Thank you very much Viplav ji for the names, and the excellent elaboration.
Especially about its use as ornamental / avenue tree almost all over country, it always made me wonder about range of distribution in India. Its flower is designated as State Flower of Maharashtra - the state government must have done this choice based on some good reasoning. Thanks very much, Usha di for your inputs too; they help. Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:38 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > મોટો ભોંડારો [Moto Bhondaro], જારૂલ [Jarul], and તામન [Taman] have all > been used in the absence of an original Gujarati name for *L. speciosa*. > Being a cultivated import in Gujarat, these names have been adopted from > the native names of this tree in other vernacular languages. The latter, > when written as તામણ, is also a familiar synonym of ધામણ [Dhaman] - *Grewia > tiliifolia*. > > The natural occurrence of such an iconic tree tends to be eclipsed by its > widespread cultivation; it would be pertinent to remember its natural > distribution in this context. > > "The tree is indigenous to the Western Ghats from about Belgaum southwards > through North and South Kanara to Malabar and Travancore, in evergreen > forests, especially in the neighbourhood of rivers and streams. It is also > found in Ceylon, Burma and eastwards to the Malay Peninsula, Australia and > northwards to China." - H. Santapau, Common Trees, 1966. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > El 10 de diciembre de 2014, 11:42, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > escribió: > > > Dear Gujarati-knowing friends, >> Will be glad to know the name in Gujarati for *Lagerstroemia speciosa*. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > > -- 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.
