Very sweet smelling flowers. There is a myth about this Liana; Its flowers attract snakes. Satish
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > This plant at a popular resort called "Kshanbhar Vishranti" near Karnala > Bird Sanctuary. The second and third photos were on a dry day, shows typical > soft red soil settled on the plant leaves, as is seen on plants lining roads > on Western Ghats. > > Many thanks Yazdi ji, you may be correct about lack of phosphorous. However > afraid that my camera settings of exposure (to tackle low diffused light > owing to translucent acrylic roof) may have brought about some unreal > colours to the leaves. > > > Gurcharan ji, checked on "hexapetalous", is that inadvertently put OR an > accepted variance of spelling "hexapetalus" ? > > > Regards. > > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice pictures Dinesh Valke ji, >> We had a couple of these, sadly , I had to remove them as it was >> damaging my expensive drying yard. The roots were growing so large >> that it was lifting my concrete drying yard. Before they were removed, >> I used to enjoy seeing the Malabar grey hornbills enjoying the ripe >> fruits early in the morning with their cacophony of sounds. I will >> plant them (have quite a few saplings a little away from the drying >> yard so that they would once again attract these birds. The tree grows >> very fast. >> The sencond and third pictures are showing some discoloration and I >> think it is due to lack of Phosphorus. >> regards >> Yazdy. >> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > ... adding few views of this plant. >> > Photos taken on May 8, 2007 and Jun 24, 2007 at a resort near Karnala >> Bird >> > Sanctuary. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:46 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Thanks Sir never seen this plant so close. thanks for sharing nice to >> see >> >> this primitive plant >> >> tanay >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Artabotrys hexapetalous (L.f.) Bhandari (syn: A. odoratissimus R. Br. >> ex >> >>> Ker-Gawl.; A. uncinatus (Lam.) Merrill; A. uncatus (Lour.) Baill.) >> from >> >>> Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. Sans: Hara champak; Hindi: >> Hari >> >>> champa; Beng.: Katchampa; Mar.: Hirva champa; S. India: Madan mast, >> >>> monaranjitam. >> >>> Leaves contain antifertility principle. Flowers used for making >> >>> stimulating tea like beverage. Also yields an essential oil used in >> >>> industry. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> >>> Retired 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/> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> > > -- > 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. > -- Dr. Satish Kumar Chile -- 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.
