Thank you Gurcharan Sir for confirming. The Bengali name given to this plant is BON-TULASI, but we call it simply BON-GACHH (bon = wild, junglee; GACHH = any herb, shrub or tree)
Regards, surajit On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Croton bonplandianum > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:54 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you Satish Sir for confirming the ID as well as info on lysozymes. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Yes very good capture. >>> >>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:36 PM, surajit koley < >>> surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Sir / Madam, >>>> >>>> This is a common wild herb found along roadside hedges. I remember that >>>> we used to apply its faintly milky white latex on our minor wounds & >>>> bruises while playing in our childhood. Much later i heard / read (?) that >>>> like our own saliva plant sap also contains lysozyme that helps fight >>>> bacteria and thereby quicken healing of wounds. >>>> >>>> Species : Croton bonplandianum Baill. >>>> Habit & Habitat : wild herb, roadside, uncultivated area >>>> Date : 15-03-12, 10.15 a.m. >>>> Place : Hooghly, WB >>>> ID help : 1) >>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ban%20Tulsi.html >>>> 2) >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Croton$20bonplandianum/indiantreepix/sCGw-v7Bpvw/4QwcxXK7GpcJ >>>> 3) >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Croton$20bonplandianum/indiantreepix/usvRVGVhHVM/5AAtahhW_34J >>>> >>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>> >>>> Surajit Koley >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >> >> > > >
