BSI Flora Mah also mentions two more Vernacular names apart from "Apta" These are "Sheethsona" and "Vanu-raja" to this tree *Bauhinia racemosa* Lam.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bauhinia racemosa Lam. > > > baw-HIN-ee-uh -- named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists > ray-see-MO-suh -- having flower cluster in raceme > > > > Feb 12, 2011 ... at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra > > > commonly known as: sona-tree • Gujarati: આપ્ટો apto • Hindi: कठमूली katmauli • Kannada: ಅಪ್ತಾ aapta, ಅರಳುಕದುಮನ್ದರ aralukadumandara • Konkani: आप्टो apto • Malayalam: അരംപാലി arampaali, കുടബുളി kutabuli, മലയത്തി malayaththi • Marathi: अपटा apta, सोना sona • Nepalese: तरुल tarul • Sanskrit: यमलपत्रक yamalapatrakah, युग्मपत्र yugmapatra • Tamil: ஆத்தி atti, தாதகி tataki • Telugu: తెల్ల ఆరెచెట్టు tella arecettu > > Native to: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam > > > more views: > > Feb 12, 2011 ... at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra > Apr 30, 2009 ... at Koraigad, near Amby Valley, Maharashtra > Apr 20, 2008 ... at Thane, Maharashtra > Apr 1, 2007 ... resort garden, Manor, Maharashtra > > > > Regards. > Dinesh -- Dr Satish Phadke
