Many many thanks Sandhya ji for the correction of misspelt name, additional name, and their meanings. Will soon incorporate them into my flickr notes.
Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:07 PM, harithasandhya <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Lovely picture Dinesh ji. > > The Malayalam name seems to be missing the second letter. It is > പാല്മുതുക്ക്. It means 'milky tuber'. > > Yet another name for the same plant that I came across in Malayalam is > അഞ്ചിലത്താളി (Anjilathali). > > The term 'താളി' (thali) is a general Malayalam word used to indicate any > leaf whose extract can be used as a shampoo. > Anjila means five leaves. So the name would mean 'Five-leaved thali'. > Perhaps these leaves are used as a shampoo. I am not sure. > > Warm Regards, > Sandhya > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

