Thanks Rashida ji for showing us another species of Dillenia Seems to be widely distributed, as following common names indicate
Hindi: Agai, Kallai Beng: Karkotta Mar: Karmal Tel: Chinakalinga, Ravudana Tam: Nayetekku Kan: Kanigala, Kadikanigala Mal: Punna, Kodapunna Oryiya: Rai Assam: Akshi Nepal: Tatri Trade: Dillenia -- 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 Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Here's the Dillenia pentagyna fruiting seen today at the southern end of > the national park in Mumbai. We hardly ever get to see the flowering of this > tree which lasts just a few days. As per 'Trees of Mumbai' book -The > scientific name Dillenia was given by Linnaeus in honour of Johann > Dillenius, a German Physician and professor of Botany at Oxford (1734). The > ovary has five chambers, hence the specific name pentagyna. It is one of the > most primitive amongst flowering plants existing today. > > regards, > Rashida. >
