surajit dont know about this one but old english 2-3 hundred yeas ago used to have different use of w, u yu, s, f, etc... they could not /would not differentiate between these.... like present day bengalis cant differentiate va, ba, bha of modern devnagari and if v is written to denote va they pronounce it bha.... did you see the latest movie kahaani... devi...debi...vidya bidya confusion?
so w or u in sarpagandha.... ushadi On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Sir / Madam, > > An elaborate search in the net tells me that the accepted scientific name > of this species would be *Rauvolfia serpentina*. > > I wonder where from the name *Rauwolfia serpentina* came, as can be seen > in many old edition of text books, and also in - > http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=152609 , yet didn't find any > mention in http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-176968 ? > > Species : *Rauvolfia serpentina* (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, ; For. Fl. Br. > Burma 2: 171 > (1877).<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200018451> > Habit & Habitat : herb, plant height 2 feet avg., wild & cultivated > Date : 25-07-2009 & 27-07-2009 > Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly) > ID help : http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sarpagandha.html > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > -- Usha di ===========
