never seen this species around bengal hopefully as the name suggest is a natice to south India . nice to see the plant with the expert lensmans vision. Tanay
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Phyllanthaceae (leaf flower family) » *Phyllanthus maderaspatensis* > > > fil-LAN-thus -- flower leaf; it appears to flower from a leaf like stem > ¿ mah-deh-ras-PATH-en-sis ? -- of or from Madras > > *commonly known as*: Madras leaf-flower • Hindi: हजारमणी hajarmani, कनोछा > kanocha • Kannada: ಮದರಾಸ್ ನೆಲ್ಲಿ madaraas nelli • Konkani: कचोरा kachora • > Marathi: भुईआवळी bhuiavali, कचोरा kachora • Sanskrit: भूम्यामलकी > bhumyaamalaki • Tamil: நிலநெல்லி nila-nelli • Telugu: నల్ల ఉసిరిక nalla > usirika > > *Native to*: tropical Africa, s China, islands in w Indian Ocean, Indian > sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia, n & w Australia; naturalized elsewhere > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Madras%20Leaf-Flower.html > • eFlora ... > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242337435 > • NPGS / GRIN ... > http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411707 > • Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh ... > http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff1626.htm > • ENVIS - FRLHT ... > http://envis.frlht.org.in/botanical_search.php?txtbtname=Phyllanthus+maderas&gesp=1648%7CPhyllanthus+maderaspatensis+L. > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Views attached from: > ... Nirlon Knowledge Park, Goregaon, Mumbai. > > > For (more) views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Phyllanthusmaderaspatensis&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags&z=m > -- 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.

