Sapotaceae » Manilkara hexandra (= Mimusops hexandra)


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commonly known as: Ceylon iron wood, milk tree, wedge-leaved ape flower • Bengali: krikhiyur • Gujarati: ખિર્ની khirni, રાયન rayan • Hindi:  दृढ़ drirh, खिरनी khirni, क्षीरी kshiri, रायन rayan • Kannada: bakula • Konkani: कर्णी karni, रांजण ranjana • Malayalam: കൃണി krini, പഴമുന്പാല pazhamunpaala • Marathi: करणी karani, खिरणी khirni, राजण rajana, रांजण ranjana, रायण rayan, रायणी rayani • Sanskrit: क्षीरिणी kshirini, निम्बबिज nimbabija, राजादन rajadana • Tamil: உலக்கைப்பாலை ulakkai-p-palai • Telugu: అంకాలు ankalu, నందివృక్షము nandivriqshamu, పాలచెట్టు palachettu

at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

Good identification! And great collection of local names!

Thank you very much, Tabish.

While putting up this flower, and cutting-pasting the elaborately collected local names, couldn't help thinking
कहने को तो दुनियाँ मे हैं flower-hunter बहुत अच्छे
कहते हैं के दिनेश का है अंदाज़े बयाँ और!

PS: अंदाज़े बयाँ = style of narrating  

--Last edited by tabish on 2008-08-01 22:40:47 --

Oh ... ... thankyou ... ... thank you !!