We would be grateful to know the botanical name of the most celebrated tree of Ancient India
The botanical name of "Kalpavrikasha" is Cocos nucifera L., which is commonly known as coconut. It is a member of family Arecaceae.
Reference
Pandey, B. P. (1988). Economic Botany. S. Chand & Company (Pvt.) Ltd., Ram Nagar, New Delhi, India p. 37.
The banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis), also called Nyagrodha tree, which grows throughout the country is referred to as Kalpavriksha or Kaplaptaru because of its ability to amply provide for human needs.
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The botanical name of "Kalpavrikasha" is Cocos nucifera L., which is commonly known as coconut. It is a member of family Arecaceae.
Reference
Pandey, B. P. (1988). Economic Botany. S. Chand & Company (Pvt.) Ltd., Ram Nagar, New Delhi, India p. 37.
Kalpavriksha is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in Hindu mythology. Kalpavriksha is an artistic and literary theme common to the Hindu Bhagavatas, the Jains and the Buddhists. Kalpavriksha is the tree of life, also meaning "World Tree" finds mention in the Vedic scriptures. In the earliest account of the Samudra manthan or "churning of the ocean of milk" Kalpavriksha emerged from the primal waters during the ocean churning process along with Kamadhenu, the divine cow that bestows all needs.
Adansonia digitata L. is the Kalpvriksha.
Ficus benghalensis is not, it is Vatvriksha.
In some places Cocos nucifera L. is also called Kalpvriksha, but it is not so.
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