Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 409. 1819
A very high value medicinal plant. Shows wide range of variation in the leaves according to season. Regards Pankaj On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dinesh ji and Satish ji > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Adding my images of Cryptolepis buchananii >> Dr Phadke >> >> On 2 November 2010 01:43, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family) ~ Apocynaceae » Cryptolepis buchananii >>> ... also placed in: Periplocaceae >>> Synonyms: Cryptolepis buchanani, Echites reticulata, Nerium reticulatum, >>> Trachelospermum cavaleriei >>> >>> >>> krip-toh-LEP-iss -- from the Greek krypto (secret, hidden) and lepis >>> (scale) >>> byoo-kah-NAN-ee-eye -- named for Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ... botanist >>> while in India >>> >>> >>> commonly known as: Indian sarsaparilla, wax-leaved climber • Hindi: काला >>> बेल kala bel, karanta • Kannada: ಮೆದ್ಧಗೂಳಿ ಹಮ್ಬು medhaguli hambu (unsure of >>> this name's correctness) • Malayalam: കടുപാല്വള്ളി katupaalvalli • Marathi: >>> दूध वेल dudh-vel, कावळी kavali • Nepalese: हान्प haanp • Oriya: maloti • >>> Sanskrit: कृष्णसारिव krishnasariva • Tamil: பலகொடி pala koti • Telugu: >>> అడవిపాలతీగ adavipalatiga >>> >>> >>> Native to: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China >>> >>> >>> Attached views from Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary >>> ... for more views: >>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Cryptolepisbuchananii&m=tags >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
