Hi, Dinesh ji, I think *Ficus hispida* is called '*Domur*' in Bengali- I don't weather this is also used for *Ficus racemosa* in Hindi. I think Bengali speaking members may clarify.
2009/4/8 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Dear friends, > > ... that was the pilot run of "Discuss this page" at our eGroup's page at > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/web/ficus-racemosa > > Posting a message via page's comment box for some reason does not send the > link along with the post in the email. > I will be cautious next time. > > Regards. > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:33 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Dinesh ji, >> Page or its link is not appearing. >> >> 2009/4/8 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> >> >>> Hello friends, >>> ... here is my attempt to discuss names of flora. >>> >>> In the Indic languages, mostly names are found to have their root in >>> Sanskrit and differ in pronunciation and accent as per regional >>> parlance. >>> Sanskrit named plants are those that have medicinal or religious >>> use ... medicinal plants have their names often descriptive of its >>> healing capability, and the religious would have the name of diety >>> suffixed or prefixed ... some of the plants are known for their part >>> (s) that are edible directly or indirectly ... MUCH ADO ABOUT >>> NAMES !!!! >>> >>> ... very simply, we must know what, why, how, ... we call our plants, >>> AND that the common names are as important as the botanical names (: >>> or possibly more :) >>> >>> >>> This page for instance - I have compiled names of Ficus racemosa, >>> commonly known as cluster fig. >>> My earnest hope is that the names put are also validated; especially >>> please point out any errors / mistakes. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> "We often ignore the beauty around us" >> Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> >> > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

