Hi Neil, Thanks for the explanation. Does this mean that this is an aberration like the Ficus Krishnae which is obtained only from cuttings? I sowed seeds of the Buddha Coconut and the leaves of the saplings are just like the parent tree. Rgds, Padmini Raghavan.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > The tree featured here is Buddha's Coconut [Pterygota alata]. The 'Mad > Tree' [Pterygota alata 'diversifolia'] is a varient of this. It is > propagated by cuttings or air-layering. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Thu, 12/23/10, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:57541] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > To: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Vijayasankar" <[email protected]>, "Neil Soares" < > [email protected]>, "tanay bose" <[email protected]>, > "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 12:21 AM > > > Now you are making me doubt whether the tree I took to be the Buddha > Coconut, in Bangalore , is really that. > Its leaves are so uniform and different from this Mad Tree. > Please do confirm. > Thanks, > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > People give very peculiar names to the plants based on their > perception and sometimes these names continue their use in local > language. Some times they even relate it to religion by attaching some > god's name to it. Thats a way of local nomenclature. It does help a > lot at time whereas creates confusion too. One such example is HABE > AMRI, which is a broken, molested, marathi word for HABENARIA and > nothign else according to me. > > The plant growing in Howrah Botanic Garden which is called Mad Tree is > Chrysophyllum cainito. Bengalis also call it rasogulla tree, I imagine > why dont they call it Gulab Jamun tree as the fruits are dark bluish > brinjal or brown like a Gulab Jamun. > > Pterygota alata "diversifolia" is called Mad Tree or Buddha's coconut!! > > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Vijayasankar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > Thanks Mr.Neil, for the id and etymology. > > The tri-lobed leaf in the picture deceived me to give that name. > > > > Regards > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > > Post Doctoral Research Associate > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > Thad Cochran Research Center > > University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > > Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Neil Soares > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Tanay, > >> Close but not exactly - it is called the 'Mad Tree' because no two of > its leaves are of the same shape. > >> Regards, > >> Neil. > >> > >> --- On Tue, 12/21/10, tanay bose > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> From: tanay bose > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:57529] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > >> To: "Neil Soares" > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >> Cc: "indiantreepix" > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "Padmini Raghavan" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >> Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 12:24 AM > >> > >> Yes Pterygota alata, I first saw this tree in Indian Botanic garden as > this plant has no prefect leaf shape > >> hence its called a mad tree > >> Tanay > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Neil Soares > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> This is Pterygota alata 'diversifolia' also called the 'Mad Tree'. > >> Regards, > >> Neil Soares. > >> > >> --- On Mon, 12/20/10, Padmini Raghavan > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> From: Padmini Raghavan > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >> Subject: [efloraofindia:57518] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > >> To: "indiantreepix" > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >> Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 11:05 PM > >> > >> Please help me id the tree whose varied leaves I have photographed. > Photography is not permitted in the Agri-hort garden, hence I have snapped > some of the fallen leaves. > >> Someone has given me a hint that the leaves belong to a tree called the > "Mad Tree" , SOMETHING diversifolia. > >> Please help me identify the "SOMETHING" > >> Thanks, > >> Padmini Raghavan. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tanay Bose > >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> Department of Botany. > >> University of British Columbia . > >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > >
