Very well said Vijaya ji Nice post. Dr Satish Phadke
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you all for the appreciations... > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Love the write up and the excellent photograph, well done >> Usha di >> >> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>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 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > -- > > > > --
