Dear Tanayji, make a small ring in the soil, exactly below the halfway of the canopy. Apply ash & cover with biomass. Keep biomass moist in non monsoon seasons...... then enjoy the flowers !!
On Aug 24, 6:17 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
