China, e Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, n Australia


some views:

• Feb 19, 2011 ... at Dodhani village, at base of Matheran, Maharashtra
  
• Apr 2, 2010 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Apr 27, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  

Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are unable to view them among contents above.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Cute set of Pics. Thanks Dinesh Ji for showing many Erythrina s

2011/11/7 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

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Dr Balkar Singh
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Arya P G College, Panipat
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[Satish Phadke]

The first and the last picture appear more thorny for it to be E. variegata but it can be

2011/11/7 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

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Dr Satish Phadke

[J.M. Garg]

I think first & last image may be of Erythrina stricta Roxb. or Erythrina suberosa Roxb. 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks Garg ji for validating this post. 

Hopefully someone will give a confident thought; will correct my notes accordingly.

Regards.

Dinesh