pakur and pilkhan are probably synonymous . Piar in Jharkhand is the name of Chironji tree. I will check up, but it should be some terminalia variety. I stAND CORRECTED AS i HAVE NOT CONSULTED ANY BOOK AS YET. akbhatt
c On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:48 PM, sibdas ghosh <[email protected]> wrote: > SORRY for taking a very casual photograph, and initiating a lengthy > discussion. In my dictionary I find peepar is Piper longum, Piyar is unknown > to me, Gargji- Wickipedia refers F. virens as Pilkhan, not peepar or pakur. > Pakur so far I know is F. rumphii/ syn. F. chordifolia. I am tempted to > believe it pakur, because a nearby field is known as Pakurtalir Math. Next > time I visit the place, i hope to take some authentik photographs. > > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:43 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it piyar then? Yes I feel it should be piyar and not pipar >> Madhuri >> ------Original Message------ >> From: sibdas >> Sender: [email protected] >> To: indiantreepix >> Subject: [indiantreepix:11458] Re: A Ficus sp. >> Sent: May 2, 2009 10:01 PM >> >> >> I presume it is pakur (Bengali), what is in Hindi - pakar. I am not >> sure what you mean by pipar. Pipar is as far as I know is Piper >> longum, that is a completely different plant. May be pakar in some >> other language is known as pipar. >> >> On May 2, 8:20 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> > Is it pipar? >> > Madhuri >> > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: sibdas ghosh <[email protected]> >> > >> > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:15:18 >> > To: indiantreepix<[email protected]> >> > Subject: [indiantreepix:11450] A Ficus sp. >> > >> > A Ficus sp. for i.d. From kankalitala, Birbhum- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> Sibdas Ghosh >> >> >> >> -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

