The campanulate flower of this plant looks really beautiful tanay On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> *Solena amplexicaulis* (syn. *Bryonia amplexicaulis, Bryonia hastata, > Bryonia umbellata, Karivia umbellata, Melothria amplexicaulis, Melothria > angulata, Melothria heterophylla, Momordica umbellata, Solena heterophylla, > Zehneria hastata, Zehneria umbellata*) > > > > ¿ sow-LEE-nah ? -- pronunciation / meaning not known to me > am-pleks-ih-KAW-liss -- meaning, clasping the stem > > > > *commonly known as*: clasping-stemmed solena, diversely-leaved melothria • > Bengali: kudri • Hindi: अमन्तमूल amantamul, बन काकड़ा ban kakra, तरली tarali > • Kannada: ಬೀಮ್ಪುಳಿ bimpuli • Konkani: गोयंटिणी goimtini • Malayalam: > ഞെരിഞ്ഞാമ്പുളി nerinnampuli • Marathi: गोमेटी gometi • Nepalese: बन कांकरो > ban kankro • Oriya: kamaraja • Sanskrit: अम्ळवेतसः amlavetasah • Tamil: > புளிவஞ்சி pulivanci • Telugu: అడవి దొండ adavi donda, తీగదొండ tigadonda > > > > Attached views from various locations: Tungareshwar WLS; Maval area near > Pawana lake, Pune > ... more views at > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Solenaamplexicaulis&m=tags > > > > > Regards. > > > > -- *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 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
