Fw: Re: [Tamilbirds] Fwd: [efloraofindia:302354] Need Cassia Fistula Sapling in Chennai

2018-08-08 Thread 'Jency Samuel' via efloraofindia
Subject: Re: [Tamilbirds] Fwd: [efloraofindia:301872] Need Cassia Fistula Sapling in Chennai Try the forest department nursery. In the link. Welcome to Nizhal | Trees We Treasure | | | | | | | | | | | Welcome to Nizhal | Trees We Treasure | | | On Wednesday, 8

[efloraofindia:182247] Info request

2014-02-20 Thread Jency Samuel
Hello, If there is anyone in this group who has worked on plants / biodiversity of Kas plateau, please mail me at jencysam...@yahoo.co.in  I am looking for some info for an article. Thank you, Regards Jency -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eflora

[efloraofindia:141837] Re: Plant for ID

2012-12-30 Thread Jency Samuel
Thank you professor, Dr Satish and Ushadi. Yes Ushaji, your pics clearly show the transformation. Thanks again. Rgds Jency. From: Jency Samuel To: indiantreepix Sent: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 4:38 PM Subject: Plant for ID Please ID this. The leaves

Re: [efloraofindia:84064] William Wordsworth

2011-09-27 Thread Jency Samuel
Beautiful and what an apt poem to go with it. Jency Chennai From: Shrikant Ingalhalikar To: indiantreepix Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2011 8:35 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:84055] William Wordsworth Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky

Re: [efloraofindia:79205] efloraofindia:''For Id 02092011MR1’’ wild plant with yellow flower Pune

2011-09-02 Thread Jency Samuel
Tridax procumbens Rgds Jency From: Madhuri Raut To: efloraofindia Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 7:28 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:79204] efloraofindia:''For Id 02092011MR1’’ wild plant with yellow flower Pune Request for identification of this very common wi

Re: [efloraofindia:79161] Re: eFl women for the month of August, 2011 among members (excluding moderators): Usha Di Micromini

2011-09-01 Thread Jency Samuel
I thought Mini would have been so much more easier and less confusing ;-) Jency From: Ushadi micromini To: efloraofindia Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:18 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:79131] Re: eFl women for the month of August, 2011 among members (excluding

Re: [efloraofindia:78766] eFI website- further involvement of members required

2011-08-29 Thread Jency Samuel
Dear Mr Garg, I am neither a technical person, nor have much time. But I will try and help you with editing, if there is no one doing it already. Rgds Jency Chennai From: J.M. Garg To: efloraofindia Sent: Friday, 26 August 2011 10:39 AM Subject: [efloraofindi

[efloraofindia:75584] Info please

2011-07-31 Thread Jency Samuel
This is not exactly in the ambit of this group. But I'd be happy if anyone could help. In eastern UP, farmers mentioned that they sow wheat after kadakul birds arrive. I would like to know what this species is please. (This is for an article) (I have posted in the Tamil birds group also, but s

Re: [efloraofindia:63565] Re: Logo for efloraofindia

2011-02-24 Thread Jency Samuel
I agree with Nalini. Exploring and a mix of flowers --- On Thu, 24/2/11, Na Bha wrote: From: Na Bha Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63562] Re: Logo for efloraofindia To: "Pankaj Oudhia" , "efloraofindia" Date: Thursday, 24 February, 2011, 2:31 PM I like Exploring floral diversity o

Re: [efloraofindia:63448] Sweet Tamarind from Thailand

2011-02-23 Thread Jency Samuel
I too had the same question in mind since I am doing an article about alien plant species.I do hope Marianne, Ajinkya and others won't take this personally. RegardsJency --- On Wed, 23/2/11, formpeja...@yahoo.com wrote: From: formpeja...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63435] Sweet Tamar

Re: [efloraofindia:63386] sam Bhattacherjee passed away

2011-02-22 Thread Jency Samuel
I just found this in my junk mail. Hope the request has been ceded to. RegardsJency --- On Sun, 13/2/11, sa...@telus.net wrote: From: sa...@telus.net Subject: [efloraofindia:62618] sam Bhattacherjee passed away To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, 13 February, 2011, 3:20 AM To whom

Re: [efloraofindia:60590] Efloraofindia website- Efloraofindia General Discussions

2011-01-17 Thread Jency Samuel
Thank you Mr Garg for such wonderful efforts. It helps even if we had been busy and haven't really been following certain discussions. JencyChennai --- On Mon, 17/1/11, J.M. Garg wrote: From: J.M. Garg Subject: [efloraofindia:60533] Efloraofindia website- Efloraofindia General Discussions To:

