This may be *Origanum majorana* (syn. *Majorana hortensis*) of Lamiaceae. Called as 'Marugai' or 'Marikozhundhu' in Tamil. Highly aromatic!
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > Unfortunately, characters such as whether the plant is aromatic or not and > whether there are stipules present or not are not seen in the given picture > to go for a guess. > Please share additional information about the plant that would help us > guess in the right direction. > > > Regards > Giby > > > > > On 20 February 2012 11:45, N Arun Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ive long been wanting to know the id of this plant. In Tamil, its called >> Marikozhundhu and it is used in garlands for its very pleasing scented >> leaves. >> id help requested >> > > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >
