Thanks, Vijay, for the history of botanical names... why indonesia though... when most acacia s that europeans ran into were in old palestine and the land of the jewish-arab settlements...or even north africa ??? since biblical times....
I wonder... usha di ========= On Jan 5, 3:27 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/S... > > "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%2Fdi...> > > 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%2Fcata...>• > > RNGR<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rngr.net%2FPublications%...>• > > World > > Agroforestry > > Centre<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldagroforestry.org%2F...> > > > *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%2Fdi...> > > [image: > > Black > > Wattle]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > > - Dec 26, 2007 ... Esselworld, Mumbai > > [image: Mangium > > Wattle]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > > [image: > > Sabah > > Salwood]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > > > Regards. > > Dinesh
