I have seen many naturally occurring huge flowering trees of Lagerstroemia in Nagothane and Rasayani and the adjoining roads. Unfotunately very few roadside plantations in My City Pune. Dr Satish Phadke
2009/9/21 subrata <[email protected]> > > Thanks Dineshji for telling us that the flower of Jarul is the State > Flower of Maharashtra. It's a news to me though i spent more than 30 > years in Powai. > Thank you Dr. Singh for for updating the name L. speciosa. > Regards > > On Sep 20, 10:57 pm, "singhg ." <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 9/19/09, Subrata Mahapatra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Its Hindi and Bengali name is Jarul. It is known for its nice flowers > which > > > are purple, violet or pink. > > > It is used as an avenue tree. > > > But why should it be called 'Pride of India' ? > > > In this context i may add a different perspective. This relates to > > > Bangladesh. In the rainy season many districts of that country get > flooded > > > and all roads are submerged. In villages the only means of going from > one > > > Para(Pada) or house to another is by boat. The boat is therefore mostly > > > prized. It should last preferably a lifetime. They found that the > timber of > > > Jarul is the best water-resistant. Hence the folksongs speak highly of > Jarul > > > and one often finds the countryside reverberating with boatmen's songs > > > expresing his pride of rowing the Jarul boat. From this perspective > Jarul is > > > truly the pride of that country. > > > Regards, > > > > > The name Pride of India belongs to atleast two more species: > > > > 1. Koelreuteria paniculata > > 2. Melia azedarach > > > > Lagerstroemia flos-reginae is now correctly known as L. speciosa > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College > > University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 > > Phone: 011025518297; Mobile: > > 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
