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-- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would request members to desist from comments which can hart others, even > though they may be made obliquely. It has been the result of great efforts > by many of us that we see such an hormonious and cordial atmosphere in this > group. Let not any single action undo this great effort. This is my humble > request. > > There are several references to support that epithet scholaris is derived > from the old practice of making slates from its wood. The practice of using > the whorl of leaves for giving degrees may have been a secondary development > as suggested by Rashida ji. I did not find any refrence of this being the > original reason/source of name scholaris. Besides references provided by > Rashida ji, here are some more. The first link itself should settle the > issue. There perhaps hundreds of links supporting the same. I am giving > few): > > > http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/news_and_press_releases/press_releases/2009/india_landscape.aspx > > http://raokln.blogspot.com/2010/11/alstonia-scholaris-scholar-tree.html > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/346584555/ > > http://www.djibnet.com/photo/palai/alstonia-scholaris-2288526504.html > > http://www.jagtapnursery.com/demo/plants/trees/satvin-devils-tree-96.php > > http://www.indi-journal.info/archives/3269 > > http://www.prcupcc.org/herbs/herbsd/deviltree.htm > > > http://homeopathyworldcommunity.com/photo/alstonia-scholaris?context=featured > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Devil%20Tree.html > > > http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2010/01/05/appreciate-the-beauty-of-alstonias/ > > > http://medicinalplants-india.blogspot.com/2008/02/alstonia-scholaris-saptparni.html > > http://recordingnature.wordpress.com/ > > http://asp.learn.net.in/photos/view.php?id=346584555&/Alstonia-scholaris > > > > > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:10 PM, promila chaturvedi < > thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Anadi Ji, >> thanks for the answer. But Electricity Board can do it. They do not need >> to take the permission. Some times they may take undue advantage of it. >> Others cannot do the same. >> Promila >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Anandi Sharan <sharan.ana...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> dear promila ji >>> >>> the funny thing is that electricity board without permission does it >>> all the time -- when i asked them for their permission note they said >>> they did not have one and that they did not need one. i will check >>> this again now that you remind me. >>> green greetings >>> anandi >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:45 PM, promila chaturvedi >>> <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > The Blackboards, which were used in the classes in my time, >>> weremadefrom >>> > Scholar's tree. Hence the name Alstonia scholaris. >>> > Kiran Ji, choping the braches of trees is ban in Delhi. If somebody >>> does it >>> > without forest department's writtenpermision can be sued, and the >>> penalty is >>> > one year jail or Rs. 80,000=00 fine or both. >>> > Promila >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:24 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university >>> >> shantiniketan, west bengal India >>> >> Tanay >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar < >>> sahanipan...@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were >>> >>> exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. >>> >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > The state tree of Bengal >>> >>> > tanay >>> >>> > >>> >>> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar < >>> sahanipan...@gmail.com> >>> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI >>> >>> >> CHAAL. >>> >>> >> The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification >>> >>> >> especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as >>> in >>> >>> >> Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. >>> >>> >> Pankaj >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava >>> >>> >> <srivastava...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >> > A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris >>> tree >>> >>> >> > behind >>> >>> >> > the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to >>> >>> >> > allow >>> >>> >> > the >>> >>> >> > sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the >>> local >>> >>> >> > garden >>> >>> >> > community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it >>> >>> >> > wouldn't >>> >>> >> > surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in >>> winter >>> >>> >> > to >>> >>> >> > warm >>> >>> >> > up courtyards that are otherwise completely blotted from the the >>> >>> >> > sun. I >>> >>> >> > have >>> >>> >> > seen it happen. Before it was trimmed the flowers were within >>> >>> >> > touching >>> >>> >> > distance from the 2nd floor terrace. >>> >>> >> > There are several trees such as Semul (Bombax malabaricum) and >>> Siris >>> >>> >> > (Albizia lebbek) growing in small, old colony roads whose >>> branches >>> >>> >> > have >>> >>> >> > spread widely blocking sunlight in homes. They could be trimmed >>> >>> >> > especially, >>> >>> >> > if old people want to sit out and soak in the sun during Delhi's >>> >>> >> > winters...and this winter its really cold. >>> >>> >> > Cheers, >>> >>> >> > Kiran Srivastava >>> >>> >> > >>> >>> >> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rashida Atthar >>> >>> >> > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> >> Ajay ji according to info. in the book 'Trees of Mumbai' pg 51 >>> ..." >>> >>> >> >> In >>> >>> >> >> olden days the wood of this tree was used to make slates for >>> >>> >> >> children, >>> >>> >> >> hence scholaris." The book further adds "The dita bark of the >>> tree >>> >>> >> >> is >>> >>> >> >> used >>> >>> >> >> in Indian medecine for treating asthma and heart ailments, >>> fever >>> >>> >> >> and >>> >>> >> >> diarrhoea.During the Diwali festival, the bitter bark is >>> consumed >>> >>> >> >> before >>> >>> >> >> eating sweets to neutralize the excessive intake of sugar." >>> >>> >> >> regards, >>> >>> >> >> Rashida. >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Ajay Nalawade >>> >>> >> >> <analawa...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> We noted Some Bark scraping in Konkan region. >>> >>> >> >>> Can anybody tell for which purpose this bark is used??? >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Arijit Banerjee >>> >>> >> >>> <ari...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >> >>>> >>> >>> >> >>>> Alstonia scholaris in fruit, >>> >>> >> >>>> Patuli, Kolkata, India >>> >>> >> >>>> 8 January 2011 >>> >>> >> >>>> >>> >>> >> >>>> The fruits do look quite similar to those of Wrightia >>> tinctoria >>> >>> >> >>>> (Khirni) >>> >>> >> >>>> >>> >>> >> >>>> Arijit Banerjee >>> >>> >> >>>> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> > >>> >>> >> > >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> -- >>> >>> >> *********************************************** >>> >>> >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> >>> >> Research Associate >>> >>> >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>> >>> >> Department of Habitat Ecology >>> >>> >> Wildlife Institute of India >>> >>> >> Post Box # 18 >>> >>> >> Dehradun - 248001, India >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > -- >>> >>> > Tanay Bose >>> >>> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>> >>> > Department of Botany. >>> >>> > University of British Columbia . >>> >>> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>> >>> > Vancouver, B.C. 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V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>> >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>> >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>> >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>> >> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ---- >>> >> >> > > > -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
