Beautiful pics Dinesh ji. Thank you Satish ji for the info . So far I was thinking that they are petals
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear friends, > Thanking Gurcharan ji for bringing up *Saraca asoca* and *Saraca indica*at > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/KgjiUoJP2Zw > Earlier Garg ji too had queried to know which among these is our native > ... at > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/eIGV_ch2MSA > FOI too has *Saraca asoca* ... > http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Sita%20Ashok.html > > > Thus realizing my mistake in this post. > Please read the ID of the plants posted as: > *Saraca asoca* (Roxb.) W. J. de Wilde, Blumea 15:393. 1968 > Synonyms: *Jonesia asoca* Roxb.; *Saraca indica* auct. (non L.); Baker in > Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 271, 1878 > > > Will correct my notes at my flickr photostream at the earliest. > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> One interesting fact for those who are not aware. >> THE TREE HAS NO PETALS. WHAT WE SEE HERE ARE BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED SEPALS. >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Saraca indica * L. >>> >>> >>> >>> - ¿ *sah-RAH-ka* ? -- derivation obscure >>> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* of or from India >>> >>> >>> [image: Osoko (in >>> Oriya)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209585106%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeUFs3bF60bNLyXxfwg-uL4ICaPNQ> >>> Jan 20, 2008 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: Sita Ashok, sorrowless tree • *Bengali*: অশোক >>> asoka • *Gujarati*: અશોક ashoka, અશોપાલવ ashopalava • *Hindi*: अशोक >>> ashok • *Kannada*: ಅಶೋಕ ashoka • *Konkani*: अशोक ashok • *Malayalam*: >>> അശോകം asokam, ഹെമപുഷ്പം hemapushpam • *Marathi*: अशोक ashok, jasundi • * >>> Oriya*: osoko • *Sanskrit*: अशोक ashoka • *Tamil*: அசோகம் acokam • * >>> Telugu*: అశోకము asokamu >>> >>> *Native to*: India, Myanmar and Malaya >>> >>> >>> *more views*: >>> >>> - Jan 20, 2008 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai >>> [image: Sita Ashok (Hindi: सिता >>> अशोक)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209868058%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzct3BPRvY_t3v3l_y_y3tNnWCgPbA> >>> [image: >>> Sorrowless >>> tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2208887597%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcqvPzPxxPfoiDDdn8S5yL3vEVWug> >>> [image: >>> Asokamu (Telugu: >>> అశోకము)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209582218%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze-ijowO6dl2sgtwKtYuPdtkdsOWA> >>> [image: >>> Asoka (Bengali: >>> অশোক)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209484264%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfrj_UZmQesKLkvN2GR7NKhRVVsCQ> >>> - Dec 8, 2007 ... at Sagar Upvan, Colaba, Mumbai >>> [image: Handkerchief >>> Tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2095638102%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc0IwCWDWxsutp92tjPiZmx-q_iBg> >>> - Mar 11, 2007 ... at Chota Kashmir, Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai >>> [image: Handkerchief >>> Tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F423973457%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfbUpXEWOYZEwlJJd_x7cRe4WcKzQ> >>> - May 9, 2010 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai >>> [image: Ashok (Marathi: >>> अशोक)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4591876281%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcKYM2iUDzr_XmlcwkNl6m4xHdZaA> >>> [image: >>> Sita >>> Ashok]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4591871955%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzelrPNFDdcNaWzdvJdrFRfmxnzb3Q> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
