Nice catch of the plant ... Tanay On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Arecaceae (palm family) » *Borassus flabellifer* (syn. *Borassus > flabelliformis*) > > bor-RAS-us -- from the Greek *borassos*, referring to the date palm's > flower spike > fla-BEL-lif-er -- fan-bearing > > *commonly known as*: African fan palm, borassus palm, doub palm, great fan > palm, lontar palm, palmyra palm, ron palm, tala palm, tal-palm, toddy palm, > wine palm • Bengali: তাল taala • Gujarati: તાડ taad • Hindi: ताड़ taada, ताल > tala, त्रृणराज trinaraaj • Kannada: ಓಲೆಗರಿ olegari, ತಾಳೆಗರಿ taalegari, > ತಾಟಿನಿಮ್ಗು taatinimgu • Konkani: इरोळ eroal • Malayalam: കരിമ്പന karimpana • > Marathi: ताड taada • Sanskrit: महातः mahatah, तलः or तालः talah, > तन्तुनिर्यासः tantuniyosah, तृणम्केतुः tranam-ketuh, तृणम्राजः tranam-raj, > तृणम् इन्द्रः trnam-indrah• Tamil: தாலம் talam • Telugu: తాటి చెట్టు > tatichettu • Urdu: تاڙ taad > > *Native to*: tropical Asia > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Palmyra%20Palm.html > • Wikipedia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus_flabellifer > • NPGS / GRIN ... http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7425 > • M.M.P.N.D. ... > http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Borassus.html > • DDSA ... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > *Talam* (Tamil: தாலம்) *is the State Tree of Tamil Nadu, India*. > > Views attached from: > ... Bassein fort > ... Vaghbil, Thane > > > For more views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Borassusflabellifer&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags&z=m > > -- > 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. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- 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.
