Thanks to Dr. Giby Kuriakose ji, Ms. Sandhya ji and Dr.Gurcharan Singh ji for confirmation and clarification
Regards Radha Krishna Reddy ------------------------- On Saturday, June 16, 2012 8:06:05 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Of course not to be confused with real almond or badam, which is Prunus > amygalus Batsch (syn: p. dulcis (Mill.) Webb.) > this is Indian Almond-tree, desi badam (Hindi), Bangla badam (Beng.), > Badamuchettu (Tel), Natvadam (Tam.). > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:52 PM, harithasandhya > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes, Terminalia catappa. >> The fruits are relished by fruit bats and they help in dispersing the >> seeds widely. >> >> Regards, >> Sandhya >> >> >> On Saturday, 16 June 2012 17:02:01 UTC+5:30, ayush wrote: >>> >>> This almond is locally known as badam. There seems to be various >>> species for almond. >>> Photo taken at Gadwal, Andhra Pradesh on 14.06.2012 at a guest house >>> What is this speices. >>> >>> Regards >>> D. Radha Krishna Reddy >>> Chennai >>> >> > > >
