I have used stem cuttings to propagate the plant along with my couple of Hibiscus and it grows quite well, but just out of curiosity I want to know !! Tanay
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Usha Desai <ushande...@gmail.com> wrote: > *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 >> >> > -- 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
