via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > C <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c> > *Centaurium meyeri* (Bunge) Druce ... *family*: Gentianaceae [image: Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce]<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F13431147434&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze3vjFUQCRUGTrWuRGuiELXQmEHyQ>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FPink%2520Centaury.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzesRq9O0biFnRRGvDquClV9W18oCw> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Centaurium%20meyeri%7Csort:date> [image: more views in flickr]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DCentauriummeyeri%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcJ0C0xkW2k1odVST3a2zD7an5S6Q> [image: more views on Google Earth]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DCentauriummeyeri%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf0ATk6tM6FlVtyxGuvROeijITKsw> *sen-TAR-ee-um* -- referring to the Centaur Chiron who discovered the medicinal uses of the plant that came to be known as Centaury ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DCentaurium&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd9QmpuqhEyD_9eS8IvnnGcA1_PSA> *MY-er-eye* -- named for Karl Antonovich von Meyer, German, Russified botanist and explorer ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dmeyeri&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfuS7JFFlYgjbsStQKR-dL0qaVlsw>• Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCarl_Anton_von_Meyer&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeZfZxrhclc8sm6Zk3nUm-F0_d5hw> *commonly known as*: field centaury<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/field-centaury>, pink centaury<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/pink-centaury>• *Hindi*: बारीक चिरायता barik chirayata<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/barika-cirayata-barik-chirayata>, खेत चिरायता khet chirayata<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/kheta-cirayata-khet-chirayata>• *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಕೆಂಪು ಜೀರಿಗೆ kaadu kempu jeerige<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kadu-kempu-jirige-kaadu-kempu-jeerige>• *Marathi*: लुंटक luntak<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/luntaka-luntak>• *Oriya*: ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ghumna<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/ghurnna-ghumna> *botanical names*: *Centaurium meyeri* (Bunge) Druce ... *synonyms*: *Erythraea meyeri* Bunge • *Erythraea roxburghii* G.Don • *Centaurium roxburghii*(D.Don) Druce • *Centaurium centaurioides* (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri • *Centaurium centaurioides*(Roxb.) Babu ... Indian Gentianaceae - A Checklist ©<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=sDzbge8QPdUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false>by Sunita Garg ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Ahupe, Maharashtra on 18 JAN 2014 Regards. Dinesh -- 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/d/optout.
