Hi Anand, Yes, it was me, and its a she, not he:) Krishna Kadamba is mitragyna parviflora. And the photo posted does not seem to be the same (as pointed by Neil). Also, this is not the flowering season for it, it flowers in summers and goes on till the onset of monsoon. What clinched the evidence for me was the smell. The ones in Vrindaban smell profusely, a full flowering tree can smell easily upto 500 meters. Kadamba (Anthocephalus kadamba) is not present in Vrindaban, at least I havent seen it, and I have been born and brought up there. The flowers of Kadamba are bigger, yellowish brown in colour, and do not smell at all. I guess Vinod ji posted a photo sometime back. In all the scriptures relating kadamba flowers with Lord Krishna, the flowers have been described as smelling wonderfully. There was a Surdas bhajan about it, I will dig up the reference sometimes. These flowers are used in all the temples there, including the one I lived in. Garg Ji, can you please post the link of the discussion we had on this topic. Thanks a ton. So in all probability(i wont be 100% sure till some expert verifies it), Krishna Kadamba is Mitragyna parviflora. malyada..
On Oct 6, 1:35 am, "Anand Kumar Bhatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pradeep Krishen has included excellent photographs of Kadamba and Mitragyna > in his book. He has also tried to explain why Kaim was probably associated > with Krishna. > The clinching evidence came from someone from Vrindavan Was it Malyada?) who > informed of a large scale plantation of 'Kadamba' in Vrindavan. He also sent > some photographs, and they were of Mitragyna and not of Kadamba. > Best wishes, > akbhatt > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Neil Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Sibdas, > > You have sent a photograph of Haldina cordifolia locally called Hedu or > > Haldu. > > With regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > --- On Sun, 10/5/08, sibdas ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: sibdas ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [indiantreepix:5251] Kadamba > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 1:15 PM > > > A few days back there was a mail on Kadamba, It was > > > suspected that > > > Krishna Kadamba is perhaps Mitragyna parviflora. Here is a > > > pic. of > > > Mitragyna parviflora . In Bengali it is known as Keli > > > Kadam(?), in > > > Hindi Kaddam, where as Kadam or Kadamba (both in Bengali > > > and Hindi) is > > > Anthocephalus kadamba ( syn. A.indica or Nauclea cadamba), > > > which is a > > > beautiful tree and more popular. I suspect that one should > > > be the real > > > Kadamba associated with Lord Krishna. > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > Gwalior. 474 005. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
