Excellent series of Convolvulaceae, Dinesh ji. Exceptional shots, as usual.
Please review the Tamil name for this plant. The name uppucanaka/uppusanaka may be a Telugu name. Tamil name for Cressa cretica is உப்பு மரிக்கொழுந்து 'Uppu marikkozhundhu' http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249916/ Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > *Cressa cretica * L. > > > > - *KRESS-a* -- from the Greek *Kressa*, a reference to a Cretan woman > *KRET-ee-kuh* -- of or from Crete > > > [image: Rudravanti (Sanskrit: > रुद्रवन्ति)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2135527996%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzevBFI0r9h3_sGZ6kS-i4y7KC_OuA> > Dec 25, 2007 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > > > *commonly known as*: littoral bind weed, rosin cress • *Hindi*: रुद्रवंती > rudravanti • *Kannada*: ಮುಳ್ಳುಮದ್ದುಗಿಡ mullumaddugida • *Konkani*: चवल > chaval • *Malayalam*: അഴുകണ്ണി azhukanni • *Marathi*: लोण lona, रुद्रवंती > rudravanti • *Sanskrit*: रुद्रवन्ति rudravanti • *Tamil*: உப்புசணக > uppucanaka • *Telugu*: ఉప్పుగడ్డి uppugaddi, ఉప్పుసెనగ uppusenaga > > *Native to*: Mediterranean region, India, Australia > > *References*: Flowers of > India<http://www,flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Rudravanti.html>• > IMPGC<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impgc.com%2Fplantinfo_A.php%3Fid%3D488%26bc%3DRaw%2520Herbs%2520%25C3%2582%25C2%25BB%2520Fruits&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcxJByRA3zyxOPoHWD42tQ83L1pkQ>• > Aluka<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aluka.org%2Faction%2FshowCompilationPage%3Fdoi%3D10.5555%2FAL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.CRESSA.CRETICA%26cookieSet%3D1&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc4sL4EZCFuz68iOHZtoha5hTjgOg>• > *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar > > > *more views*: > > - May 25, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > [image: Rudravanti (Hindi: > रुद्रवंती)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2520132899%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcemifLH7TwFKeO1AIdv4p0HBbwpw> > - Nov 16, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > [image: Uppusenaga (Telugu: > ఉప్పుసెనగ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3035210980%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfmJ6URp4cTzyW31D5nl5RxE4_MJA> > - Jan 14, 2011 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > [image: Uppucanaka (Tamil: > உப்புசணக)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5354748820%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze4Bmjh8gACclRme722qldi3n2LYQ> > [image: > Uppusenaga (Telugu: > ఉప్పుసెనగ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5354137199%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdP1MudLJ9QqwrbAN_lNcmrHmZDlQ> > > > *... more views at > flickr<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DCressacretica%26w%3D91314344%2540N00%26s%3Drec%26m%3Dtags&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfk7eo2Qi3KRrXuKlb1xktH-bZYew> > *. > > > Regards. > Dinesh
