Wonderful. This is an indigenous tree, the state tree of Tamil Nadu and found extensively in the Southern East Coast. Found extensively in IIT Madras campus and Guindy National Park, Chennai. They are often the victims of strangler figs (Ficus species ) in east coast.
On Jun 28, 7:05 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friend, > Valmiki mentioned TAALA in his Ramayan. Commonly this > plant is known as PALMYRA-PALM.Scientifically it is known as Borassus > flabellifer.Valmiki has used the shape of the fruit of TAALA to compare with > body part of woman. > According to Chakravarti S Venkatesh "The Palmyara has been described by > Tamil poets as Kalpavriksh which truly it seems from the incredible number of > usesit is put to whereever it occurs.The famous Tamil poem Tala Vilasam > enumerates no fewer than 801 different purposes for which part of this palm > are used." > Attaching two images of the plant. > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942 > > Taala 1.jpg > 88KViewDownload > > Taala 2.jpg > 77KViewDownload
