Superb Catch Again

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear Dinesh ji, very nice pictures and wonderful collections, as usual...a
> cool treat to eyes!
>
> Regarding your query on meaning, I found the following info in this link:
> http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=69
>
> "The generic name Acacia comes from the Greek word ‘akis’, meaning a
> point or a barb. This acacia was originally described as Mangium montanum
> Rumph. in Herbarium Amboinense (1750) but changed to an Acacia in 1806. The
> specific name is an allusion that this tree resembled 'mangge' (mangroves
> in Indonesia)."
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards
>
> Vijayasankar Raman
> National Center for Natural Products Research
> University of Mississippi
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> *Acacia mangium * Willd.
>>
>>
>>
>>    - *a-KAY-see-uh* or *uh-KAY-shuh* -- from the Greek *akis*, meaning
>>    point, barb, thorny, spiny
>>    *man-JEE-um* -- pronunciation / meaning not known to me ... *please
>>    help*
>>
>>
>> [image: Hickory 
>> Wattle]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3958461570%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeBa0OWwu2sEChYn1LBAgPkq1-FUw>
>>  Sep 26, 2009 ... at a hotel resort near Kolad, Maharashtra
>>
>>
>> *commonly known as*: black wattle, brown salwood, forest mangrove,
>> hickory wattle, mangium wattle, sabah salwood
>>
>> *Native to*: Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea; cultivated
>> elsewhere
>>
>> *References*: Flowers of 
>> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FHickory%2520Wattle.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzexfJsvgg10q7RKyzoBd6lum8Y80A>•
>> RNGR<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rngr.net%2FPublications%2Fttsm%2FFolder.2003-07-11.4726%2FAcacia%2520mangium.pdf%2Ffile&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd6HWbpp8BvvwdoXiFugaEo3fJIUw>•
>>  World
>> Agroforestry 
>> Centre<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldagroforestry.org%2Fsea%2FProducts%2FAFDbases%2Faf%2Fasp%2FSpeciesInfo.asp%3FSpID%3D69&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6MlCsskHRaq7RUAUy1tKO47X7hg>
>>
>>
>> *more views*:
>>
>>    - Sep 26, 2009 ... at a hotel resort near Kolad, Maharashtra
>>    [image: Brown 
>> Salwood]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3957692879%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzepB4ZY8EoYRDBiFHx1q4UAUYlwbw>
>>  [image:
>>    Black 
>> Wattle]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3957691511%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdspeGM_E7NhK6YXYavgZm_fDoxBg>
>>    - Dec 26, 2007 ... Esselworld, Mumbai
>>    [image: Mangium 
>> Wattle]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2138256841%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeZz5wyiQPw0pANvNG9Iv5fvo2Atg>
>>  [image:
>>    Sabah 
>> Salwood]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2139032304%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdcGPPpRpsj7Oswa_BSGupiF5WXIA>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards.
>> Dinesh
>
>
>


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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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