Thanks for sharing. Hyptis is known as Van Tulsa in Chhattisgarh. Who says that it is not related to Tulsi? According to natives, its aroma is like Tulsi. As it grows in wild or wasteland it is named as Van Tulsa. It is local name and we must respect the local names. There is no need of anger.
Recently farmers tired of Parthenium infestation have developed new use of Van Tulsa i.e. Hyptis. They observed that whereever Van Tulsa grows Parthenium infestation less. Now they are growing this socalled weed in their fields in order to smother the growth of Parthenium. Hoping tomorrow you will visit to herbal garden again and keep the board in same position. Common people know nothing about botany and classications, still they know much more about plants present in their surroundings. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Me and several botanists had a set procedure of work. If you find any > unknown plant, sit with few floras, efloras if you have internet available, > get hold of dissecting microscope, needle, brush, blade and a few more > things and get busy till you identify the plant. If unsuccessful, photograph > it and send to any group or individual who you think can identify this. > > Two days back I found a plant growing in Herbal garden, labelled as ban > tulsi and identified as Ocimum basilicum. This angered me a lot, since it > was no where near Ocimum. I sat down with all books I had, tried to study > it, but after spending 6-8 hours could not identify this plant. Finally, > today I sent it to the group, and after 10 minutes I knew this was Hyptis > svaveolens, thanks Dinesh Valke. > This made me to rethink and decide. Next time you get a new plant, > simply photograph it and send to the group, if you don't get help, only then > waste your time with microscopes and books. > This is how Indiantreepix and internet has changed the attitudes. > Thanks Garg ji, Tabish ji and Dinesh ji. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
