I had seen the Mad tree at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah, it is Pterygota alata. Regards Satish Pardeshi
On Dec 21, 10:12 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > People give very peculiar names to the plants based on their > perception and sometimes these names continue their use in local > language. Some times they even relate it to religion by attaching some > god's name to it. Thats a way of local nomenclature. It does help a > lot at time whereas creates confusion too. One such example is HABE > AMRI, which is a broken, molested, marathi word for HABENARIA and > nothign else according to me. > > The plant growing in Howrah Botanic Garden which is called Mad Tree is > Chrysophyllum cainito. Bengalis also call it rasogulla tree, I imagine > why dont they call it Gulab Jamun tree as the fruits are dark bluish > brinjal or brown like a Gulab Jamun. > > Pterygota alata "diversifolia" is called Mad Tree or Buddha's coconut!! > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks Mr.Neil, for the id and etymology. > > The tri-lobed leaf in the picture deceived me to give that name. > > > Regards > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > > Post Doctoral Research Associate > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > Thad Cochran Research Center > > University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > > Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> Hi Tanay, > >> Close but not exactly - it is called the 'Mad Tree' because no two of > >> its leaves are of the same shape. > >> Regards, > >> Neil. > > >> --- On Tue, 12/21/10, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: tanay bose <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:57529] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > >> To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>, "Padmini Raghavan" > >> <[email protected]> > >> Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 12:24 AM > > >> Yes Pterygota alata, I first saw this tree in Indian Botanic garden as > >> this plant has no prefect leaf shape > >> hence its called a mad tree > >> Tanay > > >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> Hi, > >> This is Pterygota alata 'diversifolia' also called the 'Mad Tree'. > >> Regards, > >> Neil Soares. > > >> --- On Mon, 12/20/10, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [efloraofindia:57518] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > >> To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 11:05 PM > > >> Please help me id the tree whose varied leaves I have photographed. > >> Photography is not permitted in the Agri-hort garden, hence I have snapped > >> some of the fallen leaves. > >> Someone has given me a hint that the leaves belong to a tree called the > >> "Mad Tree" , SOMETHING diversifolia. > >> Please help me identify the "SOMETHING" > >> Thanks, > >> Padmini Raghavan. > > >> -- > >> Tanay Bose > >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> Department of Botany. > >> University of British Columbia . > >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> [email protected] > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India
