Thanks Mani ji for forwarding interesting information. In my state Chhattisgarh there are over 16,000 villages. Many of these villages are named on the basis of medicinal plants.
http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/109_villagenames.html I have noted that the natives of such villages know more about the uses of particular species as compared to other natives. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:25 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > I thought it would be interesting to know names of some roads/areas in > Mumbai (Bombay) named after trees. > > 1. Laburnum Road - Here lots of Laburnum trees (cassia fistula)were growing > once, but alas, now there is not a single Laburnum tree found on this road. > > 2. Phanaswadi - Kalbadevi - Not a single jack fruit tree in that area now. > > 2a. Ambewadi > > 3. Bhendi Bazar - Bhendi (Thespesia) or Umberella trees used to grow in the > areas now congested with markets. > > 4. Anjir wadi - near Mazgaon- Fig trees used to grow in that area. > > 5. Tamarind Lane in Fort - Now there is not a single Tamarind tree there. > > 6. Wadala - named after the Banyan trees (Wad in Marathi) that used to grow > in that area. > > > > Regards, > > Mani. > > -- > 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.
