[efloraofindia:118603] Boraginaceae Week :: Ehretia microphylla in Thane

[Dinesh Valke]

*Ehretia microphylla * Lam. ... syn. *Carmona retusa* (Vahl) Masam.



   - *eh-RET-ee-uh* -- named for Georg Dionysius Ehret, 18th century
   botanical artist
   *my-kro-FIL-uh* -- small leaf
   ... Dave's 
Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg>


[image: Philippine
tea]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1355444049%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf9JOeY0z06rotjQDzqYiaSJjPATQ>
Sep 8, 2007 ... along Eastern Express Highway, Thane, Maharashtra



*commonly known as*: Philippine tea, Fukien tea • *Hindi*: pala • *Kannada*:
bute • *Tamil*: kattu-vellilai, kodikarai, குருவிஞ்சி kuruvinci • *Telugu*:
బావనబూరె bavanaburei, బూరె bure

*Native to*: India, southeast Asia to southern China; also cultivated

*References*: Flowers of
India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FFukien%2520Tea.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf7ixtzwy-LBB2ffNFs9UjxJlbHIg>•
Philippine
Herbal Medicine
Site<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fherbal-medicine.philsite.net%2Ftsaang_gubat.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdbaEraRlDQGfVikJ8OUl5OVYX73w>•
Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCarmona_%2528plant%2529&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzecA1vzK55AJ8pJm6_g6-sA017pvw>•
PIER
species 
info<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hear.org%2Fpier%2Fspecies%2Fcarmona_retusa.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfVeQTYbNl6orostHlDpzYfXIvY7A>


*more views*:

   - Sep 8, 2007 ... along Eastern Express Highway, Thane, Maharashtra
   [image: Tsaang
Gubat]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1355449819%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfBkvfT4XbfrGKwUBUdks0LBHJTfw>
[image:
   Carmona 
retusa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1355456161%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdMvzLs96zKl8yGe_Gf5mjtk1VzrA>
[image:
   Bavanaburei (Telugu:
బావనబూరె)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1356393024%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdeM_DAI8fB330B0YwyTELk7gCQjQ>
[image:
   Kuruvinci (Tamil:
குருவிஞ்சி)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1356385722%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzffa7hL3YMrRt11vlFMNuKetaNtpw>





Regards.
Dinesh