Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae

Satish Phadke

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Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae - Tectona grandis
The flowers of Sag tree. Tectona grandis.
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Dinesh Valke

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Tectona grandis L.f.

tek-toh-nuh -- possibly derived from vernacular name of the tree, tekku
GRAN-dees or GRAN-dis -- large, spectacular

May 11, 2007 at Mangalore

commonly known as: teak • Bengali: সেগুন seguna • Burmese: kyun • Gujarati: સાગ saag • Hindi: सगुन sagun • Konkani: साग sag, सैलो sylo • Malayalam: തേക്ക് theekk • Manipuri: chingsoo • Marathi: साग sag, सागवान sagwan, साय saya, सायवान sayawan •Sanskrit: शाक shak • Tamil: தேக்கு tekku • Telugu: తకు teku

Native to: south-east Asia (mainly India, Myanmar and Java)

... May 9, 2009 along Saphale Ghat (leading to Palghar)
... Feb 7, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
... Jul 14, 2007 along NH 3 near Padga village
... Mar 24, 2007 near Silent Hills Resort, Manor

Regards.
Dinesh

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Lovely catch !!

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 7, 2011, 1:34:36 AM7/7/11

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Now in Lamiaceae, Satish ji

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 7, 2011, 1:47:16 AM7/7/11

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Lamiaceae now Dinesh ji

I had mentioned about it in my week note, the reason I combined two families in one week.

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Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
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Ushadi micromini

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Jul 12, 2011, 12:50:07 AM7/12/11

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I just discovered that (upon careful reading) ,
( prompted by Gurucharanji's write up in one of the threads)

that Tectona group/genus is now in Family: Lamiaceae

so an changing my database and annointating as many of my botany/
trees books as possible

Thanks for the education, Gurucharanji...
Usha di
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On Jul 7, 10:47 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lamiaceae now Dinesh ji
> I had mentioned about it in my week note, the reason I combined two families
> in one week.
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > *Tectona grandis *L.f.
>
> > - *tek-toh-nuh* -- possibly derived from vernacular name of the tree, *
> > tekku*
> > - *GRAN-dees* or *GRAN-dis* -- large, spectacular
>
> > [image: Tectona grandis]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/505583651/>

>
> > May 11, 2007 at Mangalore
>

> > *commonly known as*: teak • *Bengali*: সেগুন seguna • *Burmese*: kyun • *
> > Gujarati*: સાગ saag • *Hindi*: सगुन sagun • *Konkani*: साग sag, सैलो sylo
> > • *Malayalam*: തേക്ക് theekk • *Manipuri*: chingsoo • *Marathi*: साग sag,
> > सागवान sagwan, साय saya, सायवान sayawan •*Sanskrit*: शाक shak • *Tamil*:
> > தேக்கு tekku • *Telugu*: తకు teku
>
> > *Native to*: south-east Asia (mainly India, Myanmar and Java)
>
> > - [image: Saag (Gujarati: સાગ)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3522268232/>

> > ... May 9, 2009 along Saphale Ghat (leading to Palghar)

> > - [image: Chingsoo (in Manipuri)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3260950150/>

> > ... Feb 7, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra

> > - [image: Sagun (Hindi: सगुन)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/817365563/>

> > ... Jul 14, 2007 along NH 3 near Padga village

> > - [image: Sagwan (Marathi: सागवान)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/433784987/>

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 12, 2011, 12:56:01 AM7/12/11

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... many thanks Gurcharan ji for pointing out the changes for various plants ... will make change in my notes too.
Regards.
Dinesh

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