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botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 1:33 am
by seedtree
Greetings: I am glad to find this forum and interested in learning some of the trees of Pakistan to communicate with
a tree planting effort based in Lahore. I hope someone can help identify the botanical names for the following trees:
Dhrake
Shahtoot
Sukhchan
Cheer thanks
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 1:36 am
by UMAR KHAN
Welcome to the forum
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 10:22 am
by M Farooq
seedtree wrote:Greetings: I am glad to find this forum and interested in learning some of the trees of Pakistan to communicate with
a tree planting effort based in Lahore. I hope someone can help identify the botanical names for the following trees:
Dhrake
Shahtoot
Sukhchan
Cheer thanks
Welcome!
Shahtoot is mulberry Morus macroura. See fruit no. 7 here
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/fruitid6.htm. Green and maroon coloured varieties are common.
Sukh-chan or probably sukh-chain: Pongamia pinnata - relatively uncommon, at least in Karachi. I have seen this in a university.
I am not sure of the correct sound of Dhrake? Did you mean Dhaak tree? Description would be helpful.
Regards.
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 11:02 am
by Izhar
Dhrake is Melia azedarach
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 12:15 pm
by mirafzalkhan
Welcome to the forum, Cheer or Chir Pine is Pinus roxburghii.
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 12:53 pm
by muradulislam
welcome to the forum, i think i may be able to help you (to lighten your load of plants only
)
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 8:14 pm
by M Farooq
Izhar wrote:Dhrake is Melia azedarach
I thought M. azedarach was "bukkayn". In which language it is called Dhrake?
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 8:20 pm
by khabbab
M Farooq wrote:Izhar wrote:Dhrake is Melia azedarach
I thought M. azedarach was "bukkayn". In which language it is called Dhrake?
In punjabi
Re: botanical names sought
Posted: July 13th, 2011, 2:41 am
by mirafzalkhan
seedtree wrote: a tree planting effort based in Lahore.
Can you tell us something about the tree planting effort ?