LONG LIVE THE LATINIZED NAME Tanay On 3 May 2012 13:31, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tanay and Surajit: > > I'll add to your confusion:) > *Plumeria rubra* in south 24 paraganas are called Kath-champa.... and > people will swear that that's what the correct name is!!!! while folks at > KolBotG, esp their gardeners will call it (authoritatively) that its called > Garuda-champa because one of their old bosses who wrote a book used to call > it that!!! Bojo tthela... > > and Gualncha/Gulancha is Guduchi, or *Tinospora cordifolia*, there is > regular gulancha and then there is padma gulancha the latter has a very > knobby surface and both are sold green or fresh by Ayurvedic shops and > street vendors who sell the navagraha mula/roots ... I have seen some well > organized shop(s) with big painted advertisement tin boards on railway > platforms of local trains in some towns in south 24 paraganas... this > padma gulancha comes from deep recesses of the sunderbans they tell me... > > > well, interesting, ain't it? cheers > usha di > ====== > > > > > > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:23 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh! My beloved Tanay Ji, what i want to tell you is that these Bengali >> names of various plants differ regionally. Take the case of *Plumeria >> rubra*, we call it GULANCHA here, but one of my friends from North >> Bengal tells me that they call it KATH-GOLAP. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Surajit Ji. >>> I am very bad in common names hence have no idea about them. >>> Tanay >>> >>> On 3 May 2012 11:22, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Tanay Ji for the ID. Everybody here call this tree as PAKUR >>>> in Bengali, whereas the scientific name given for the PAKUR in the book >>>> "Plants Group" and also at >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/ficus$20infectoria/indiantreepix/lfUcX6mGFK4/84WYKEU1wngJ >>>> is >>>> *Ficus infectoria* ! >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> surajit >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Surajit Da. >>>>> I think this is Ficus rumphii. >>>>> Tanay >>>>> >>>>> On 3 May 2012 10:58, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sir / Madam, >>>>>> >>>>>> Found this very very big tree on roadside. Is this also *Ficus >>>>>> rumphii* ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Species : UNKNOWN >>>>>> Habit & Habitat : tree, very big, roadside >>>>>> Date : 03-05-12, 9.52 a.m. >>>>>> Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Surajit Koley >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Tanay Bose* >>>>> Research & Teaching Assistant. >>>>> Department of Botany. >>>>> University of British Columbia . >>>>> 6270 University Blvd. >>>>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>>>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>>>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>>>> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>>>> [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>>> *Webpages:* >>>>> UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> >>>>> UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> >>>>> EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Tanay Bose* >>> Research & Teaching Assistant. >>> Department of Botany. >>> University of British Columbia . >>> 6270 University Blvd. >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>> [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> *Webpages:* >>> UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> >>> UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> >>> EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] <[email protected]> *Webpages:* UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/>
