Dinesh: sona champa? never heard, but then not a mangrove visitor myself.. may be locas might have called it that in deep sunderbans...
MY REAL QUESTION was as aI looked at the flower...why cylindrica? usha di On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > via Species<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > > B <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/b> > > > *Bruguiera cylindrica* (L.) Blume ... (family: *Rhizophoraceae*) > [image: Lahan Zumbar (Marathi: लहान > झुंबर)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5386201099/> > > [image: Flowers of > India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/White%20Burma%20Mangrove.html> > [image: Discussions at > efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Bruguiera%20cylindrica> > [image: more views in > flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bruguieracylindrica&m=tags&z=m> > [image: more views on Google > Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Bruguieracylindrica&format=kml_nl> > > > *broog-wee-ER-a* -- named for Jean Guillaume Bruguiere, French biologist > and explorer > *sil-IN-dree-kuh* -- cylinder-like > ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> > > > *commonly known as*: white Burma > mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/white-burma-mangrove>• > *Bengali*: sona > champa<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/sona-champa>, > thushia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/thushia>• > *Marathi*: कांडेल > kandel<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/kandela-kandel>, > कनिल > kanil<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/kanila-kanil>, > लहान झुंबर lahan > zumbar<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/lahana-jhumbara-lahan-zumbar>• > *Oriya*: ବକୁଳ > bokul<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/bakula-bokul>, > dot<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/dot>• > *Tamil*: > pannukkucci<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/pannukkucci>• > *Telugu*: > vurudu<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/vurudu> > > > *botanical names*: *Bruguiera cylindrica* (L.) Blume ... *synonyms*: > *Bruguiera > caryophyllaeoides* (J.F.Gmel.) Blume • *Bruguiera caryophylloides* (Burm. > f.) Blume • *Bruguiera malabarica* Arn. • *Rhizophora caryophylloides*Burm. > f. • > *Rhizophora cylindrica* L. ... The Plants > List<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2684033> > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Photographed at Gorai Creek, Mumbai ... 23 JAN 11 > ... more views on > *flickr*<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bruguieracylindrica&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags> > . > > > Dear friends, please help with names in native script. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > -- Usha di ===========
