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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3680313, member: 8267"]There are apparently a variety of Elaeocarpus species with slightly different endocarps that have been used as beads. "In India the species most commonly used for prayer beads is <b>E. ganitrus</b>, also listed in some references as <b>E. sphaericus</b>. The endocarps are also known as "rudraksha beads." I think KSW's look like the spikier ones from the blue marble tree, but I might be wrong. Hard to tell from just photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3680313, member: 8267"]There are apparently a variety of Elaeocarpus species with slightly different endocarps that have been used as beads. "In India the species most commonly used for prayer beads is [B]E. ganitrus[/B], also listed in some references as [B]E. sphaericus[/B]. The endocarps are also known as "rudraksha beads." I think KSW's look like the spikier ones from the blue marble tree, but I might be wrong. Hard to tell from just photos.[/QUOTE]
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