Theaks for the putting up the uses of the plant, I have couple of plant in my house in India but never found them fruitting Can anyone tell me the reason? Tanay
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > In western Africa the wood is burnt as incense and is used to make > perfume, and medicinally to provide a refrigerant (cooling) drink. > A decoction of the roots is used in Indonesia to stop diarrhoea. > Pulp surrounding the seed is used in the Himalayan area to produce a red > dye. > Alkaloids coronaridine, dregamine, tabernaemontanine and others > unnamed are reported present in the plant. > Source: Jstor. > > I dont think it should be called Chandni due to the latex. But may be > due to its bright color flowers which looks brighter during full moon. > > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have separately posted a few of its photos. > > In hindi, it is called Chandni, obviously because of its milk white > > colour. > > any idea what medical properties it has , and which parts.? It could be > the > > latex. > > ak > > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> nice flower. I have taken a photo of the variegated tagar from a nearby > >> temple garden. Planted as borders very showy when in flower. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Mani. > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:00 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf. > >>> > >>> Synonym: > >>> > >>> Nerium coronarium Jacq. > >>> Tabernaemontana coronaria Wild. > >>> > >>> Tanay > >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Thanks a lot for the info on the species Pankaj ji.... > >>>> > >>>> regards...and goodnight > >>>> Shantanu :) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 8/24/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for sharing. > >>>>> Now this plant is known as > >>>>> Ervatamia coronaria ( Jacq. ) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et > al.] > >>>>> 4(1): 127 (1902). > >>>>> They call it crepe jasmine, but I think the correct name should be > >>>>> Grape Jasmine according to Jstor. > >>>>> Highly medicinal. > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> > >>>>> Pankaj > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > Hi friends... > >>>>> > sharing with you pics of Crepe Jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata) > >>>>> > taken > >>>>> > today in my garden. > >>>>> > Crepe jasmine is a beautifully shaped evergreen shrub which forms > >>>>> > symmetrical 6 ft (2 m) high mounds of glossy foliage. The many > >>>>> > branches tend > >>>>> > to grow almost parallel to the ground giving the shrub an > attractive > >>>>> > horizontal aspect (the species name, divaricata, means "at an > obtuse > >>>>> > angle"). Like many members of the Apocynaceae family, the stems of > >>>>> > crepe > >>>>> > jasmine exude a milky latex when broken. The large shiny leaves are > >>>>> > deep > >>>>> > green and are 6 or more inches (15 cm) in length and about 2 in (5 > >>>>> > cm) in > >>>>> > width. Crepe jasmine blooms in spring but flowers may appear > >>>>> > sporadically > >>>>> > all year. The waxy blossoms are white five-petaled pinwheels that > are > >>>>> > borne > >>>>> > in small clusters on the stem tips. > >>>>> > This flower is called 'Togor' in Bengali. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > regards > >>>>> > Shantanu :) > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tanay Bose > >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > >>> Department of Botany > >>> University of British Columbia > >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Anand Kumar Bhatt > > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > > Gwalior. 474 005. > > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > > My blogsite is at: > > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > > (Two new blogs have been added on 3 August '10.) > > And the photo site: > > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, > > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! > > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
