Medicinally impotant plant known as "Kurchi" in bengali source of drugs like
more infor from the link below http://www.sirisimpex.com/holarrhena.htm Tanay On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > *NATIVE* :: Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » *Holarrhena pubescens* > > > *Popular synonym*: *Holarrhena antidysenterica* > *Other synonyms*: *Chonemorpha antidysenterica, Echites antidysenterica, > E. antidysentericus, E. pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica, H. febrifuga, > Nerium antidysentericum* > > > *ho-lar-REN-uh* -- *unsure of pronunciation*, refers to its prolific > flowering trait > *pew-BES-senz* or *pub-ess-ens* -- downy or short haired > *an-tee-dis-en-TER-ee-ka* -- anti-dysentery, referring to its medicinal > properties for treating this intestinal infection > > > *commonly known as*: bitter oleander, cavessi bark, common holarrhena, > coneru, conessi bark, dysentery rose bay, easter tree, ivory tree, kurchi > bark, Tellicherry bark, white angel • Assamese: dhulkari, dudkhuri • > Bengali: kurchi, কুটজ kutaja • Gujarati: કડવો ઇન્દ્રજવ kadavo indrajav • > Hindi: कडवा इंद्रजव karva indrajau, kurchi, कुटज kutaja • Kannada: > koodsaloo, korchie • Kashmiri: अन्दुसुरुन् andusurun • Konkani: कुडॉ kudo • > Malayalam: കുടകപ്പാല kutakappaala • Marathi: इंद्रजव indrajav, कुटज kutaja, > पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Oriya: kherwa, korwa, kurwa, pitakorwa • Punjabi: > keor, kewar • Sanskrit: इंद्रयव indrayava, कुटज kutaja, sakraparyaaya, > sakraasana, वत्सक vatsaka • Tamil: கிரிமல்லிகை kirimllikai, குடசப்பாலை > kutaca-p-palai, மலைமல்லிகை mlaimllikai • Telugu: గిరిమల్లిక girimallika, > కొడిసెపాల kodisepala, కోలముక్కు kolamukku, కొండమల్లె kondamalle, కుటజము > kutajamu > > > *Native to*: tropical areas of Africa and Asia > > > Attached views from various locations in and around cities of Mumbai and > Thane ... including the urban area as well as forests. > ... for more views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Holarrhenapubescens&m=tags > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Holarrhena antidysenterica from Delhi, photographed from Herbal Garden >> Delhi. >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
