It is also known as Ipomoea turpethum. Root bark secretes a substance with is used as purgative, from which it derives the name - Indian jalap or jolap
On Feb 15, 6:42 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > ... looks like *Operculina turpethum* ... commonly known as: Indian jalap, > St. Thomas lidpod, transparent wood rose, turpeth root, white day glory • > Hindi: निशोथ nisoth, पिठोरी pitohri • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿತಿಗಡೆ bilitigade, ತಿಗಡೆ > ಬೇರು tigade beru • Malayalam: ത്രികോല്പക്കൊന്ന thrikoolpakkonna • Marathi: > निसोत्तर or निशोत्तर nisottar • Nepalese: निशोधि nishodhi, निशोथ nisoth • > Sanskrit: निशोत्र nishotra, त्रिपुट triputa, त्रिवृथ trivrutha • Tamil: > சரளம் caralam, சிவதை civatai, கும்பஞ்சான் kumpncan, பகன்றை paganrai • > Telugu: తెగడ tegada, త్రివృత్ తెల్లతెగ trivrut tellatega > > Regards. > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Blaise <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > Would appreciate help in ID of this creeper. > > > Place - Alongside the Airoli-Mulund bridge. > > > Date - 31Jan10 > > > TIA, > > > Blaise > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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=en.
