The species name "pterocarpum" does not seem very suitable considering that the fruit is just a flattened pod.
Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Col Ashwin Baindur OIC Corps Archive & Museum, CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 ------------------------------------------- Tel : 020-27147976 (R), Mob : 09923454462 Email: ashwin.baindur(at)gmail.com, ashwin_baindur(at)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One does not often associate James Michener with nature-writing.Yet it is difficult to find one of his epics which has not been embellished by a tale about the land, its formation, the animals, the plants and the people who live amongst them.... Read "Epic splendour- The nature writing of James Michener. " in... Blog: http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/epic-splendour/ "The Butterfly Diaries" The natural travails of an Army Officer in Hindostan! On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:04 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > A good supplement if regional name with lovwly ination !! Thanks to Nivi Ji > and Dinesh Ji > Tanay > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Peltophorum pterocarpum* ... is commonly known as: copperpod, rusty >> shield-bearer • Hindi: पीला गुलमोहर peela gulmohar • Tamil: கொன்றைவகை >> konyaivakai, பெருங்கொன்றை perungkonyai • Telugu: konda cinta, pacha >> sunkesula >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM, nivi tha <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Etymology no 11. *Peltophorum pterocarpum*- Caesalpiniaceae >>> >>> *Peltophorum*- "Shield bearing "- refers to the pods (Greek) >>> >>> *pterocarpum*- winged fruit. >>> >>> -- >>> Selvalakshmi S. >>> Doctoral Scholar, >>> Bharathiar University, >>> Coimbatore, >>> Tamil Nadu. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > > > -- > 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.
