Many thanks Dinshji and Tabish. The second link given by Tabish shows a picture that has redish flowers, this could be our Patal. Thanks.
On Jul 23, 11:34 am, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > A tree more commonly known as Patal is Stereospermum chelonoides. > Leaves are not trifoliate, but compound. However, the leaflets do > resemble Bel tree leaves. > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=45531&flora_id=110 > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stereospermum_chelonoides_Blan... > - Tabish > > On Jul 23, 9:01 am, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Abhay ji, > > > Leaves like bael reminds us Crataeva spp. (C. religiosa) ... but could not > > find any of its names as patal. > > > There is *Stereospermum colais* ... commonly known as: yellow snake tree • > > Bengali: পারুল parul • Gujarati: પાડેલી padeli • Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली > > paroli, पाटल patal • Kannada: ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ kalaadri, ಪಾದರಿ paadari • Konkani: > > पाडल > > paadal • Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി paathiri, പൂപ്പാതിരി > > puuppaathiri • Marathi: पाडळ padal, पाडळी padali • Mizoram: zinghal • Oriya: > > pamphunia • Sanskrit: पाटल patal, पाटला patala, पाटलि patali • Tamil: அம்பு > > ampu, அம்புவாகினி ampuvakini, பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி > > punkali • Telugu: అంబువాసిని ambuvasini, కలిగొట్టు kaligottu, పాదిరి padiri, > > పాటల patala • Urdu: پارل paral, پاٿل patal > > > However this *S. colais* does not have tri-foliate leaves like bael. > > > Reference: A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English > > ...http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pl... > > > Let us wait for comments. > > > Regards. > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Abhay Tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The leaves of the said Patal tree are shaped like Bael leaves. > > > here is a link for this info.- > > >http://www.abhilash.org/bs/home.php?mean=71719 > > > > On Jul 23, 7:56 am, Abhay Tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I recently gathered that rose is also known in Sanskrit as Patal/ > > > > पाटल. The other meaning of Sanskrit पाटल (पाढल/पादर in Hindi) refers > > > > to a tree by the same name that has a pinkish red flower. Any idea > > > > about this tree?
