Really nice photographs Ushadi and interesting write up. Thanks for uploading.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > Dear all: > This is the plant that had sparked my interest in herbal medicine when I > was a wee child... > and so I chose this humble plant for my May 18, "Fascination of Plants > Day" plant. > > As children we had seen these plants on roadsides, by the farms, country > lanes, > village gardens and as bundles of green leaves sold by the herb vendors in > the > local vegetable markets. > > > This highly useful therapeutically important plant with beautiful green > foliage > and equally fascinating orchid like flowers used to be a common sight in > bengal... > now we hardly ever see it thanks to the highrises that have taken over and > the > newly minted owners want not the local flora but plants that are easy to > care for ... > and we now live in a jungle of crotons and ixoras. > > > MEET ADAHTODA VASICA or Basak pata > > grows to be about 5 feet tall, has shiny green foliage, leaves about 6 > inches long... > the flowers are small white with purple markings, its looks reminds one of > orchids ... > > Leaf juice and stembark juice or tea is very useful in Cough, cold, > Asthma... > and even as an anti- anthelmentic... > > Was the main ingredient in Glycodin terp-vasaka, a patented medicine that > used to be > available in India in the years gone by. > > MY PICTURES today are from the flower show earlier this year at the Hort. > ANd plant is growing a tub of soil. > > That's a sorry state of affairs .... Hort show will be like like a zoo > where we > would have to go to see an elephant or a museum where we have to go > to see a model of a dodo-bird. > > Usha di > =========== > >
