Dear all, In malayalam it is known as cheelanthi
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... commonly known as: aden apple, bhendi tree, cork tree, Indian tulip > tree, John-Bull tree, king of flowers, large-leaved tulip tree, mangrove, > milo (in Hawaii), Pacific rosewood, portia tree, seaside mahoe (in Florida), > umbrella tree • Bengali: gajashundi, palaspipal, poresh • Gujarati: પારસ > પિપળૉ paras piplo • Hindi: bhendi, gajadanda, पारस पीपल paras-pipal • > Kannada: arasi, bangali • Malayalam: ചിലാന്തി cilaanthi, പൃപ്പരുത്തി > prapparuththi, പൃവരശ് pravaras • Marathi: आष्ट aashta, आस aas, पारस भेंडी > paras-bhendi, पारोसा पिंपळ parosa pimpal, पार्श्वपिंपळ parshvapimpal, > पिंपरणी pimparani, पिंपरी pimpari • Sanskrit: पार्श्वपिप्पल parshwapippal • > Tamil: பூவரசு puvarasu • Telugu: గంగరావి gangaravi > > > Most of the common names in Indian languages are closely related to (or > even share names of) peepal ... very likely because the leaves of this tree > resemble in some manner to that of peepal. > ... while it is easy to find this tree commonly in my vicinity, I am yet to > meet its look-alike *Hibiscus tileaceus*. > > Regards. > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM, rashida atthar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> This is a very common tree of Mumbai with changing flower colour from >> lemon yellow to deep purple red within 24 hours. Pics taken in the last two >> days. The book 'Trees of Mumbai' has some interesting information and I >> quote pg:159 " .. The flowers turn yellow to purple in 24 hours due to >> oxidation of the yellow anthocyanins present in the petals." Further the >> authors state: "The bark yields good fibre. All parts of the tree are used >> by locals for medicine. The leaves are applied as poultice to swelling and >> abscess. They are also used for wrapping food. The deep red , thick oil >> produced from the seeds is known as 'huile amere'." >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> From the happening headlines to the juiciest gossip, get your daily update >> on MSN India Drag n' drop <http://in.msn.com/> >> >> > > > > -- VijayadasD Horticulturalist / Estates Supervisor Deputy Electro Saudi Services Ltd Salwa Garden Village Riyadh-11462,PBNO-7210 KSA vijayadas.wetpaint.com Ferns are funniest plants..............!!!!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
