Rakesh ji and Ritesh ji I find two different plants with white flowers and similar leaves and similar local names:
Nyssa javanica Wang. (syn: N. sessiliflora Hook.f. & T.) Nepal: Lekh chilaune Beng.: Chilauni, kalay Lepcha: Hlo-sumbrung Assam: Gohari chopa Here are the photographs: http://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/n/nysja/nysja_10_pt.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/n/nysja/nysja_en.html&usg=__OFUpwTiOGgJ8H2Q1l-qROPyI1-4=&h=100&w=150&sz=29&hl=en&start=3&sig2=n3FHsdQqG-1dkSxE4hF_7Q&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Asg0W_Cq4AInOM:&tbnh=64&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3DNyssa%2Bjavanica%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=c-nzS7uDBdS1rAfPm5TUDQ The second is of couse Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. (syn: S. khasiana Dyer; S. mollis Dyer English/Trade: Needle wood, chilauni Nepal: Aule-chilaune, goe-chilaune, sule-chilaune Beng.: Makrisal, cheloni Assam: Makria, chilauni, makriasal, noghabhe Goalpara: Gugera Khasi hills: Dieng-ngan, dingan Cachar: Bonac, jam Nagaland: Ingkhia-chin Lepcha: Sambrang-kung Here are the photographs http://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/m1/Podarki6/Schima_wallichii_14MKh.jpg&imgrefurl=http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/catalog/photo_db/S.htm%3FNumPerPage%3D53%26NumPerLine%3D4%26listonly%3D0%26first%3D371&usg=__WTz9QeNLn-fHfKAb41L30jPBD9I=&h=480&w=480&sz=61&hl=en&start=1&sig2=1txbY084jJ61WepvACH7Zw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=uW2KFSyBKTQ3zM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dschima%2Bwallichii%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=z-zzS5imHIKtrAfeqbzbDQ Please compare and decide -- 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, May 19, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Ritesh Ji, > > You are absolutely correct. > > More info here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schima > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schima_wallichii_chois_(Chilaune)_bank_and_closeup.JPG > > 010 at 2:26 PM, Ritesh Choudhary <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cud be Schima wallichii. >> >> Regards, >> Ritesh. >> >> On May 18, 2:04 pm, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Just returned from Gangtok. >> > >> > I couldn't take a picture but still I feel our esteemed members may be >> able >> > to guess the name of the tree from the information I got. >> > >> > This tree was huge with leaves a little bit like M Champaka and flowers >> are >> > white. >> > >> > The local name is Chilauni (which is Nepali for itching). >> > >> > Would be grateful for id (if possible from this information). >> > >> > regards, >> > >> > rakesh >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "efloraofindia" 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 athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" 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 > "efloraofindia" 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 "efloraofindia" 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.
