Ushadi: There could be two distinct places currenly with names Dapodi and Dapuri as you have mentioned. But there is little doubt that the Dapuri drawings belong to current day Dapodi near Pune (Poona). Following link of RBGE may clear the mist. http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/edinburgh/inverleith-house/archive-exhibitions/inverleith-house-archive-main-programme/2002/the-dapuri-drawings The name Dapuri should be either attributed to have been wrongly pronounced by British or the current name Dapodi is a distorted version of yesteryear Dapuri. Alexander Gibson was posted in Pune. Dalzell was an assistant to him (who authored Flora of Bombay). regards Adittya
--- On Thu, 1/5/12, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:102701] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas To: "Adittya Dharap" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 7:51 PM Aditya: Dapodi and Dapuri are TWO distinctly different places, one is way inlands, another nearer to the coast, ... google earth shows them well... Usha di ======== On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Adittya Dharap <[email protected]> wrote: Ushadi, Based on your suggestion I will try and figure out something. You mentioned about Dapuri drawings. The place Dapuri (Now Dapodi) is a small suburb close to Pune. As far as I know the botanical garden ceased to exist long ago. But the drawings have travelled through time in some secret vault. Am yet to buy the book but am sure it is going to be worth buying one. best regards Adittya --- On Thu, 1/5/12, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:102441] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas To: "Adittya Dharap" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 10:31 AM Aditya: thanks I am glad people know that it is toxic... knowledge is half the battle... knowing helps prevention... one can educate children to be careful and not eat everything in sight... those who want to commit suicide..prevention works... but very determined people depressed or bent on taking revenge on loved ones cant be helped... as an intern, young and idealistic I often used to volunteer at some prevention hotlines, many many years ago...... so I know this... otherwise its not a subject really taught in our medical schools... ABOUT BETTER THINGS I love and collect BOTANICAL art. and botanical art related books.. inherited love of botanical art from my parents, mom in particular... just got DAPURI DRAWINGS book of old indian botanical art now residing in Edinburgh museum repository, originally the art work was commissioned buy Alexander Gibson , a doctor who also founded the first(may be???) botanical garden in India in DAPURI Maharashtra ... MoBot ...missouri botanical garden website has hundreds of scanned images of wonderful botanical drawings.. of superb quality, being done by many trained landscape painters, they have great european precision... we can certainly have discussion on botanical art, I am sure we have many members who remain silent because they are into art/ drawings and not photography.... like Bimal da's symbiosis series why dont you start a series called botanical art and submit whever the mood strikes and make the subject line as Aditya's botanical art 1, 2, 3 etc etc... that way those of us who want to look at your art will know where to go and we will have a nice archive starting with yours... You have submitted a few so far, may be you can gather them up and start a new thread and submit all of them in one email... let that be your first of the series... your series will bring out art lovers among us... looking forward to it... Usha di ========== On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Adittya Dharap <[email protected]> wrote: Ushadi, For me 'Sea Mango' is a misnomer for this plant. The fruits do not resemble mangoes neither in form nor in qualities. Apart from this the fruits are not only unpalatable but also extremely poisonous. The fruit is consumed for committing suicide. C. manghas is basically a littoral species i.e commonly found along the coast in association with mangroves. Alike several other species that are planted in our urban landscapes, there are trees found in Mumbai as well. To answer your other question about the illustration, I have been illustrating for quite some time as a passion (no way linked to my qualification and profession). And what fascinates me for illustration? the answer is botanical forms! There have been little or virtually no discussion on our forum regarding Botanical Illustration per se. Botanical Illustrations form an integral part of our floras. Hence thought of triggering the subject by taking this initiative of sharing my own illustrations. Would also like to thank all for the good words. best regards Adittya Dharap --- On Wed, 1/4/12, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:102441] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:59 PM Aditya : nice bw ink drawing ... but why Sea mango... does it grow where you live or is it work related? what fascinates you about this tree, its flowers or the fruits? Usha di ========= On Jan 4, 7:09 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Fantastic effort ... Nice to see such lovely illustration > Tanay > > On 4 January 2012 03:29, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, another good illustration Dear Adittya. Would like to see many > > more...Thanks for sharing.. > > Regards > > Prashant > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> excellent artistic skill. liked the illustration > > >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Great art, fantastic effort and skill, Adittya. > >>> Keep up the good work. > >>> Regards. > >>> Dinesh > > >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Adittya Dharap > >>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> Dear All, > > >>>> Continuing my effort of sharing my botanical illustrations, would > >>>> like to share ink illustration for *Cerbera manghas*. > > >>>> best regards > > >>>> Adittya V. Dharap > > >> -- > >> Regards > >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. 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