Thank you Balkar Sir, we also call it SARPAGANDHA in Bengali. We planted those sarpagandha in our school premises and in some of our students' home-yard in 2009. Moreover, those saplings were collected from the wild.
Regards, Surajit Koley On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful shots of Sarpgandha > > 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 >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
