Hello all Today, after a long break, I decided to get back to my flower business. And I was not surprised when I got confused with the first species I came across -- Crataeva Magna
In a few previous threads, there has been some confusion on Crataeva species(nativity). Look at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/cb6ce274e5784293?hl=en&pli=1 and http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/ce1dce961771b5a8/dc9cdac0180a726e?lnk=gst&q=Crateva+adansonii&pli=1 --------- In the book "An atlas of major flowering trees of India" by Swaminathan and Kochhar, Crataeva Magna also called C. Religiosa and C. Nurvala (Commonly known as The Sacred Barna, Garlic Pear, Caper tree, Bengal Quince) is probably a native of India. The specific epithet "religiosa" pertains to religion while burvala is the South Indian vernacular name. It is found either wild or cultivated from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Deccan peninsula(western and eastern ghats). Also it is common in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Taiwan, Malay Archipelago and tropical Africa. The tree is perhaps regarded sacred as it is found planted near muslim tombs, mosques and graveyards. It is also of religious significance to certain Hindu sects. The greenish-white flowers are borne in dense corymbs. Each one has numerous long, thread-like purple or lilac stamens longer than the petals, surrounding a swollen ovary raised at the end of a long slender, thread-like lilac stalk, called gynophore. -------------- I am also confused on whether C.Religiosa and C. adansonii subsp. odora are same :-|. The latter one is there @FOI website...which looks like C.Religiosa in Swaminathan and Kochhar's book. They have same common names. And I do not understand the difference between the two. I am not aware of any conclusion of the previous discussions. Can some expert declare something now? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
