Thank you very much Sir for the correct name of this tree. With regards,
surajit On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > 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." <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crateva_religiosa#Systematik> > > *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........"* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crateva_religiosa> and the > Latin name given to it is *Crateva religiosa* *Forst. > f.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Forster> > * > > > - (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.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2742384> > * > - GRIN = *Crateva religiosa G. > Forst.<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12158> > * > - 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 - > > 1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/20353348@N00/130200139/ > 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/47512780@N05/4492725461/ > 3. 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 > > -- > > > > > --
