Thank you Satish ji.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > I have added the write-up and the picture to Flora picture > 2012<http://indiantreepix.blogspot.in/> > . > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you very much to you all for the responses... >> @ Chitra ji, yes, the same tribes. They are settled in southern W.Ghats >> of Kerala and TN. They consider that this plant also possesses similar >> properties as that of Arogyapacha and hence both the plants share another >> common name 'Sanjeevani'. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Chitra Shanker >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Are they not the same tribe who are associated with the famed >>> Arogyapacha? >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Vijayasankar >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> I wish you all a very happy new year 2013. >>>> >>>> Here is my 'Flora Picture of the Year 2012'. >>>> >>>> "the seed is now ready to continue the legacy for generations to come, >>>> and thus to protect the species from possible extinction"! >>>> * >>>> Decalepis** arayalpathra* (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Venter* >>>> *Synonym:* **Janakia* *arayalpathra* J.Joseph & Chandras. >>>> Family: Apocynaceae (previously under Periplocaceae). >>>> >>>> *Decalepis arayalpathra* is a bushy perennial subshrub with milky >>>> latex, growing up to 2 m high. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats >>>> and only has few isolated populations found on high altitude rocky >>>> habitats. At FRLHT, we conducted extensive explorations across its >>>> distribution range in order to assess the population size and also to find >>>> suitable sites for in situ conservation. It has been assessed as >>>> 'Critically Endangered'. It occurs in Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari >>>> districts in Tamil Nadu and in Tiruvananthapuram district in Kerala. The >>>> local Kani tribes use the fleshy aromatic roots as tonic and also to treat >>>> various stomach ailments. >>>> >>>> The ‘Kani’ tribe calls this plant AMRITHAPALA and use it as effective >>>> remedy for peptic ulcer, cancer-like afflictions and as a tonic to regain >>>> the lost strength and >>>> stamina.<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331335/pdf/ASL-9-212.pdf> >>>> >>>> The specific epithet 'arayalpathra' denotes the resemblance of leaves >>>> to that of *Ficus religiosa*. 'Arayal' is Malayalam name for Peepul >>>> tree, and 'pathra' means leaf. The original generic name 'Janakia' was to >>>> commemorate Dr.E.K. Janaki >>>> Ammal<http://www.ias.ac.in/resonance/June2007/p4-9.pdf>, >>>> a renowned scientist of Botanical Survey of India, for her valuable >>>> contributions to the botany of India. She was appointed by Nehru ji the >>>> then PM as 'Special Officer' to reorganize the BSI to the current >>>> structure. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Vijayasankar Raman >>>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>> University of Mississippi >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Chitra Shanker >>> Sr. Scientist (Entomology) >>> Directorate of Rice Research, >>> Rajendranagar, Hyderabad -500030 >>> >>> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
