Hi, This is the Sacred Barna [Crataeva tapia Linn.]. The local name is Vavarun. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Tue, 8/28/12, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: From: surajit koley <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:127029] Crateva religiosa from Hooghly To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 10:01 PM Sir, My colleague. Ms Arpita Ram recorded these photogrpahs yesterday, near Konnagarh (Hooghly), roadside. Is this Crataeva religiosa Forst., and the Bengali name given to it BARUN ? Crateva = Crataeva !!! "This species was in 1786 with the notation Crataeva by Johann Georg Adam Forster in Dissertatio ... De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis , pp. 45-46 and in the same year . Fl Ins.Austr , page 35 published with a brief description. The spelling Crateva religiosa is valid." Crateva religiosa Forst.? or Crateva religiosa Forst. f.? or Crateva religiosa G.Forst.? Wikipedia says = "The flowering tree Crateva religiosa (syn Crataeva religiosa, Crateva adansonii) is called the sacred garlic pear and temple plant........" and the Latin name given to it is Crateva religiosa Forst. f. (According to a text book, "Plant Groups", by H. Mukherji) Crataeva religiosa Forst. = C. nurvala Buch. -Ham. = BARUN (Bengali) The Plant List = Crateva religiosa G.Forst. GRIN = Crateva religiosa G. Forst. while wikipedia mentions C. religiosa = C. adansonii, Flora of Pakistan doesn't mention C. religiosa = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063253 to know what The plant list says about C. adansonii, please click the link - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2742336 Flora of China does feature C. religiosa - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009175 another description of C. religiosa - http://apps.kew.org/efloras/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=471&nameid=1354 Please see the synonyms of Crateva nurvala Buch. -Ham at The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2742376 and at the GRIN http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?429700 Images at the net - http://www.flickr.com/photos/20353348@N00/130200139/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/47512780@N05/4492725461/ Fruits of Crateva religiosa at http://www.pestnet.org/SummariesofMessages/NonPests/PlantID/Crataevareligiosa,identification,FSM.aspx and at http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Crateva_religiosa.htm do not match with C. nurvala - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/DzTtnnalFZg/discussion Indian Council of Medical Research = Crataeva religiosa Forst. - http://www.icmr.nic.in/pinstitute/belgaum/Museum/Museum%20Herbarium%20Text1%20Updated/Dry%20Drug.pdf So, the species in this post = C. religiosa Forst ? C. religiosa Forst. f. ? C. religiosa G. Forst ? C. nurvala Buch. -Ham. ? Thank you & Regards, surajit -- --
