Dinesh ji has got answer for that... http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/8630925237/
also check this book<http://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=adenia+hondala+etymology&source=bl&ots=ifK19ePAvV&sig=TPn2yMMVFR3u1Uu4pQD5RkYicJs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xj3GUvqTA8PL2gXA1YDQBQ&ved=0CHQQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=adenia%20hondala%20etymology&f=false> ... May be a Sri Lankan friend can tell us the actual meaning of the name. Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice pics and very strange name. What does hondala stand for? > Pankaj > > > On Thursday, 2 January 2014 01:14:37 UTC+8, Prashant wrote: >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> Few years back when i had been to Phansad Wild Life Sanctuary, i spotted >> orange coloured fruits of a woody climber and i was told that the fruits >> are poisonous. I wanted to see the flowering of this climber but it was >> eluding me for long... Finally during my visit to Kankeshwar (near >> Alibag) in April 2013, i saw the flowering of this rare climber. >> Was fortunate to capture various stages of its flowering and fruiting. >> (Special thanks to Pravin ji for helping me in spotting this climber at >> Kankeshwar). >> >> Bot. name: >> >> *Adenia hondala*Syn: Modecca palmata >> >> Family: Passifloraceae >> >> Habitat: Evergreen forest. >> >> Plant habit: Climber. >> >> Local Marathi name: Nandan-bhopli >> >> *One can identify this climber by its characteristic woody stem very >> close to the base.* >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
