*Rauvolfia tetraphylla* ... native to tropical Americas ... commonly known as: American serpentwood, be still tree, devil root, four-leaved devil-pepper, milkbush • Bengali: বড চন্দ্রিকা bar chandrika, গন্ধনকুলী gandhanakuli • Hindi: बडा चन्द्रिका barachandrika • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಮ್ದ್ರಿಕೆ dodda chandrike • Oriya: patalagarudi • Telugu: papataku The genus name *Rauvolfia* is also spelt as *Rauwolfia*.
Hoping earnestly Swagat ji to provide the Marathi name !! Regards. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:33 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > A reply from Mahandra Prasad ji: > "This appears to be *Rauvolfia tetraphylla*, from same genus as Rauvolfia > serpentina ( Sarpagandha ), family Apocynaceae. The fruits are green at > 1st, later turning red and finally black. Fruit diameter 5 - 7 mm. I am > attaching a pix of this plant that was growing in my house at Kolkata. " > > 2009/11/1 Dr Santhosh Kumar <drsanthosh1...@gmail.com> > >> Rauvolfia tetraphylla >> >> Santhosh >> >> 2009/11/1 J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >> >>> Re-posting separately with one plant per mail. >>> "Hi, >>> Can someone please help identify the following? >>> The first three were seen in the Adyar Poonga and the last two at the >>> PWD park in Kotturpuram, Chennai. >>> The last two picture are the same plant. I thought it resembled >>> Datura, but am not sure. >>> Thanks >>> Chithra" >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora >>> etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >>> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >>> Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >>> >>> >>> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >>> Kerala >>> India >>> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For learning about Indian Flora, 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. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
