*yes why does it not fruit in Mumbai?Can anyone help? Is it climate? * On 25 August 2010 09:54, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks arjunan Ji for your suggestion > My plant flowers very very well but does not set fruits !! > I wanted how to indice fruit in the plant > tanay > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:20 AM, arjunan <dobighazam...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Tanayji, >> >> make a small ring in the soil, exactly below the halfway of the >> canopy. Apply ash & cover with biomass. Keep biomass moist in non >> monsoon seasons...... then enjoy the flowers !! >> >> On Aug 24, 6:17 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Theaks for the putting up the uses of the plant, >> > I have couple of plant in my house in India but never found them >> fruitting >> > Can anyone tell me the reason? >> > Tanay >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > In western Africa the wood is burnt as incense and is used to make >> > > perfume, and medicinally to provide a refrigerant (cooling) drink. >> > > A decoction of the roots is used in Indonesia to stop diarrhoea. >> > > Pulp surrounding the seed is used in the Himalayan area to produce a >> red >> > > dye. >> > > Alkaloids coronaridine, dregamine, tabernaemontanine and others >> > > unnamed are reported present in the plant. >> > > Source: Jstor. >> > >> > > I dont think it should be called Chandni due to the latex. But may be >> > > due to its bright color flowers which looks brighter during full moon. >> > >> > > Pankaj >> > >> > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt >> > > <anandkbh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > I have separately posted a few of its photos. >> > > > In hindi, it is called Chandni, obviously because of its milk white >> > > > colour. >> > > > any idea what medical properties it has , and which parts.? It could >> be >> > > the >> > > > latex. >> > > > ak >> > >> > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > >> nice flower. I have taken a photo of the variegated tagar from a >> nearby >> > > >> temple garden. Planted as borders very showy when in flower. >> > >> > > >> Regards, >> > >> > > >> Mani. >> > >> > > >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:00 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com >> > >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > >>> Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf. >> > >> > > >>> Synonym: >> > >> > > >>> Nerium coronarium Jacq. >> > > >>> Tabernaemontana coronaria Wild. >> > >> > > >>> Tanay >> > > >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >> > > >>> <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > >>>> Thanks a lot for the info on the species Pankaj ji.... >> > >> > > >>>> regards...and goodnight >> > > >>>> Shantanu :) >> > >> > > >>>> On 8/24/10, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > >>>>> Thanks for sharing. >> > > >>>>> Now this plant is known as >> > > >>>>> Ervatamia coronaria ( Jacq. ) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver >> et >> > > al.] >> > > >>>>> 4(1): 127 (1902). >> > > >>>>> They call it crepe jasmine, but I think the correct name should >> be >> > > >>>>> Grape Jasmine according to Jstor. >> > > >>>>> Highly medicinal. >> > > >>>>> Regards >> > >> > > >>>>> Pankaj >> > >> > > >>>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >> > > >>>>> <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >>>>> > Hi friends... >> > > >>>>> > sharing with you pics of Crepe Jasmine (Tabernaemontana >> divaricata) >> > > >>>>> > taken >> > > >>>>> > today in my garden. >> > > >>>>> > Crepe jasmine is a beautifully shaped evergreen shrub which >> forms >> > > >>>>> > symmetrical 6 ft (2 m) high mounds of glossy foliage. The many >> > > >>>>> > branches tend >> > > >>>>> > to grow almost parallel to the ground giving the shrub an >> > > attractive >> > > >>>>> > horizontal aspect (the species name, divaricata, means "at an >> > > obtuse >> > > >>>>> > angle"). Like many members of the Apocynaceae family, the >> stems of >> > > >>>>> > crepe >> > > >>>>> > jasmine exude a milky latex when broken. The large shiny >> leaves are >> > > >>>>> > deep >> > > >>>>> > green and are 6 or more inches (15 cm) in length and about 2 >> in (5 >> > > >>>>> > cm) in >> > > >>>>> > width. Crepe jasmine blooms in spring but flowers may appear >> > > >>>>> > sporadically >> > > >>>>> > all year. The waxy blossoms are white five-petaled pinwheels >> that >> > > are >> > > >>>>> > borne >> > > >>>>> > in small clusters on the stem tips. >> > > >>>>> > This flower is called 'Togor' in Bengali. >> > >> > > >>>>> > regards >> > > >>>>> > Shantanu :) >> > >> > > >>> -- >> > > >>> 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 >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > Anand Kumar Bhatt >> > > > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road >> > > > Gwalior. 474 005. >> > > > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. >> > > > My blogsite is at: >> > > >http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com >> > > > (Two new blogs have been added on 3 August '10.) >> > > > And the photo site: >> > > >www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > > > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, >> Shah, >> > > > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > > > > -- > 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 > >
