Thank you Balkar ji for the appreciation. Many many thanks Vijayasankar ji, for the meaning of the epithet. It is a great help.
Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
