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-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 9:33 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dr. Prithipalsingh <[email protected]> > Date: 8 July 2012 12:14 > Subject: Champa flower > > > This refers to the interesting column "She Baba" in Hindustan Times, > Sunday July 08, 2012, where Renuka Narayanan describes the "champa flower". > She has rightly indicated the botanical name as Michelia champaka for the > flower described. BUT, the accompanying illustration does not depict > Michelia champaka. Instead, the illustration shows "Plumeria alba". > In ths context, I would like to mention here that, the real champa > (Michelia champaka) is common in South India and is a popular tree growing > inside many temples compounds, as well as the flowersw being sold outside > the temples. On the other hand, "Plumeria alba" (also called "The Pagoda > Tree" (orgin ally from Japan/China), is commonly grown in North India as an > ornamental in gardens and along roadsides. It is erronously called "Champa" > although it is not in any way related to the real "Champa = Michelia > champaka". The two plants belong to very different 'families' in botanical > classification. The real champa (Michelia champaka) is classified in the > Family Magnoliaceae, while the other plant is classified in the Family > Apocynaceae". > > Dr. Prithipalsingh > Retired, Associate Professor > Department of Botany > Kirorimal College > __,_._,___ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1900 members & > 1,20,700 messages on 30/6/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
