Dear Shrikant Ji, I support everyones ID this plant is indeed Sapindus laurifolius or commonly called Reetha in hindi from the Family Sapindaceae. It has a high concentration of Saponins in them hence gives soap like foam in water. Regards tanay On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Sir, > Its Sapindus laurifolius..Sapindaceae..Soap nut tree.. > In Ayurveda its called Arishtaka (Sanskrit) > Reeta (Hindi) > > On Mar 24, 5:22 am, Vasant Barve <[email protected]> wrote: > > This possibly Ritha traditional soap/shampoo > > > > Barve > > ======================= > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > A small cultivated tree 5 m tall seen at NCL Pune. Leaves 20-30 cm, > > > pinnate, leaflets 3-4 pairs, elliptic, acuminate, 10-20 cm; petioles > 6-8 mm, > > > nerves 8-10 pairs. Flowers (dried presently) small in terminal > pubescent > > > panicles 15-25 cm long. Fruits 3-5 cm deeply 3 lobed. > > > > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > > > 12 Varshanand Society > > > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > > > Pune 411 051.www.idsahyadri.com > > > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > > > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > > > > < > http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.co...> > > > > > -- > > > 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%[email protected]> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > > (* I have posted Three Jug puzzle & some interesting Puzzles on my > > blog http://virtuallab.in/blog/ **) > > > > Dr. Vasant Barve > > # 5 Dhanalaxmi Apartments, > > Shivagiri Colony, Gangapur Road, > > Nashik 422 005 (India) > > Phone 0253 234 2563 (R), 94227 30724 (M) > > -- > 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%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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.
