This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were > exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > The state tree of Bengal > > tanay > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI CHAAL. > >> The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification > >> especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as in > >> Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris tree > >> > behind > >> > the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to allow > >> > the > >> > sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the local > >> > garden > >> > community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it > wouldn't > >> > surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in winter to > >> > warm > >> > up courtyards that are otherwise completely blotted from the the sun. > I > >> > have > >> > seen it happen. Before it was trimmed the flowers were within touching > >> > distance from the 2nd floor terrace. > >> > There are several trees such as Semul (Bombax malabaricum) and Siris > >> > (Albizia lebbek) growing in small, old colony roads whose branches > have > >> > spread widely blocking sunlight in homes. They could be trimmed > >> > especially, > >> > if old people want to sit out and soak in the sun during Delhi's > >> > winters...and this winter its really cold. > >> > Cheers, > >> > Kiran Srivastava > >> > > >> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rashida Atthar > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Ajay ji according to info. in the book 'Trees of Mumbai' pg 51 ..." > In > >> >> olden days the wood of this tree was used to make slates for > children, > >> >> hence scholaris." The book further adds "The dita bark of the tree > is > >> >> used > >> >> in Indian medecine for treating asthma and heart ailments, fever and > >> >> diarrhoea.During the Diwali festival, the bitter bark is consumed > >> >> before > >> >> eating sweets to neutralize the excessive intake of sugar." > >> >> regards, > >> >> Rashida. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Ajay Nalawade <[email protected] > > > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> We noted Some Bark scraping in Konkan region. > >> >>> Can anybody tell for which purpose this bark is used??? > >> >>> > >> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Arijit Banerjee <[email protected]> > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Alstonia scholaris in fruit, > >> >>>> Patuli, Kolkata, India > >> >>>> 8 January 2011 > >> >>>> > >> >>>> The fruits do look quite similar to those of Wrightia tinctoria > >> >>>> (Khirni) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Arijit Banerjee > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > > > > > > -- > > 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) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [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 > -- *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) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected]
