baobab or gorakh chinch
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Pankaj Kumar
Feb 27, 2011, 6:20:03 AM2/27/11
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I imagine who and why they chopped off its branches. The best thing
about this tree is its look itself....
I am very much fond of this particular tree!!
Pankaj
about this tree is its look itself....
I am very much fond of this particular tree!!
Pankaj
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:46 PM, manoj <mghat...@gmail.com> wrote:
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mani nair
Feb 27, 2011, 8:16:37 AM2/27/11
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Manoj ji, Beautiful tree. We have seen these trees planted on roadside at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh.
Regards,
Mani.
Regards,
Mani.
tanay bose
Feb 27, 2011, 11:13:27 AM2/27/11
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Nice catch really a nice tree
tanay
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Pankaj Kumar
Feb 27, 2011, 1:00:10 PM2/27/11
to Pravin Kawale, tanay bose, mani nair, indian...@googlegroups.com, manoj
At some places, it was planted by britishers. Native of African continent.
Interestingly this is not native but still finds mention in the vedas
as Parijat tree.
Wild species of this have been reported from India.
Pankaj
Interestingly this is not native but still finds mention in the vedas
as Parijat tree.
Wild species of this have been reported from India.
Pankaj
tanay bose
Feb 27, 2011, 9:37:05 PM2/27/11
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Nice Parijat tree
Tanay
Ulhas
Feb 28, 2011, 12:34:24 AM2/28/11
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Baobab or Gorakhchich is also known as Monkey-bread tree or Upside
down tree (when leafless it appears as if the roots are up in the
sky!). Botanically it is Adansonia digitata. It is endemic in
Tropical Africa and supposed to have been introduced in western India
from Africa by Arabian traders. This is an ecologically important
tree and there is a beautiful film titled Baobab which shows the life
around this tree all around the day and night.
This is not Parijat. Parijat of Prajakt is Nyctanthes arbor-tristris,
a very popular / fragrant garden plant - small tree / big shrub. The
scented pretty small flowers with white petals and orange tube bloom
in the evening and fall in the early morning, perfect for the
believers to collect and use for pooja. The plant supposed to have
emerged during the churning of the ocean by devas and danavas. The
origin is recorded as East India and Sumatra, however the plant is not
really seen in wilderness but mostly in gardens and plantations. The
leaves are rough and used like sand paper to polish wood.
Ulhas
down tree (when leafless it appears as if the roots are up in the
sky!). Botanically it is Adansonia digitata. It is endemic in
Tropical Africa and supposed to have been introduced in western India
from Africa by Arabian traders. This is an ecologically important
tree and there is a beautiful film titled Baobab which shows the life
around this tree all around the day and night.
This is not Parijat. Parijat of Prajakt is Nyctanthes arbor-tristris,
a very popular / fragrant garden plant - small tree / big shrub. The
scented pretty small flowers with white petals and orange tube bloom
in the evening and fall in the early morning, perfect for the
believers to collect and use for pooja. The plant supposed to have
emerged during the churning of the ocean by devas and danavas. The
origin is recorded as East India and Sumatra, however the plant is not
really seen in wilderness but mostly in gardens and plantations. The
leaves are rough and used like sand paper to polish wood.
Ulhas
Dinesh Valke
Feb 28, 2011, 3:03:51 AM2/28/11
to Ulhas, efloraofindia
... it may happen that a name popular for a plant in one region could be not so in another.
In context of regions, a popular name of one plant could be altogether shared by another plant.
Parijat is one such example.
In most of India, Nyctanthes arbor-tristris is well known as Parijat, it could be so even in the area where the baobab Adansonia digitata OR the Indian coral tree, Erythrina indica (syn. of Erythrina variegata) is / are known by the same name. For a good justification that baobab indeed is known by the name somewhere in India, it is seen featured on Indian postal stamp ... reference: http://www.travelindia-guide.com/indian-stamps/collection/1997.php
Link to one of earlier discussions on Parijat ... https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/jLrfASAk0B4/discussion
Interestingly, there is no entry found for parijata(ka) as a name for Nyctanthes in some of very well-known Sanskrit dictionaries like:
• Monier-Williams Dictionary ... http://www.sanskrita.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=Nyctanthes&go=Go
• Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary ... http://tinyurl.com/4m4fcrx
Regards.
Dinesh
In context of regions, a popular name of one plant could be altogether shared by another plant.
Parijat is one such example.
In most of India, Nyctanthes arbor-tristris is well known as Parijat, it could be so even in the area where the baobab Adansonia digitata OR the Indian coral tree, Erythrina indica (syn. of Erythrina variegata) is / are known by the same name. For a good justification that baobab indeed is known by the name somewhere in India, it is seen featured on Indian postal stamp ... reference: http://www.travelindia-guide.com/indian-stamps/collection/1997.php
Link to one of earlier discussions on Parijat ... https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/jLrfASAk0B4/discussion
Interestingly, there is no entry found for parijata(ka) as a name for Nyctanthes in some of very well-known Sanskrit dictionaries like:
• Monier-Williams Dictionary ... http://www.sanskrita.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=Nyctanthes&go=Go
• Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary ... http://tinyurl.com/4m4fcrx
Regards.
Dinesh
Bhatt Sweta
Feb 28, 2011, 3:54:47 AM2/28/11
to Dinesh Valke, Ulhas, efloraofindia
If i am not wrong, did we have this discussion earlier as well, for the same reasons??!!--
Bhatt Shweta
Asso. Prof.,
TCSC,
Doctoral Research Student,
M.S.U.
Dinesh Valke
Feb 28, 2011, 3:59:49 AM2/28/11
to Bhatt Sweta, Ulhas, efloraofindia
... yes, we had ... one of them at https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/jLrfASAk0B4/discussion
There could be another in the database.
Regards.
Dinesh
There could be another in the database.
Regards.
Dinesh
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