Dear Sir, Thank you very much for suggesting the identification of the Bharhut tree. Prof. M. A. Dhaky, originally a botanist by training but who became an eminent archaeologist and who is my teacher, agrees with you. He has told me that he saw the tree in Sri Lanka many years ago. According to his information the tree is known in Gujarat as Kailaspati. It is considered to be a rare tree in India now, but must have been more common two thousand years ago.
My only doubt is that while the photos of Cannon Ball tree on www.flowersofindia.net show no leaves on the tree in bloom, the sculpture in question has a profusion of foliage. Your help, as well as that of Mr. Garg and efloraofindia, will be duly acknowledged in my paper on the sculpture. With best regards, K. MankodiFrom: Vijayasankar <[email protected]>Sent: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:34:13 To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, [email protected]: Re: [efloraofindia:191609] Fwd: Photo of a Bharhut Tree 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 ResearchUniversity of Mississippi On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 7:01 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: Forwardingfor Id assistance please. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]>Date: 21 June 2014 15:23Subject: Photo of a Bharhut TreeTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>Cc: Anna Pinto <[email protected]> Dear Sir, I am writing to you after viewing your botanical photographs in Wikipedia. Can you identifythis flowering tree from Bharhut in central India, please? I will be much obliged. Thank you. K. Mankodi Get your own FREE website, FREE domain & FREE mobile app with Company email. Know More >-- With regards,J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia website (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] post to this group, send email to [email protected] this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix.For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
