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 > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
