Dear Madam, Thank you for your mail. I have just forwarded to you my earlier mail tsent o Dr. Vijayasankar. I had my doubt about the leaves, of which there is a profusion, while Couroupita photographs I saw do not have any leaves. But Kadamba should be eliminated, because the Kadamba flower does not look like this sculpture. Two thousand years ago flowering trees were present before the eyes of the sculptors and they would not have taken the liberty of combining two species, I think. Among the Bharhut sculptures five or six species of trees are represented under which female figures stand, and all are faithful renderings, both foliage and flowers. So, please keep thinking; I will be eager for your feedback.
Best regards. K. Mankodi From: radha veach [email protected] Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:44:59 To: [email protected]: [email protected]: Re: Photo of a Bharhut Tree Dear Sir,this is very interesting.I can see why Couroupita has been suggested but I have some doubts because the leaves in the sculpture do not resemble leaves of that tree at all.They actually look more like Peepal leaves, (Ficus religiosa). At a stretch you could say they were kadamba leaves (Neolamarckia cadamba) and the circular thing being kadamba flowers with many petals.Perhaps the sculptor has taken an artistic licence and combined features of more than one species which he has seen.regardsRadhaOn Saturday, June 21, 2014 5:31:17 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg 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 > '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). 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]. 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.
