Connecting Dinesh ji's reply for 2nd plant: "...* Mirabilis jalapa* commonly known as: *four o' clock, beauty-of-the-night* Regards."
2009/2/10 J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Here is a reply: > "Dear Geetha, > Nice photos! > ........ > Plant 11 = Indigofera trifoliata of Fabaceae > ......... > Regards > vijayasankar" > > 2009/2/9 Padmanabhan Geetha <iye...@gmail.com> > > Dear Garg ji >> thank you. >> geetha >> >> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Geetha ji, >>> First picture may be of *Indigofera glandulosa* (*Borpudi*) (FOS- p. >>> 147). >>> Links: http://gallery.bizhat.com/showphoto.php/photo/37689/size/big (a >>> picture), http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/16973.shtml (little >>> details), >>> Some interesting extracts from Wikipedia link on *Indigofera* (*Indigo >>> Plants*?): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant >>> >>> *Indigofera* is a large genus of about 700 species of flowering >>> plants<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant>belonging to the family >>> Fabaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae>. They occur throughout >>> the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with a few species >>> reaching the temperate zone in eastern >>> Asia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia> >>> . >>> >>> The species are mostly shrubs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub>, >>> though some are herbaceous <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous>, >>> and a few can become small trees <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree> up >>> to 5–6 m tall. Most are dry-season or winter >>> deciduous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous>. >>> The leaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf> are pinnate with 5–31 >>> leaflets and the terminal leaflet present. Leaf sizes vary from 3–25 cm. The >>> flowers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower> are small, produced on >>> racemes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raceme> 2–15 cm long. >>> >>> Several of them and especially *Indigofera >>> tinctoria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_tinctoria> >>> * and *Indigofera >>> suffruticosa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_suffruticosa> >>> * are used to produce the dye <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye> >>> indigo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye>. >>> Colonial planters <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planter> in the West >>> Indies <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies> grew indigo and >>> transported its cultivation when they settled in the colony of South >>> Carolina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina>. Exports of the >>> crop did not expand until the mid-to late 1700s, however, when Eliza >>> Lucas Pinckney <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Lucas_Pinckney> and >>> enslaved Africans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans> successfully >>> cultivated new strains near >>> Charleston<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina>. >>> It became the second most important cash crop in the colony after rice >>> before the American >>> Revolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution>, >>> and provided more than one-third the value of all exports. >>> >>> The chemical aniline <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniline>, from which >>> many important dyes are derived, was first synthesized from *I. >>> suffruticosa* (syn. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonymy> *I. anil*, >>> whence the name aniline). >>> >>> Several species of this group are used to alleviate pain. The herbs are >>> generally regarded as an >>> analgesic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic>with >>> anti-inflammatory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-inflammatory>activity, >>> rather than an >>> anodyne >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodyne>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant#cite_note-0> >>> *Indigofera >>> articulata<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_articulata&action=edit&redlink=1> >>> * Gouan (Arabic *Khedaish*) was used for toothache, and *Indigofera >>> oblongifolia<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_oblongifolia&action=edit&redlink=1> >>> * Forsskal (Arabic "Hasr") was used as an anti-inflammatory for insect >>> stings, snakebites, and swellings. >>> [2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant#cite_note-1> >>> >>> *Indigofera >>> suffruticosa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_suffruticosa> >>> * and *Indigofera >>> aspalthoides<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_aspalthoides&action=edit&redlink=1> >>> * have also been used as >>> anti-inflammatories.[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant#cite_note-2>A >>> patent was granted for use of Indigofera >>> arrecta<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_arrecta&action=edit&redlink=1>extract >>> to relieve ulcer pain. >>> 2009/2/6 Padmanabhan Geetha <iye...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> Dear Friends >>>> 2 Plants posted here were photographed at a Hill, near Chas-kaman dam. >>>> Request id please >>>> thanks and best wishes >>>> geetha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> "We often ignore the beauty around us" >>> Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >>> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >>> >>> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. 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