Calabash Tree-180111 - RK

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ranjini kamath

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Jan 18, 2011, 3:12:25 AM1/18/11
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Bot. name - Crescentia cujete.Family - Bignoniaceae.Pics taken on
16/01/11 in Lalbagh Botanical garden,Bangalore.This was the only
flower on the tree - last of the season i guess.
Regards
Ranjini Kamath
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Mahadeswara

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Jan 18, 2011, 6:35:21 AM1/18/11
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Watch for the fruits and take photographs. The tree is commonly
called beggar's bowl tree, as the big sized fruits were dried and the
outer hard shell was used for alms ( as beggar's bowl). I will upload
the photographs of fruits hanging from the trunk, after searching
from my archives. Beautiful specimens are seen in the Chennai Agri-
horticulture society.
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tanay bose

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Jan 18, 2011, 8:54:18 AM1/18/11
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Yes commonly known as  Calabash Tree
Tanay
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Tanay Bose
Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
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Rajendra Shinde

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Jan 18, 2011, 11:04:23 AM1/18/11
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Here are some pictures of Calabash tree from Bangalore.Taken in Nov 2010.

Rajendra Shinde
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Dr. Rajendra D. Shinde,
Director, Council of International Programmes,
& Associate Professor in Botany
St. Xavier's College,
(Autonomous)
Mumbai 400001.
India.
Off. Tel. +91-22-2262 0662 ext 356; 
dir: 022-2262 0675
Cell : 9819100131

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Vijayadas D

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Jan 18, 2011, 11:04:02 PM1/18/11
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Is this fruit edible ?.  Recently I found this type of tree with fruits in front of a house at Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum, Kerala
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Vijayadas D
Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy
Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210
Riyadh -11462 , KSA
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Pravin Kawale

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Jan 19, 2011, 2:37:06 AM1/19/11
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Hi,
Same from my archive
It's marathi name is Kamandalu
Thanks

>>> *Tanay Bose*


>>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
>>> Department of Botany.
>>> University of British Columbia .
>>> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
>>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
>>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
>>> 604-822-2019 (Lab)
>>> 604-822-6089 (Fax)
>>> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca

>>> *Webpages:*


>>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html
>>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html
>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Dr. Rajendra D. Shinde,
>> Director, Council of International Programmes,
>> & Associate Professor in Botany
>> St. Xavier's College,
>> (Autonomous)
>> Mumbai 400001.
>> India.
>> Off. Tel. +91-22-2262 0662 ext 356;
>> dir: 022-2262 0675
>> Cell : 9819100131
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Vijayadas D
> Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy
> Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210
> Riyadh -11462 , KSA
> vijayadas.wetpaint.com
>


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*Pravin*

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Usha Desai

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Jan 19, 2011, 3:07:05 AM1/19/11
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correct me if I am wrong but the the species shown by Pravinji and Rajendraji appears to be Crescentia alata.
Thank you all for sharing these beautiful pictures...If anyone in Mumbai wants to see the Crescentia alata ,at present one in  Colaba Woods has many fruits.
Usha

Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 19, 2011, 3:22:38 AM1/19/11
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Hindi: Vilayati bel
Tam: Tiruvottukkay

Not known about fruits eaten as such, but definitely used in medicine as diuretic, asperient and febrifuge. The fruit shell takes a fine polish and used like a utensil. Sap was earlier used to dye silk black. Seeds yield an oil similar to groundnut oil.


-- 
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
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M Swamy

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Jan 22, 2011, 6:28:55 AM1/22/11
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I am uploading the photographs of fruits of beggar's bowl. Photos taken during Feb 2008.  Place Agri-Horti Society, Chennai. This has a reference to an earlier mail / discussion on this tree.
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tanay bose

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Jan 22, 2011, 9:34:53 AM1/22/11
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Why such an odd common name?


On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:28 AM, M Swamy <swamy...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am uploading the photographs of fruits of beggar's bowl. Photos taken during Feb 2008.  Place Agri-Horti Society, Chennai. This has a reference to an earlier mail / discussion on this tree.



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Tanay Bose
Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
           604-822-2019 (Lab)
           604-822-6089  (Fax)
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