Hello, I too think Lagerstroemia with pink flowers is L. thorelii.
Best Regards On May 12, 7:56 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... my thought: to name a body or thing is to identify with, rather than > without. > That is, we name for the sole reason of identifying the object which has > gained importance to humankind in some way or the other. > Much of the importance lies in relation to human health by way of medicinal > values the flora has to provide, closely following is economical importance > of the plant (or any part of the plant). > > This applies to fauna too ... all those creatures whose relation to humans > have some kind of importance are certainly named. > > More comments from friends. > > Regards. > > > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Phil James <pjamesm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is wonderful, giving the local and regional names. > > > Why is it that the general population in this country are better at naming > > plants than bird or mammal species? Is it to do with economics? I find it > > frustrating that people in my town, (Panchkula) cannot name more than 6 bird > > species in their own language and cannot differentiate between leopards and > > cheetahs!!!! > > > On 12 May 2010 06:12, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> *Lagerstroemia indica* ... is commonly known as: bonnet flower, common > >> crape-myrtle, crape myrtle, crepe myrtle, Indian lilac • Hindi: सावनी saoni > >> • Marathi: चीनमेंधी chinamendhi, विलायती मेंधी vilayati mendhi • Tamil: > >> சீனப்பூ chinappu, pavalakkurinji • Telugu: చీనాగోరంట chinagoranta > > >> Regards. > > >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Vijayadas D <dvijaya...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> I am also with that. > > >>> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Gurcharan Singh > >>> <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>>> Yes Sid ji > >>>> Lagerstroemia indica. Incidently I saw the same colour in Lagerstroemia > >>>> speciosa in our area, but of course that is a much taller plant with > >>>> larger > >>>> different leaves. > > >>>> -- > >>>> 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > >>>> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Sid <sidd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> Hi, > > >>>>> My guess is Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae) > > >>>>> Sid. > > >>>>> On 11 May 2010 15:29, Jency Samuel <jencysam...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > > >>>>>> Hi, > > >>>>>> What is the botanical and common name of this tree please? 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