Thank you Sir, seems quite widespread. regards. Rashida.
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Rashida ji for showing us another species of Dillenia > Seems to be widely distributed, as following common names indicate > > Hindi: Agai, Kallai > Beng: Karkotta > Mar: Karmal > Tel: Chinakalinga, Ravudana > Tam: Nayetekku > Kan: Kanigala, Kadikanigala > Mal: Punna, Kodapunna > Oryiya: Rai > Assam: Akshi > Nepal: Tatri > Trade: Dillenia > > > -- > 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 Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Rashida Atthar > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Here's the Dillenia pentagyna fruiting seen today at the southern end of >> the national park in Mumbai. We hardly ever get to see the flowering of this >> tree which lasts just a few days. As per 'Trees of Mumbai' book -The >> scientific name Dillenia was given by Linnaeus in honour of Johann >> Dillenius, a German Physician and professor of Botany at Oxford (1734). The >> ovary has five chambers, hence the specific name pentagyna. It is one of the >> most primitive amongst flowering plants existing today. >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> > > > >
