This is very interesting and I am amazed by the knowledge of Usha mam on this and I also agree that this can be related to empirical data. But science is based on theories and not on empirical data. I was thinking why this plant has been named as Tameshwar??? "Tam" is "dark" and "Ishwar" every one knows :). So many be once plant this climber grows so luxuriantly that it gives good shade (darkness) in the area, so may be thats why its called " god of darkness". People tend to give names on their own so its not a big deal. Problem arises when such names get on the references and are then being used scientifically and then later such names create confusion. One such bad example of giving Hindi names to plants is the book on Orchids of Northern Western Ghats. For example, they call Vanda tessellata as RAKSHAS !!!; of course the name of VAMAN AMRI is derived from Dendrobium nanum!! and there are many such examples. I am not big fan of chinese plant nomenclature but you will be surprised to know that they have unique names for all chinese plants. If you know the chinese names then actually you can find out the latin name.... thats really amazing.... Thanks again Usha mam for the detailed you have put up. Pankaj
On Friday, 14 June 2013 11:42:30 UTC+8, Rakesh Biswas wrote: > > Sorry for posting this query, which may not be part of a routine workflow > of the 'Eflora' group. Although the query would be easier to answer for > Eflora members in Madhya Pradesh i am hopeful anyone else may also offer > useful inputs. > > I came across this creeper known as Tameshwar in this video from Indore > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cv_zO2brk and would be grateful to know > its botanical name. Also if anyone from Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal) would be > able to tell me if its seeds or saplings are available in any nursery in > Bhopal it would be very useful. > > best, > > rakesh > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
