Dear Friends, I have not visited Assam, however, here is some information on the tree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesua_ferrea http://www.india-shopping.net/india-ayurveda-products/Mesuaferrea-nagkesar.htm http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Nag%20Kesar.html Nice pictures Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar. The perfume during blossom must be all over the place. Regards Yazdy.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again > > -- > 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 Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:02 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Forwarding pl. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> >> Date: 13 March 2011 19:28 >> Subject: NAAG-KESAR >> To: >> >> >> Dear Friend, >> If you have visited Assam,you must have seen a tree known as >> IRON WOOD OF ASSAM in English( Nohar in Assamese,Naag-kesar in >> Bangla,scientifically it is known as Mesua Frrea ).At this time of the year >> the tree is conspicuous,with bunches of white fragrant flowers.I am sending >> an image of this flower with bees having feast on it.You may like it. >> Regards >> Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar >> Mobile: 9434194942 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them >> for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1550 members & >> 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on >> 15/12/10) > > > > -- > 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/ > >
