Dear Dr.Vijayasankar, What about Guazuma ulmifolia ? I thought it was rudraksha.
devipriya 2009/11/1 Suvarna Sarpotdar <suvarna.sarpot...@gmail.com> > Naliniji, > > The story goes as this, > **The Legend of Naupaka** > > In one version: > A princess was forbidden to marry her true love, a fisherman, because he > was a commoner. As they parted ways forever, she tore a flower in half, > giving one half to him and keeping the other half for herself. She then > returned to the mountains where her family lived. Broken-hearted, they both > cried and planted their halves of the flower. Each half grew and became the > two forms of naupaka – the beach naupaka (naupaka kahakai) and the mountain > naupaka (naupaka kuahiwi). > > Another version: > It is said that two lovers, greatly devoted to each other, came to the > attention of the Goddess Pele. Pele found the young man desirable and > appeared before him as a beautiful stranger. But no matter what Pele did the > lovers remained devoted to each other. > > Angered, Pele chased the young man into the mountains, throwing molten lava > at him. Pele's sisters witnessed this and to save the young man from a > certain death they changed him into the mountain Naupaka. Pele immediately > went after the young woman and chased her towards the sea - but again Pele's > sisters stepped in and changed the young lover into beach Naupaka. > > It is said that if the mountain Naupaka and beach Naupaka flowers are > reunited, the two young lovers will be together again. > > Suvarna > To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled > browser and > install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash > Player<http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash>. > > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:55 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de>wrote: > >> Suvarna ji, >> plz. i wud like to know the story. >> TIA >> Nalini >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Suvarna Sarpotdar <suvarna.sarpot...@gmail.com> >> *To:* Dr Santhosh Kumar <drsanthosh1...@gmail.com> ; Vijayasankar >> Raman<vijay.botan...@gmail.com>; >> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:38 AM >> *Subject:* [indiantreepix:21910] Re: Fwd: Images of ..... >> >> Santoshji >> Thanks for ID.Its common name is Beach Naupaka common in Hawaii Islands >> and has a beautiful story behind it. >> Suvarna >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar < >> drsanthosh1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Suvarna Ji, >>> >>> It is Scaveola sericea of Goodyneaceae family. It is often found near the >>> shore in some places. >>> >>> Santhosh >>> >>> 2009/10/30 Suvarna Sarpotdar <suvarna.sarpot...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> : >>>> >>>> This plant is in my garden.I was told that it is of Rudraksha but I >>>>> doubt so. >>>>> Pl help. >>>>> Suvarna >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >>>> Kerala >>>> India >>>> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---