Dear Anil ji You may be right, in the first photograph young peepal trees are seen along the trunk, but I am not sure these photographs belong to the famous Pala tree of Chottannikkara temple in Kerala. The tree these seems to be different, with much smaller leaves hanging down and not definitely peepal. See the link below:
http://www.chottanikkara.com/History.htm http://www.chottanikkara.com/aalmaram.htm <http://www.chottanikkara.com/aalmaram.htm> -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Dr.ANIL KUMAR <[email protected]>wrote: > dear members > > i might be wrong in identification but it seems to be a peepal tree > Ficus religiosa growing on the trunk of pala tree Alistonia. if > people worship pala tree thn it must be alistonia only. > > On Apr 21, 10:33 am, "R. Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I fully agree with you Gurcharan ji, > > > > But due to lots of disturbances (such as too much of neiling) and > resulted > > continuous & irregular callous formation, the original structure and > shape > > of the trunk could have been changed. > > > > Let's here from our Kerala member friends. > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes Vijayasankar ji > > > Alstonia scholaris is one of the many plants known by this name as I > > > mentioned in my post, but looking at the tree in the photograph the > massive > > > trunk and leaves don't appear to be that of Alstonia. The two closest I > > > mentioned as Manilkara hexandra and Palaquium ellipticum. Let us wait > for > > > more responses. > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:37 AM, R. Vijayasankar < > [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > >> As far as i know, 'Pala' in Malayalam refers to *Alstonia scholaris*. > I > > >> was told that the name 'Palakkad' (kad means forest) came due to the > > >> predominent occurrence of 'pala' i.e. Alstonia scholaris trees. > > > > >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >>> Rather difficult to zoom in. In Tam. and Mar. Pala tree refers to > > >>> Alstonia scholaris; In Hindi and Mar. Pala refers to Carmona > microphylla > > >>> (Ehretiaceae), in Mal. it refers to Cryptostegia grandiflora; in > Tel. it is > > >>> for Holarrehena antidysenterica; Tam., Mal. it is for Manilkara > hexandra; > > >>> Mal., it is for Palaquium ellipticum, Eng. (Pala indigo) for Wrightia > > >>> tinctoria, Tam., Mal. for W. tomentosa, Raj. for Ziziphus nummularia. > > > > >>> I would chose between Manilkara hexandra and Palaquium > ellipticum. > > >>> Any clues? > > > > >>> -- > > >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > >>> Retired Associate Professor > > >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >>>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > >>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:06 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>>> Any Bot. name for the tree? > > > > >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > >>>> From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> > > >>>> Date: 13 March 2010 12:14 > > >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:29693] On Pala tree bark, exorcism practices > ... > > >>>> To: [email protected] > > > > >>>> On Pala tree bark, exorcism practices.. > > > > >>>> An age old, huge Pala tree with long iron nails pricked into its > bark. > > >>>> As a last resort, Mentally ill or people considered to be the > victims of > > >>>> evil spirits come to this tree hammer on children dolls with nails > into the > > >>>> bark from their fore-heads. > > > > >>>> Sri Chottanikkara temple, Near Cochin, Kerala > > >>>> 30 Dec 2008 > > > > >>>> Check this link on exorcism practices. 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