Pankaj Ji PITAMARI is the Odiya name of Xylocarpus gangeticus/X.moluccensis. SISHUMARA is the local name of X.granatum.
Regards prasad On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks. Pitamari is another name given in reference literature but if I am > not wrong both names are not common in Bhitarkanika. Natives name it from > its fruit i.e. phal. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:36 PM, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks a lot Pankaj Ji for the additional information. you are truly an >> encyclopedia of tkdl holder. The local name of this species in Odiya is * >> SISHUMARA.* >> >> Regards >> >> prasad >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks for sharing. I was interviewed by MSSRF team in nineties for >>> project work in Bhitarkanika but they were requiring Oriya speaking youth. >>> From "Oudhia" they thought I am from Orissa. >>> >>> Xylocarpus is one of the important species used for "Revitalization of >>> Pancreas" traditionally but unfortunately modern experts have not done much >>> work on it. I have written a lot on its different aspects. >>> >>> http://www.scribd.com/pankajoudhia >>> >>> Google search for "Revitalization of pancreas" >>> >>> >>> https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=%22revitalization+of+pancreas%22&oq=%22revitalization+of+pancreas%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1858l11267l0l11945l28l28l0l5l0l0l342l3892l9.2.11.1l23l0 >>> >>> Missing its local names in Bhitarkanika, Trying to ask from my contacts >>> there. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Pankaj Oudhia >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM, prasad dash >>> <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear members sending the photograph of *Xylocarpus granatum** *from >>>> Bhitarkanika >>>> >>>> Name of the species: *Xylocarpus granatum** * >>>> >>>> Family: Meliaceae >>>> >>>> Place of collection: Bhitarkanika, Kendrapada, Odisha >>>> >>>> Habit: Tree >>>> >>>> Habitat: Wild, Wet evergreen forest >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We have three species of Xylocarpus in Odisha. Xylocarpus granatum, >>>> Xylocarpus moluccensis and Xylocarpus mekongensis. All are under different >>>> categories of protection under IUCN. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Prasad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>>> email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com >>>> ph. 09437444241 >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Orissa, India >> email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com >> ph. 09437444241 >> > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com ph. 09437444241
