Thank you, Mr. Garg. I must confess at once that I am not a member of any Google group earlier, and I am not very comfortable with the internet. I received two messages, from Dr. Vijayasankar and Mr. Satyendra Tiwari. I posted my comments to them as follows:
To Dr. Vijayasankar I wrote that the two pictures of Couroupita Guianensis or Cottonball tree on the Indian Trees website do not show any leaves, though they are described as elliptic leaves. To Mr. Satyendra Tiwari I wrote that Buddhism knows of more trees than the two mentioned by him and that I can give their names later. I added the above as "Comments", but I do not know if this will be reflected on your site as I may have pressed the wrong button. Hence this second e-mail. Since you and the other correspondents have shown an interest in ancient trees, I will after some time send you pictures of the Rigvedic Soma or the Ephedra plant as it was understood in various parts of India about one thousand years ago, when the original Vedic plant's identity or appearance was forgotten. Thank you. K. Mankodi On 22 June 2014 05:37, satyendra tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically the tree related with Buddhism history / religion is Pipal Ficus > religiosa and Ficus bengalensis. So this tree should be one of the two. To > me itlooks more like Ficus religiosa. > > > On 22 June 2014 04:33, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is very interesting, probably the first post in eFI history (as far >> as I remember) seeking ID of a plant depicted in historical sculptures! >> >> The side-views of the flowers somewhat resemble the flowers of *Couroupita >> guianensis* (or a member of Annonaceae??), but the top view looks >> different. >> I am eager to know the id, too. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 7:01 AM, J.M. 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