Dinesh ji, According to an old Tamil literature, there are more than 800 uses recorded for this multipurpose tree (Ref. Mabberley, The Plant Book).
With regards R. Vijayasankar On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:13 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
