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From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]>
Date: 7 May 2013 20:06
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:152952] WHAT IS IN A NAME ( FRANGIPANI )
To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
For the information of Shobha ji,D V Cowen further writes,
" -----There is a second explanation of the name( FRANGIPANI ).The
French settlers,finding that a wounded tree produced a flow of milky sap
called it FRANGIPANIER which means " coagulated milk " "
With regards,
Bimal
On 7 May 2013 17:06, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.
>
> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>
> Bimal Ji,
> I just vaguely remember someone telling me the the meaning of "Frangipani"
> as "frozen milk" ( may be indicating the latex).Can anyone throw the light ?
> Shobha Chavda
>
>
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> From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]>
> Date: 27 April 2013 08:47
> Subject: [efloraofindia:152952] WHAT IS IN A NAME ( FRANGIPANI )
> To:
>
>
> Dear All,
> While going through D V Cowen's Flowering Trees and Shrubs of
> India,I came across an interesting piece of information on the common name
> of Plumeria rubra. This plant is known as FRANGIPANI.This is what Mrs Cowen
> says about the name,
>
> " Frangipani is undoubtedly the commonest name for all these trees,being
> associated with the very distinctive perfume.Four centuries before the
> discovery of the Western Hemisphere and of the trees growing therean
> Italian nobleman,by combining a number of volatile oils ,produced a heady
> perfume which became,and remained a favourite with the noble ladies of
> Europe.This easily recognisable scent was at once recalled by the early
> settlers in the Caribbean when they found trees with the same fragrance.So
> they called them FRANGIPANI ,the name of the Italian nobleman."
>
> With regards,
> Bimal
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