Dear all, ** *"Chloroxylon swietenia" *is called *'Billu' 'बिल्लु' *in Marathi.
Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/9/6 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Thanks, Avinash ji. > Here are a few links: > http://martuvam.org/Chloroxylon_swietenia.html (a pix), > > http://www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/ws1/r/Rutaceae_Chloroxylon_swietenia_19541.html > (an > illustration), > > http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/SEAsian_Oceanic/htmlDocs_seasian/Chloroxylonswietenia.html > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ceylon%20Satinwood.html > (FOI). > > > Some extracts from Wikipedia link (for pictures/ more details, pl. click on > the link): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroxylon > > *Chloroxylon swietenia* (*Ceylon Satinwood*, *East Indian Satinwood* or * > Buruta*) is a tropical hardwood <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwood>, > the sole species in the genus *Chloroxylon*. It is native to southern > India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> and Sri > Lanka<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka> > . > > Ceylon Satinwood is a medium-sized > deciduous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous> > tree <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree>, growing to 15-20 m tall, with > thick, fissured, slightly corky<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_(material)> > bark <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark> and > pinnate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnate> > leaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf>. The > flowers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower>are small, creamy-white, produced > in > panicles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicle>; the > fruit<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit>is an oblong three-segmented capsule > 2.5-4.5 cm long, containing 1-4 > seeds <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed> in each segment. > > The wood <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood> produced by the tree is often > a golden colour with a reflective sheen. It is used for small luxury items > and as a veneer in wooden furniture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furniture>. > It is one of the best-known satinwoods<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satinwood> > . > > > 2009/9/6 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > >> Reply from Avinash dada <[email protected]>: >> "Chloroxylon swietenia" >> >> >> 2009/9/6 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> >> A very characterstic & beautiful looking tree with its unusual coloured >>> leaves in Narshapur forest near Hyderabad on 30/8/09. >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora >>> etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >>> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >>> Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >> Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > -- 'I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.' - Helen Keller --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
