Beautiful small flowers I can't see any name of the family in the description. I am sure you will add it. Satish On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Many thanks Mahadeswara ji and Usha di. > Yes ... did learn while compiling the names that Sunderbans (largest delta > in the world) derives its name from the abundantly growing *sundari* tree. > > Dear friends, the names that are listed bear a link ... you may click on > the name to reach the name page, > ... for instance ... • *Bengali*: সুন্দরী > sundari<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/sundari-sundari>... > clicking on the Bengali name will lead to a page dedicated to সুন্দরী > sundari > > Other than wanting to know WHAT is the name of a plant, WHY the name, > naturally follows. > Reason behind basing a name is interesting. > > Would like to know stories / beliefs / reasoning for every name of the > plant ... so, please do not hesitate to discuss names of plants. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Photos are beautiful. Sundarban is named after this plant. >> > >> > On Sep 16, 12:11 am, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> 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 >> > >
