Lovely information the same thing happened with Taxus the plant is poisonous but when pleople came to know about it anti-cancerous activity they started exploiting it !!!! tanay
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:14 PM, shobha chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanx Vijay ji,Ajinkyaji and Neil Ji. > As the smell of the flower is very rotten -(like Sulphur) -earlier it was > known as "Narkya" in Marathi meaning "Hell".But after the discovery of its > anti-carcinogenic properties ,its being called "अमृत्या".Unfortunately the > local people are uprooting the plant for sale and it is getting extinct. > > shobha > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:22 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thabks Shobha ji for the photo & >> Vijaya Ji for the new namw I was not aware of it >> >> Tanay >> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yes Shobha ji, it is. New name : *Nothapodytes nimmoniana*. >>> >>> With regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:34 AM, shobha chavda <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Request for ID – 300810SC2 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Can anyone help me in identifying this plant? Is this Mappia foetida >>>> used for anti-cancer properties ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Date / Time – 22nd aug. 2010 / 04.00 pm. >>>> >>>> Location – Place /Altitude / GPS – Amboli >>>> >>>> Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Wild >>>> >>>> Plant Habit – Tree/Shrub / Climber /Herb – Shrub >>>> >>>> Height /Length – 2-3ft >>>> >>>> Leaves Type / Shape / Size – >>>> >>>> Inflorescence Type /Size – >>>> >>>> Flowers Size /Colour /Calyx – Creamish >>>> >>>> Fruits Type /Shape /Size / Seeds – >>>> >>>> Other Information like Fragrance,Pollinator,Uses etc – >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Shobha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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
