In fact Hathisund, Hathisoond, Hatisud etc. are Hindi names of this species. And these names are common throughout India.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/OuO-4_l5c2Q The Tribal Healers of Chhotanagpur recognize this species by six different names and all these names are based on its medicinal properties and uses. Bade Bukhar Jadi is one of these names as Heliotropium is added as important ingredient in Indigenous Herbal Medicines used for Fever management. In year 2002 I mentioned local name of Cassia fistula as Bendra Lauthi or Bandar Lathi in Botanical.com. At that time Google was showing only my articles for "Bandar Lathi." Today from Assam to Gujarat and North to South everyone is writing that Bandar Lathi is its Assamese name, Bandar Lathi is its Tamil Name, Bandar Lathi is its Bengali name. Bandar i.e. Monkey is known by different names in different languages then how Bandar Lathi is local name in every state of India? It surprises me a lot. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:42 PM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Sir for the information. It is quite interesting to know that > "HATHISUD" of Chhotnagpur & "HATISUR" of Bengal sound alike! > > Regards, > > Surajit > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Beautiful pics. Tribals of Chhotanagpur call it Hathisud, owing to the >> inflorescence which looks like trunk of an elephant... >> Pankaj >> >> >> >
