Sir, A Big Thank You. I also heard that it has medicinal properties. But i do not know what. As for C. fistula, in my childhood, in 1970-80 we called it Bandar-Lathi. Both of langoor & ape were Bandar to us. However, much later i came to know the other Bengali names like 'Amaltas', 'Sonajhora' for the Bandar-Lathi.
Regards, Surajit On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >
