Hello all it is Basella alba var. cordifolia (Lamk.) Almeida, Fl. Mah. 4: 217, 2003. Synonyms: B. cordifolia Lamk. var. rubra Voight, Hort. Suburb. Cal. 322, 1845. B. cordifolia Lamk., Encyclop. 1: 382, 1785. B. rubra L. Sp. Pl. 272, 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 20, 1886; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 594, 1958 (Repr.). B. alba var. rubra (L.) Stewart, Punjab, Pl. 177, 1869. B. alba Sensu. Van steenis. Fl. Malas., 5: 300, 1957 (p.p., non L., 1753). Common name: Mayaki Bhaji
regards Satish Pardesih On Oct 20, 12:00 am, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> wrote: > Poi is used in treatment of Pathri (Renal Calculi) in Traditional Healing. > > http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/62_pathri.html > > [Same article with new comments, 2005 onwards, is available in Ecoport] > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The correct botanical name is Basella alba var. rubra. The normal > > white-flowered plant is Basella alba. There is a red-flowered and red- > > stemmed variant of this plant, which you have photographed, called > > Basella alba var. rubra. > > It is commonly called Malabar Spinach. Is popular among Bengalis as > > Poi shaak. > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Spinach.html > > - Tabish > > > On Oct 19, 4:16 pm, Chithra V <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry, one more question are rubra and alba one and the same - somehow I > > > have been associating rubra with red and alba with white (wherever I have > > > come across these names) > > > Chithra- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