Re: [efloraofindia:60041] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok

2011-01-11 Thread Jency Samuel
x27;t know) JencyChennai --- On Tue, 11/1/11, Gurcharan Singh wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59886] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok To: "Jency Samuel" Cc: "tanay bose" , "Yazdy Palia" , "efloraofindia" Date: Tu

Re: [efloraofindia:60024] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Brassica oleracea var. italica, the broccoli

2011-01-11 Thread Jency Samuel
Does anyone remember the Bush-broccoli connection. Bush senior said 'I hate that vegetable. Send them to Barbara, she likes them' and banned them on Air Force One. The Air Force One kitchen had a placard that said 'broccoli-free zone' or some such thing. As a protest, the farmers sent a huge con

Re: [efloraofindia:60022] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok

2011-01-11 Thread Jency Samuel
What we call 'pamblimas' in Tamil is not sweet lime. Musambi is sweet lime (chaathukudi in Tamil). But now I am confused as to which Citrus sp. is pamblimas and which is sweet lime. May be Muthu / Mr Vijay can help me out with the pamblimas name! --- On Mon, 10/1/11, tanay bose wrote: From: t

Re: [efloraofindia:59355] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-11

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
What's the name of the purple-leaved variety of the same 'pasalai keerai' (in Tamil) called? --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar wrote: From: Vijayasankar Subject: [efloraofindia:59215] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-11 To: "indiatreepix" Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 4:35 AM Basella rubra,

Re: [efloraofindia:59354] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-4

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
Mr Vijay, Does this have any name in English other than 'loose jacket'? And what's the botanical name? --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar wrote: From: Vijayasankar Subject: [efloraofindia:59205] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-4 To: "indiatreepix" Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 3:53 AM Kamala

Re: [efloraofindia:59353] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Musa x paradisiaca the plantain

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
Don't you use the stem in your parts Dr G? JencyChennai --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Gurcharan Singh wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh Subject: [efloraofindia:59341] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Musa x paradisiaca the plantain To: "efloraofindia" Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 5:56 PM Musa x paradisiaca t

Re: [efloraofindia:59352] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-12

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
Mr Tanay, didn't know that it was a considered a weed. Because here it is sold in our markets. People with arthritis complaints use it. Called 'mudakkathaan' in Tamil. Jency --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar wrote: From: Vijayasankar Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59338] Fruits & Vegetables Week:

Re: [efloraofindia:59351] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-1

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
Mr Vijay, We have read about the honey-soaked fruits only in literature. Now that you have tempted the taste buds, should try. Especially with Mr Pankaj giving the antidote for it :-) JencyChennai --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar wrote: From: Vijayasankar Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59337] Fr

Re: [efloraofindia:59350] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-8

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
Yeah Muthu, I think for 'country' or native variety we say 'naattu'. ' Seemai' refers to 'foreign' ,meaning non-native. JencyChennai --- On Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar wrote: From: Vijayasankar Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59332] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-8 To: "Gurcharan Singh" Cc: "tanay b

Re: [efloraofindia:59298] Re: Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-9

2011-01-05 Thread Jency Samuel
'Manathakkaali' in Tamil as well.  Sandhya is right.  Dried fruits fried in oil or ghee cure ulcers. But I find the juice extract from the leaves work better in curing mouth and stomach ulcers. Raw leaves are ground with water and the extract is taken orally on an empty stomach. (But I have tak

Re: [efloraofindia:58995] Fruits & Vegetable week- Pithecellobium dulce

2011-01-03 Thread Jency Samuel
Oh yes. But what a nice name. Jungal jalebi! In Tamil it's called Kodikkapuli. Jency --- On Mon, 3/1/11, Prashant awale wrote: From: Prashant awale Subject: [efloraofindia:58879] Fruits & Vegetable week- Pithecellobium dulce To: "indiantreepix" Date: Monday, 3 January, 2011, 7:08 AM Dear Frie

Re: [efloraofindia:58994] Fruits & Vegetables :: Red Bananas from Sri Lanka : 030111:AK-2

2011-01-03 Thread Jency Samuel
These again are available in Tamil Nadu, but more in Kerala. This is not Poovan variety. (I will try to post pics of Poovan) Locally it's called Sevvaalai (the 'l' pronounced with the 'twist of the tongue 'zh' sound) meaning 'red banana'. JencyChennai --- On Mon, 3/1/11, Aarti S. Khale wrote:

