In Marathi other name Kevada. It is famous for the cobra residing in the thicket of plant growth. The inflorescence made up of small/miniature flowers. (Compound receme?) It is covered by yellow colour bract(??), which actually has great fragrance. This bract is offered to Lord Ganesha. Sold in Mumbai market at the rate of rs 40 to 100 per bract in Ganesh festivel. Kevada attar (permume) is very famous. Pandanus is a typical example of multiple root cap. In Thane on Godbandar road in my child hood acers and acres of land had pandanus plants as this is a marshy area. Now hardly some 50 to 100 plants are seen on road side, as entire area is under costruction (distruction) stage. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
-----Original Message----- From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:49:40 To: efloraofindia<[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:74646] Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE what are/is the indian name besides ketaki.... that colonel sarkar gave us... i want to know beyond that...like local names? any body? usha di ======= On Jul 20, 9:59 pm, mchunkat <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > As usual things are a bit more complicated. This is what I found on > the net. > > ------- > Short Communication > Collection, characterization and olfactory evaluation of Pandanus > species in Southern India > Rahul L. Zanana1 and Altafhusain B. Nadafa1 c1 > a1 Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India > Abstract > A detailed survey along the coastal regions of Southern India revealed > the occurrence of seven Pandanus species, viz. P. kaida Kurz., P. > odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntz., P. canaranus Warb., P. furcatus Roxb., P. > thwaitesii Mart., P. foetidus Roxb and a new species P. palakkadensis > Nadaf, Zanan & Wakte. The fragrance of staminate inflorescences of > these species was compared with the fragrance of commercial staminate > inflorescences of P. odorifer. P. thwaitesii, P. kaida and P. > palakkadensis recorded comparable fragrance with that of P. odorifer. > The study reveals the fragrance potential of these species, which > could be exploited commercially for extraction of essential oil. > (Received February 24 2011) > (Accepted May 04 2011) > ----------- > Could somebody throw more light on this.. Thanks. > Mohan Chunkath > > On Jul 20, 7:40 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Friend, > > Valmiki mentioned about Ketak or Ketaki in his > > Ramayan.It is known as SCREW-PINE in English.Scientifically it is known as > > Pandanus odoratissimus.Chakravarti S Venkatesh gives some interesting input > > about the plant. > > "I t appears that the ancient Hindus,like the Babylonians,had some > > inkling of the presence of sex in plants.For example,the male plants of the > > Screwpine were called Ketaki viphala or Dhulipushpika,the female as Svarna > > Ketaki,and the male and female together as Ketakidvayam meaning a pair of > > Ketakis." > > Attaching an image of KETAKI. > > > Regards > > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > > Mobile: 9434194942 > > > Ketak.jpg > > 124KViewDownload
