Talking Photo: This KOVASO reminds me of my teacher Nisha I was looking for this to capture for the last 3 years. Yesterday, when we got stranded at Verna - Cansaulim Road, I saw this from a distance, and walk straight through the fields covering for about 300-400 metres. It also reminds me of my Hindi Teacher ‘Nisha’. Who was very much fond of this flower with strong fragrance. We often gave it to her. She was our class teacher too. Hindu women usually wear it on their heads. They would take one bar or bud (3-4 inch long see pic) and wrap it in one of its yellow petal/leaf and place it on their hair with the help of hair-pin. Check this out
K O V A S O http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4502894081/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4502892993/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4503523470/sizes/l/ Related: - There is another variety of this plant (looks identical) which gives pineapple like large fruits instead (geen and then redish/orange). Some used to use its pieces/chunks as cockroach repellants. These plants usually see along the beach side - If lighted fire, this type of live/green plants burns quickly like another other dry leaves - After the Easter midnight mass, as a tradition, . thorny part of the l eaves (see pic) we used to hook (secretly ) behind our colleagues’ back (usually shirt/suit/frock or vistid) as a tail (Xempddi). Don’t know what significance it has or had to Easter or the Christ’s resurrection. - The bar or buds we talked about above, if shakes or strikes, it gives lot of powder with tiny crawling fleas- sort of head lice - Some variety of these plants may be used as ornamental plants. There are some at Kala Academy http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3434683411/sizes/l/ - Famers may use this thorny plants to barricade their fields etc Locally, we call this plant ‘KERKI’ or KERKIO or KERKIAM ZADD What’s English or botanical name? [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
