Dear Friends Many thanks for helping me know the name of this species. According to www.eco-planet.com "It is used traditionally as folk medicine. According to Ayurveda, plant is digestible, anthelmintic, alexiteric, leprosy, ulcers, antipyretic, alternative, cures diseases of liver, spleen, heart, blood, tumours, asthma etc. A decoction of the roots is given in dyspepsia, diarrhoea, rheumatism, asthma and urinary disorders. The root powder is salutary for brushing the teeth. It quickly relieves the dental pains and arrests bleeding."
Regards Dev On Sep 23, 10:21 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > ... many thanks Swagat ji .. adding my bit ... commonly known as: common > tephrosia, fish poison, wild indigo • Bengali: বননীলগাছ bannilgach • > Gujarathi: ઘોડાકાન ghodakan • Hindi: बन नील ban-nil, सरफोंक sarphonk, > शरपुंखा sharpunkha • Kannada: empali, koggili, phanike • Malayalam: > kozhinjil • Marathi: शरपुंखा sharpankha, उन्हाळी unhali • Oriya: pokha • > Punjabi: bansa-bansu • Rajasthani: biyani • Sanskrit: शरपुंखा sarapunkha • > Tamil: காவாளி kavali, கொள்ளுக்காய்வேளை kolluk-kay-velai • Telugu: వెంపలి > vempali > > Regards. > > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Swagat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > *'Tephrosia purpurea' *is called *'Sharpunkha' 'शरपुंखा' *in Marathi. > > > Regards, > > > ~Swagat > > 9223217568 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 2009/9/23 Pardeshi S. <[email protected]> > > >> Hello all > >> i look like Tephrosia purpurea to me (however also close to T. > >> tinctoria). the pod seems to have abt 5-6 seeds that confirms it to be > >> T. purpurea. > > >> Tephrosia pumila (Lamk.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 330, 1807; > >> Vernacular name: Unhali, Sarpunka. > > >> the odour of the decaying plant is very offensive. > > >> regards > >> Satish Pardeshi > >> Consultant Taxonomist > >> CDAC, Pune > > >> On Sep 23, 12:18 am, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Looks like Tephrosia (T.purpurea). > > >> > Pankaj Oudhia > > >> > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Dev Kumar > > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > Photograph taken in Mhow, District Indore, Madhya Pradesh- Hide quoted > >> text - > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > >> -- > >> 'I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I > >> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.' - Helen > >> Keller- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
