A tree more commonly known as Patal is Stereospermum chelonoides.
Leaves are not trifoliate, but compound. However, the leaflets do
resemble Bel tree leaves.
 http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=45531&flora_id=110
 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stereospermum_chelonoides_Blanco2.252-original.png
  - Tabish

On Jul 23, 9:01 am, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Abhay ji,
>
> Leaves like bael reminds us Crataeva spp. (C. religiosa) ... but could not
> find any of its names as patal.
>
> There is *Stereospermum colais* ... commonly known as: yellow snake tree •
> Bengali: পারুল parul • Gujarati: પાડેલી padeli • Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली
> paroli, पाटल patal • Kannada: ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ kalaadri, ಪಾದರಿ paadari • Konkani: पाडल
> paadal • Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി paathiri, പൂപ്പാതിരി
> puuppaathiri • Marathi: पाडळ padal, पाडळी padali • Mizoram: zinghal • Oriya:
> pamphunia • Sanskrit: पाटल patal, पाटला patala, पाटलि patali • Tamil: அம்பு
> ampu, அம்புவாகினி ampuvakini, பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி
> punkali • Telugu: అంబువాసిని ambuvasini, కలిగొట్టు kaligottu, పాదిరి padiri,
> పాటల patala • Urdu: پارل paral, پاٿل patal
>
> However this *S. colais* does not have tri-foliate leaves like bael.
>
> Reference: A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English
> ...http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pl...
>
> Let us wait for comments.
>
> Regards.
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Abhay Tiwari <abhay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The leaves of the said Patal tree are shaped like Bael leaves.
> > here is a link for this info.-
> >http://www.abhilash.org/bs/home.php?mean=71719
>
> > On Jul 23, 7:56 am, Abhay Tiwari <abhay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I recently gathered that rose is also known in Sanskrit as Patal/
> > > पाटल. The other meaning of Sanskrit पाटल (पाढल/पादर in Hindi) refers
> > > to a tree by the same name that has a pinkish red flower. Any idea
> > > about this tree?

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