I would request members to desist from comments which can hart others, even though they may be made obliquely. It has been the result of great efforts by many of us that we see such an hormonious and cordial atmosphere in this group. Let not any single action undo this great effort. This is my humble request.
There are several references to support that epithet scholaris is derived from the old practice of making slates from its wood. The practice of using the whorl of leaves for giving degrees may have been a secondary development as suggested by Rashida ji. I did not find any refrence of this being the original reason/source of name scholaris. Besides references provided by Rashida ji, here are some more. The first link itself should settle the issue. There perhaps hundreds of links supporting the same. I am giving few): http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/news_and_press_releases/press_releases/2009/india_landscape.aspx http://raokln.blogspot.com/2010/11/alstonia-scholaris-scholar-tree.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/346584555/ http://www.djibnet.com/photo/palai/alstonia-scholaris-2288526504.html http://www.jagtapnursery.com/demo/plants/trees/satvin-devils-tree-96.php http://www.indi-journal.info/archives/3269 http://www.prcupcc.org/herbs/herbsd/deviltree.htm http://homeopathyworldcommunity.com/photo/alstonia-scholaris?context=featured http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Devil%20Tree.html http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2010/01/05/appreciate-the-beauty-of-alstonias/ http://medicinalplants-india.blogspot.com/2008/02/alstonia-scholaris-saptparni.html http://recordingnature.wordpress.com/ http://asp.learn.net.in/photos/view.php?id=346584555&/Alstonia-scholaris -- 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 Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:10 PM, promila chaturvedi < thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anadi Ji, > thanks for the answer. But Electricity Board can do it. They do not need to > take the permission. Some times they may take undue advantage of it. Others > cannot do the same. > Promila > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Anandi Sharan > <sharan.ana...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> dear promila ji >> >> the funny thing is that electricity board without permission does it >> all the time -- when i asked them for their permission note they said >> they did not have one and that they did not need one. i will check >> this again now that you remind me. >> green greetings >> anandi >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:45 PM, promila chaturvedi >> <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > The Blackboards, which were used in the classes in my time, weremadefrom >> > Scholar's tree. Hence the name Alstonia scholaris. >> > Kiran Ji, choping the braches of trees is ban in Delhi. If somebody does >> it >> > without forest department's writtenpermision can be sued, and the >> penalty is >> > one year jail or Rs. 80,000=00 fine or both. >> > Promila >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:24 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university >> >> shantiniketan, west bengal India >> >> Tanay >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com >> > >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were >> >>> exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. >> >>> Pankaj >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > The state tree of Bengal >> >>> > tanay >> >>> > >> >>> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar < >> sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> >> >> >>> >> One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI >> >>> >> CHAAL. >> >>> >> The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification >> >>> >> especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as >> in >> >>> >> Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. >> >>> >> Pankaj >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava >> >>> >> <srivastava...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> > A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris >> tree >> >>> >> > behind >> >>> >> > the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to >> >>> >> > allow >> >>> >> > the >> >>> >> > sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the >> local >> >>> >> > garden >> >>> >> > community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it >> >>> >> > wouldn't >> >>> >> > surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in >> winter >> >>> >> > to >> >>> >> > warm >> >>> >> > up courtyards that are otherwise completely blotted from the the >> >>> >> > sun. I >> >>> >> > have >> >>> >> > seen it happen. Before it was trimmed the flowers were within >> >>> >> > touching >> >>> >> > distance from the 2nd floor terrace. >> >>> >> > There are several trees such as Semul (Bombax malabaricum) and >> Siris >> >>> >> > (Albizia lebbek) growing in small, old colony roads whose >> branches >> >>> >> > have >> >>> >> > spread widely blocking sunlight in homes. They could be trimmed >> >>> >> > especially, >> >>> >> > if old people want to sit out and soak in the sun during Delhi's >> >>> >> > winters...and this winter its really cold. >> >>> >> > Cheers, >> >>> >> > Kiran Srivastava >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rashida Atthar >> >>> >> > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> >> >>> >> > wrote: >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> >> Ajay ji according to info. in the book 'Trees of Mumbai' pg 51 >> ..." >> >>> >> >> In >> >>> >> >> olden days the wood of this tree was used to make slates for >> >>> >> >> children, >> >>> >> >> hence scholaris." The book further adds "The dita bark of the >> tree >> >>> >> >> is >> >>> >> >> used >> >>> >> >> in Indian medecine for treating asthma and heart ailments, fever >> >>> >> >> and >> >>> >> >> diarrhoea.During the Diwali festival, the bitter bark is >> consumed >> >>> >> >> before >> >>> >> >> eating sweets to neutralize the excessive intake of sugar." >> >>> >> >> regards, >> >>> >> >> Rashida. >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Ajay Nalawade >> >>> >> >> <analawa...@gmail.com> >> >>> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> We noted Some Bark scraping in Konkan region. >> >>> >> >>> Can anybody tell for which purpose this bark is used??? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Arijit Banerjee >> >>> >> >>> <ari...@gmail.com> >> >>> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>>> Alstonia scholaris in fruit, >> >>> >> >>>> Patuli, Kolkata, India >> >>> >> >>>> 8 January 2011 >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>>> The fruits do look quite similar to those of Wrightia >> tinctoria >> >>> >> >>>> (Khirni) >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>>> Arijit Banerjee >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> -- >> >>> >> *********************************************** >> >>> >> "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 >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > 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) >> >>> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> >>> > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> *********************************************** >> >>> "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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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) >> >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> >> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ---- >> > >
