Dear Dinesh ji, Though there is a record of the Tamil name 'Vellai kungiliyam' for this species (source?), this name generally refers to Boswellia serrata or Vateria indica. An another (appropriate) Tamil name available for Bombax insigne is 'Kal ilavu'.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > ... commonly known as: silk cotton tree • Andaman: didu, dumboil • Bengali: > সেমল semal • Kuki: inpang • Malayalam: കല്ലിലവ് kallilav, പൃള prila • > Manipuri: খুমন তেৰা khuman tera • Marathi: देव सावर dev-savar • Sanskrit: > कूटशाल्मली kutasalmali • Tamil: வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் vellaikungiliyam > > > Regards. > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> Bombax insigne >> today at Kanakeshwar,Alibag >> Thanks >> >> >> DSC00638.JPG >> DSC00637.JPG >> >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ >> >> -- >> >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> >> > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- With regards R. Vijayasankar FRLHT, Bangalore -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

