Thanks for this interesting info. Dr. Pankaj.

regards,
Rashida.



On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Just wanted to add one info. Many believe that the plant is originated
> in India as stated by Linnaeus too. But the plant is supposed to be
> originally from Tamarind Island. This generic and specific epithet is
> one of the few unique ones as both genus and species are based on name
> of a place. There are very few such examples other than this, like,
> India arunachalensis an Orchid.
>
> Nice pics BTW.
>
> Regards
> Pankaj
>

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