Tanay ji, I expected this answer from you. Curiosity is always good. In Mumbai I have not seen this shrub fruiting.
Regards, Mani. On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:27 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > I have used stem cuttings to propagate the plant along with my couple of > Hibiscus and it grows quite well, but just out of curiosity I want to know > !! > Tanay > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *yes why does it not fruit in Mumbai?Can anyone help? >> Is it climate? >> * >> >> On 25 August 2010 09:54, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks arjunan Ji for your suggestion >>> My plant flowers very very well but does not set fruits !! >>> I wanted how to indice fruit in the plant >>> tanay >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:20 AM, arjunan <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> >> > > > -- > 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 > >
