Hi Col Bimal, It is interesting all four plants you photographed were in the garden of Col D.S.Raju FRCS rt hand of Netaji Bose at Kakinada. As this Port city is under British before1606 Dr Koenig used to call on Col Robert Kyd. Another Dr Raju was sole exporter of Annatto and Nuxvomica to parent industries of Glaxo group in UK and US;Both those Raju are my uncle and cousin respectively.Did I tell you that small story Roxburgh named an Island close to French Yanam as Hope Island honour of Prof John Hope of Edinburgh.Dr Patrick Russell zoologist senior to Roxb carried specimens and 500 drawings to Joseph Banks .Dr koenig died of Cholera near Port where there were beautiful Bungalows and my Datla family of Feudal period were his neigbours and using these doctors as family surgeon friends.From here I got my Crabs ,Prwans and also mangoes which we consumed on 26th.Late Capt Lakshmi is also INA in Rangoon.Grson of col Raju is in Defence withcolors and is grson of an ICS-cousin of my son. Augusta is probably Swedish queen who title of Polar star to Linne Surjit is my printer/editor nw disseminating truth not cock and bull stories I fnd most of the youngster npot only usng chinese gadget but alsonow books in english without knowing thosands of studentswere shot at Tinamensquare only 3 decades ago,.Once I start china ink with Flora in a fortnight I may not see emails much as now.Did you the jobsd one by Surait sir? . On Monday, 18 July 2011 19:44:07 UTC+5:30, Col Bimal Sarkar wrote:
> Dear Friend, > Attaching some images of the following plants. > ( a ) Abroma augusta.Commonly known as Devil's > Cotton.It is known as Ulat Kambal in Hindi and Bangla..The plant got its > use in Ayurvedic medicine. > ( b ) Antigonon leptopus.Commonly known as coral > Creeper. > ( c ) Bixa orellana.Commonly known as Annatto Tree. > ( d ) Klenhovia hospita. > > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942 >
