VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE

[Col Bimal Sarkar]

Dear Friend,
Attaching two images of VARUNA,as mentioned by Valmiki in his Ramayan.This tree is known as Crataeva religiosa in scientific language.
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Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
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[JM Garg]

Hi, Bimal ji.

Pl. check with Crateva magna (Lour.) DC. as per images herein & as per keys & distribution at BSI (eFlora of India) with details & keys

There seems to be no distribution of C. religiosa G.Forst. in west Bengal.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Bimal ji.

There has been lot of confusion in this genera. Hopefully we are able to remove it in time to come.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>
Date: 1 October 2016 at 19:52
Subject: Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE
To: JM Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Sir,

      Thank you very much for the input.

      However  as per  " OUR TREE NEIGHBOURS " by Chakravarti S. Venkatesh ( NCERT Publication )

   " Crateva nurvala syn. Crateva religiosa occurs throughout India."

Regards,

Bimal

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