Beautiful presentation, Bimal ji.
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From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]>
Date: 22 June 2017 at 08:29
Subject: STORY OF A FLOWER : YLANG YLANG
To:
Hello,
Nature has given us nose for breathing and smelling. If you are
fortunate to have a good sense of smelling you will be able to
differentiate the smell of rose from that of Alstonia scholaris.
Fortunately for me I can tell about a plant in bloom ( if it is having a
distinct smell ) from the fragrance the flowers emit without seeing the
plant. I remember the summer nights in the campus of Indian Military
Academy when the air used to be saturated with the fragrance of Michelia
champaca ( CHAMPA ). I have seen most majestic trees of this species at
that place.
In one morning during rains at this place a few years back near a
place called KADAMTALA , I smelled some unfamiliar fragrance and I could
not find out the source. I visited the place few more days to find out the
source of this fragrance. At last I could find out the source. Source was
the flowers of a plant which climbed on another plant( Murrya paniculata ,
KAMINI ). I asked the owner of the house ( Mr. Neogi ) about the identity
of the plant and he told me that it was Lavender. I knew the plant was not
lavender. The flowers have some similarities with that of Artabotrys
hexapetalus ( MADAN MAST/ KANTHALI CHAMPA ) but the flowers were different
and fragrance was different.. My search began to find out the identity of
this flower. At last I saw an image of the flower in Botanica (
KONEMANN,Published by Random House Australia ). Now I know the flower to be
YLANG YLANG (Cananga odorata). I got a sapling from Mr . Neogi and it is
giving flowers in our garden for last two years. It is a host plant fpr
Tailed Jay butterfly. Last year I recorded life cycle of this butterfly on
this plant.These days I can smell the flower sitting in the balcony of our
house early in the morning ( particularly when it is raining ). Attaching
a collage of the flower.
Regards,
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