Malvaceae week :: Bombax insigne

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 8, 2011, 4:48:14 AM9/8/11

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Bombax insigne Wall.

BOM-baks -- from the Greek bombyx (silk), referring to the silken fibers from this tree
in-SIG-nee or in-SIG-nay -- remarkable or distinguished

Feb 2, 2008 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

commonly known as: silk cotton tree • Andaman: didu, dumboil • Bengali: সেমল semal • Kuki: inpang • Malayalam: കല്ലിലവ് kallilav, പൃള prila • Manipuri: খুমন তেৰা khuman tera • Marathi: देव सावर dev-savar • Sanskrit: कूटशाल्मली kutasalmali • Tamil: கல்இலவு kalilavu

Native of: India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

... Dec 12, 2009 at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park)
... Dec 21, 2008 somewhere on Kumbharli Ghat
... Dec 21, 2008 somewhere on Kumbharli Ghat
... Feb 7, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
... Dec 13, 2009 at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park)
... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Bombaxinsigne&m=tags

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Dinesh

Balkar Arya

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Sep 8, 2011, 9:51:38 AM9/8/11

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Beautiful !!!!!!!

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