Yes, Mahadeswara ji... this plant is called Sundari... in bengali... but then Dinesh ji already knows that, I guess... Nice depiction of their tulip like flowers...
Usha di == On Sep 16, 8:59 am, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Photos are beautiful. Sundarban is named after this plant. > > On Sep 16, 12:11 am, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > via Species > > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>> H > > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/h> > > > > *Heritiera littoralis* Aiton > > [image: Heritiera littoralis > > Aiton]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5927447934/> > > > [image: Flowers of > > India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Looking%20Glass%20Mangrov...> > > [image: > > Discussions at > > efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Heri...> > > [image: > > more views in > > flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Heritieralittoralis&m=tags&z=m> > > [image: > > more views on Google > > Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Heritieralittora...> > > > *her-ee-tee-ER-a* -- named for Charles Louis de Brutelle L'Heritier, French > > botanist (best known for naming Eucalyptus) > > *lit-tor-AY-liss* -- of the sea shore > > > *commonly known as*: looking glass > > mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/l...>, > > Sundarban > > mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/s...>, > > tulip > > mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/t...>• > > *Bengali*: সুন্দরী > > sundari<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/s...>• > > *Kannada*: ಚಂದ ಮರ chanda > > mara<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/c...>• > > *Malayalam*: മുകുരം > > mukuram<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam...>• > > *Marathi*: सुंदरी > > sundari<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/s...>• > > *Oriya*: > > sundari<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/sun...>• > > *Tamil*: சொன்முந்திரி > > conmuntiri<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/con...>, > > சுந்தரி > > cuntari<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/cun...>, > > கண்ணாடியிலை > > kannati-y-ilai<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/kan...> > > > *botanical names*: *Heritiera littoralis* Aiton ... *synonyms*: *Amygdalus > > litorali*s (Dryand.) Kuntze • *Balanopteris tothila* Gaertn. • *Heritiera > > minor* Bojer > > > Regards. > > Dinesh
