pakur and  pilkhan are probably synonymous . Piar in Jharkhand is the name
of Chironji tree. I will check up, but it should be some terminalia variety.
I stAND CORRECTED AS i HAVE NOT CONSULTED ANY BOOK AS YET.
akbhatt






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On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:48 PM, sibdas ghosh <[email protected]> wrote:

> SORRY for taking a very casual photograph, and initiating a lengthy
> discussion. In my dictionary I find peepar is Piper longum, Piyar is unknown
> to me, Gargji- Wickipedia refers F. virens as Pilkhan, not peepar or pakur.
> Pakur so far I know is F. rumphii/ syn. F. chordifolia. I am tempted to
> believe it pakur, because a nearby field is known as Pakurtalir Math. Next
> time I visit the place, i hope to take some authentik photographs.
>
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:43 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is it piyar then? Yes I feel it should be piyar and not pipar
>> Madhuri
>>  ------Original Message------
>> From: sibdas
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>> To: indiantreepix
>> Subject: [indiantreepix:11458] Re: A Ficus sp.
>> Sent: May 2, 2009 10:01 PM
>>
>>
>> I presume it is pakur (Bengali), what is in Hindi - pakar. I am not
>> sure what you mean by pipar. Pipar is as far as I know is Piper
>> longum, that is a completely different plant. May be pakar in some
>> other language is known as pipar.
>>
>> On May 2, 8:20 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>> > Is it pipar?
>> > Madhuri
>> > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
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>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: sibdas ghosh <[email protected]>
>> >
>> > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:15:18
>> > To: indiantreepix<[email protected]>
>> > Subject: [indiantreepix:11450] A Ficus sp.
>> >
>> >  A Ficus sp. for i.d. From kankalitala, Birbhum- Hide quoted text -
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>> --
>> Sibdas Ghosh
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>> >>
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