Yes this plant is *Shorea roxburghii *G. Don. of Dipterocarpaceae. Kindly refer my another post for more pictures of this tree.
In Sathyamangalam (closer to Karnataka), the vernacular name is 'Jalamaram' or 'Jal' and the tribals associate the profuse fragrant flowering to the presence of divine. Tamil names: Kungiliyam, Thalari, Thaloora, Saambrani On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Sheshadri Ramaswamy < [email protected]> wrote: > Ramanji, > > Good photos of Shorea roxburghii syn. Shorea talura. > They are in flowers now i.e around Shivarathri festival - 20.02.2012. > Tree looks almost leafless,Fresh leaves growing too. > All these forests around Bengalur are filled with the fragrance of > these flowers. > > Found at Banneraghatta and fruits during the time of the jaatre(temple > festival). > Fruits are winged, spin and travel quite some distance in the wind. > They germinate quite easily, > Trees are host for the lac insect. > > Regards > Sheshadri R > > On Feb 13, 10:18 pm, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another good find Raman ji. > > Regards > > Prashant > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:53 PM, raman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks Shri ji. > > > > > I think I got the local name also wrong. Its called jalari > > > > >http://www.deccanherald.com/content/142589/hopes-bloom-fading-jalari-. > .. > > > > > Raman -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
