Thanks Vijayasankar ji for sharing such a wonderful self explanatory picture. Very informative post. Thanks. Regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Vijayasankar ji > Very appropriate picture. > > > -- > 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 Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wonderful concept and nice picture. Thanks a lot for sharing. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Tuesday, 1 January 2013 09:34:12 UTC+8, Vijayasankar wrote: >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> I wish you all a very happy new year 2013. >>> >>> Here is my 'Flora Picture of the Year 2012'. >>> >>> "the seed is now ready to continue the legacy for generations to come, >>> and thus to protect the species from possible extinction"! >>> * >>> Decalepis** arayalpathra* (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Venter* >>> *Synonym:* **Janakia* *arayalpathra* J.Joseph & Chandras. >>> Family: Apocynaceae (previously under Periplocaceae). >>> >>> *Decalepis arayalpathra* is a bushy perennial subshrub with milky >>> latex, growing up to 2 m high. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats >>> and only has few isolated populations found on high altitude rocky >>> habitats. At FRLHT, we conducted extensive explorations across its >>> distribution range in order to assess the population size and also to find >>> suitable sites for in situ conservation. It has been assessed as >>> 'Critically Endangered'. It occurs in Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari >>> districts in Tamil Nadu and in Tiruvananthapuram district in Kerala. The >>> local Kani tribes use the fleshy aromatic roots as tonic and also to treat >>> various stomach ailments. >>> >>> The ‘Kani’ tribe calls this plant AMRITHAPALA and use it as effective >>> remedy for peptic ulcer, cancer-like afflictions and as a tonic to regain >>> the lost strength and >>> stamina.<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331335/pdf/ASL-9-212.pdf> >>> >>> The specific epithet 'arayalpathra' denotes the resemblance of leaves to >>> that of *Ficus religiosa*. 'Arayal' is Malayalam name for Peepul tree, >>> and 'pathra' means leaf. The original generic name 'Janakia' was to >>> commemorate Dr.E.K. Janaki >>> Ammal<http://www.ias.ac.in/resonance/June2007/p4-9.pdf>, >>> a renowned scientist of Botanical Survey of India, for her valuable >>> contributions to the botany of India. She was appointed by Nehru ji the >>> then PM as 'Special Officer' to reorganize the BSI to the current >>> structure. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --
