Good morning / evening Tanay Ji Meet you, say, after 9 p.m. (IST).. :)
Regards, surajit On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> > > >

