In Bengali we call this " *Bandar Lathi*" meaning "the stick of monkey"...What a wonderful name ...!!!!!!!!!! Tanay
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > And if loose motion starts due to excess of pulp it can be treated with the > help of boiled flowers of same tree. These flowers stop diarrhoea caused by > pulp but if you take flowers as such it will cause diarrhoea. > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Satish Chile <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Raghu ji, Muthu ji, Dinesh ji, >> Its interesting to see the arrangements of seeds within the pod. They are >> placed above one another like coins. Also the pulp of fruit is purgative to >> human beings however doest harm monkeys. How wonderful is the biodiversity. >> Satish >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Muthu ji, do not have an answer for your query, however this flower is an >>> important symbol to the State of Kerala >>> ... *kanikkonna* (Malayalam: കണിക്കൊന്ന) is the State Flower of the >>> Kerala. >>> >>> Other common names are: golden shower tree, Indian laburnum • Bengali: >>> বাঁদরলাঠি bandaralathi, সোনালী sonali • Gujarati: ગરમાળો garmalo • Hindi: >>> अमलतास amaltas, स्वर्णपुष्पी swarn-pushpi • Konkani: बलो balo • Malayalam: >>> കണിക്കൊന്ന kanikkonna • Manipuri: চহুঈ chahui • Marathi: बहावा bahava • >>> Mizo: ngaingaw • Tamil: கொன்ற konrai • Urdu: املتاس amaltas >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> I heard vocally that the flowering of this tree marks the New Year in >>>> Kerala. Is really connected to malayalam calender? or just coincidence? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tree's sporting the summer look #9 of 15 | Cassia Fistula >>>>> >>>>> Around 50 to 60 monkey sticks (Bandhar lathi, legume) can be found >>>>> hanging in this Laburnum tree. Monkeys favourite food. >>>>> The seeds are poisonous so the monkeys have learnt not to eat them ! >>>>> They eat the pith or pulp glued to the sheath wall around the seeds !! >>>>> >>>>> * >>>>> Dry leaves can be found on the ground all around the bark. >>>>> *As you can see in the pictures, some of the monkey sticks are turning >>>>> black. >>>>> It will take one year for the sticks to turn black from green. So >>>>> these seeds are from the previous year ! >>>>> >>>>> Regional name: Raela (Telugu), Kannada - Kakke, Tamil -Konrai, >>>>> Malayalam - Kannikonna, Marati - Bahava, Hindi Bendra lathi >>>>> * >>>>> Date/Time-27 Mar 2010, 8:03AM >>>>> * >>>>> * >>>>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Mamandur, Andhra Pradesh, >>>>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild, Eastern ghats >>>>> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree >>>>> Height/Length-approx - 15-20 feet >>>>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Compound, Leaflet -Para-pinnate, apex - >>>>> acuminate, Leaf base attenuate, Size - ~6 inches >>>>> Inflorescence Type/ Size- >>>>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-cm - No flowers >>>>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- legume, 10 inches, 50-60 Poppins shaped >>>>> seeds -poisonous. Most of the seeds in the tree are green, some of them >>>>> start to turn brownish-black. >>>>> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- Dry leaves can >>>>> be seen fallen all around the bark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Raghu >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassia_fistula >>>>> >>>>> ITP Links >>>>> >>>>> Cassia fistula Fabaceae T Golden Shower Cassia, Bandarlathi, Bahava, >>>>> Girimala, Rajbrikh, Garmalo, Bahava, Bawa, Garmala, Kani Poo, Golden >>>>> shower >>>>> tree, Indian Laburnum • Hindi: अमलतास Amaltas • Manipuri: চহুঈ Chahui • >>>>> Tamil: கொன்றை Konrai • Malayalam: Vishu konnai • Marathi: बहावा Bahava • >>>>> Mizo: Ngaingaw • Bengali: সোনালী Sonali, Bandarlati, Amultas • Urdu: >>>>> املتاس >>>>> Amaltas On 13/2/08 from Thallasherry and Kannur in North Kerala; >>>>> from April to June in Kolkata; 08/04/2006 at Mysore; JVPD Scheme/Andheri, >>>>> Mumbai- 31/3/08; April first fortnight in Pune; first flowers- 16/4/08 in >>>>> Delhi; first flowers on 17/4/08 in Kolkata; In full boom in & around Delhi >>>>> on 8/5/08; in Phansad WLS in April 2008; at the south end of the national >>>>> park in Mumbai- Oct'09; in Pune- Nov.'09; at Nagpur- Oct'09; Trees of >>>>> Delhi states that flowers in late April & peaking by mid May. Beautiful >>>>> Trees & Shrubs of Calcutta by Sh. R.K. Chakraverty & S.K.Jain states that >>>>> it >>>>> flowering starts in late spring (April-May) and continues upto mid summer >>>>> (June). >>>>> Cassia Fistula flowering in Kerala - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/9481984f17737a89> >>>>> Amaltas >>>>> (Indian Laburnum)- Cassia fistula - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/536330302469e4a6> >>>>> Flowering >>>>> trees in delhi--Amaltas(cassia fistula) - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/dbba0b45e6b6fe84> >>>>> Bahava >>>>> INDIAN LABURNUM flowering near Erros theatre Churchgate mumbai - >>>>> indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/c980482ebd7b1266> >>>>> ID >>>>> pl - WF of Phansad WLS - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/5f7e01bae5b97996> >>>>> Fwd: >>>>> Bahava - The Golden Shower Tree - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/97d7a8e93649d376?hl=en> >>>>> Cassia >>>>> fistula - >>>>> Amaltas<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Amaltas.html> Cassia >>>>> fistula - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/2dc08b3af1e28f5a> >>>>> out >>>>> of season Cassia fistula - indiantreepix | Google >>>>> Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/1b8ddee93ddca290> >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. 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