Yes Vijayasankar ji Alstonia scholaris is one of the many plants known by this name as I mentioned in my post, but looking at the tree in the photograph the massive trunk and leaves don't appear to be that of Alstonia. The two closest I mentioned as Manilkara hexandra and Palaquium ellipticum. Let us wait for more responses.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:37 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > As far as i know, 'Pala' in Malayalam refers to *Alstonia scholaris*. I > was told that the name 'Palakkad' (kad means forest) came due to the > predominent occurrence of 'pala' i.e. Alstonia scholaris trees. > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Rather difficult to zoom in. In Tam. and Mar. Pala tree refers to Alstonia >> scholaris; In Hindi and Mar. Pala refers to Carmona microphylla >> (Ehretiaceae), in Mal. it refers to Cryptostegia grandiflora; in Tel. it is >> for Holarrehena antidysenterica; Tam., Mal. it is for Manilkara hexandra; >> Mal., it is for Palaquium ellipticum, Eng. (Pala indigo) for Wrightia >> tinctoria, Tam., Mal. for W. tomentosa, Raj. for Ziziphus nummularia. >> >> I would chose between Manilkara hexandra and Palaquium ellipticum. >> Any clues? >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:06 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Any Bot. name for the tree? >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> >>> Date: 13 March 2010 12:14 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:29693] On Pala tree bark, exorcism practices ... >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On Pala tree bark, exorcism practices.. >>> >>> An age old, huge Pala tree with long iron nails pricked into its bark. As >>> a last resort, Mentally ill or people considered to be the victims of evil >>> spirits come to this tree hammer on children dolls with nails into the bark >>> from their fore-heads. >>> >>> Sri Chottanikkara temple, Near Cochin, Kerala >>> 30 Dec 2008 >>> >>> Check this link on exorcism practices. ( Search for the word `Pala`) >>> http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Chottanikkara/blog-45405.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> Raghu >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! >>> Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> >>> . >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, >>> Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >>> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >>> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > National Center for Natural Products Research, > The University of Mississippi, > Oxford, MS-38677, USA. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
