Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
May 2008, Ambedkar Garden Mhow
Nature Note From Mhow: The J...
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Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
May 2008, Ambedkar Garden Mhow
Nature Note From Mhow: The Jarul blooms....
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Taxonomic Name: Lagerstroemia speciosa
Common Names:
Giant Crape-myrtle, Queen's Crape-myrtle or Banabá Plant, Pride of India, Rose of India , Jarul, Arjuna, Motabandara
This tree is native to India. (Tropical Southern Asia, according to the Wikipedia article and NE and S. India as Pradip Krishen's Trees of Delhi tells us).
This is not only a beautiful tree but also a very useful tree. The leaves are very effective in lowering blood sugar levels. They also have very impressive anti-obesity properties. According to Pradip Krishen's book the seeds are supposed to be narcotic. The timber is most sought after.
For more information:
(1) Wikipedia article on the Jarul Click here
(2) Trees of Delhi (page 72) by Pradip Krishen.
(3) banabaherb.com - A website dedicated to this tree
(4) A technical article on the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity properties of this tree in Oxford Journals. Click here.
The previous nature note from Mhow was on the unlucky baby python. Close
Dev,
Nice pics! is dis the jacaranda tree closeup? I thot the blossoms of the jacaranda r a bluer shade.
Have u read the book 'Meetings with Remarkable trees' by Thomas Pakenham? Its a terrific book wid amazing photos.
I found a gr8 link on Indian trees :
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~vam/abadtrees.html
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Hi Kalyanee.. thanks for the visit and the info... According to Pradip Krishen's book The Trees of Delhi which is one of my main sources of information the flowers are lavender or purply-blue... I will check again so that there is no doubt as to which tree this is.
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Hi Kalyanee... thanks to your comment I did a thorough check and realised that I had wrongly identified this tree as the jacaranda... it is actually the Jarul.... many thanks... regards.... Dev
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Hi Kalyanee.. thanks for the visit and the info... According to Pradip Krishen's book The Trees of Delhi which is one of my main sources of information the flowers are lavender or purply-blue... I will check again so that there is no doubt as to which tree this is.
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Hi Kalyanee... thanks to your comment I did a thorough check and realised that I had wrongly identified this tree as the jacaranda... it is actually the Jarul.... many thanks... regards.... Dev
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