Re: [efloraofindia:58993] Fruits & Vegetables :: Bananas from Sri Lanka : Netrapalam : 030111:AK-1

2011-01-03 Thread Jency Samuel
Nendrampalam is common in Kerala. The famous Kerala chips are made from the unripe ones of the Nendrampalam. We get them in Tamil Nadu also. The ones we get here are about 9" long. JencyChennai --- On Mon, 3/1/11, Aarti S. Khale wrote: From: Aarti S. Khale Subject: [efloraofindia:58868] Fruit

Re: [efloraofindia:58800] Fruits & Vegetables week: Sechium edule from California

2011-01-02 Thread Jency Samuel
I remember reading about a farmer in the US or Canada who encased these tender ones in some sort of a plastic mould - shaped like the faces of leaders - so that when they ripened they took the shape of the mould. The one that I remember distinctly is that of Bush senior. May be it was during the

Re: [efloraofindia:58593] Vinca rosea hybrids in Chennai

2011-01-01 Thread Jency Samuel
Thanks for the post. I did not know that there were hybrids in Vinca sp. You get the odour when you take it close and try to smell it. --- On Sun, 26/12/10, Padmini Raghavan wrote: From: Padmini Raghavan Subject: [efloraofindia:58006] Vinca rosea hybrids in Chennai To: "indiantreepix" Date: S

Re: [efloraofindia:50965] Water chestnut

2010-10-16 Thread Jency Samuel
Last October while on a trip from Lucknow, our cab driver got boiled water chestnuts from roadside vendors. They were served with green chutney. From what he said in Hindi, I understood it to be the root. I haven't seen them in Tamil Nadu. --- On Thu, 14/10/10, Padmini Raghavan wrote: From:

Re: [efloraofindia:40835] Re: Jasmin from my garden June 2010

2010-07-11 Thread Jency Samuel
The calyx and the serrated leaves seem to point it to belong to rose variety.   Jency --- On Sun, 11/7/10, Anand Kumar Bhatt wrote: From: Anand Kumar Bhatt Subject: [efloraofindia:40777] Re: Jasmin from my garden June 2010 To: "nabha meghani" Cc: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, 1

Re: [efloraofindia:38111] Eggplant #3 with thorns in the leaves + yellow riped fruits

2010-06-11 Thread Jency Samuel
Solanum xanthocarpum (is how I remember from our twelfth std herbarium). It has thorns in the leaves, purple flowers and yellow fruits.Tamil Name - Kandankaththiri --- On Fri, 11/6/10, raghu ananth wrote: From: raghu ananth Subject: [efloraofindia:38089] Eggplant #3 with thorns in the leaves

Re: [efloraofindia:38110] Eggplant without thorns | Regional Name Boosunde + unriped fruits + flowers

2010-06-11 Thread Jency Samuel
Solanum torvum. In Tamil it's called sundaikkai. --- On Fri, 11/6/10, raghu ananth wrote: From: raghu ananth Subject: [efloraofindia:38093] Eggplant without thorns | Regional Name Boosunde + unriped fruits + flowers To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, 11 June, 2010, 5:49 PM

Re: [efloraofindia:36947] Phyllanthus for id 170510MK3

2010-06-02 Thread Jency Samuel
Is it different from Phyllanthus amarus (keezhaanelli in Tamil, meaning the berries are under the leaves), used to cure jaundice? --- On Tue, 1/6/10, R. Vijayasankar wrote: From: R. Vijayasankar Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:36735] Phyllanthus for id 170510MK3 To: "J.M. Garg" Cc: "efloraofindi

Re: [efloraofindia:36149] Article on "FlowersofIndia" web site..

2010-05-26 Thread Jency Samuel
Nice and congrats. So, somebody beat me to it. But, I still will (hopefully someday soon) Rgds Jency --- On Wed, 26/5/10, Padmini Raghavan wrote: From: Padmini Raghavan Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:36127] Article on "FlowersofIndia" web site.. To: "Madhuri Pejaver" Cc: "Prashant awale" , "ind

[efloraofindia:34243] Yellow flower & Orange flower ID - thank you

2010-05-07 Thread Jency Samuel
Dear all,   Dear Mr Neil, Mr Satish, Mr Kenneth, Mr Tanay, Ms Shobha, Ms Promila, Mr Joshi and Mr Singh,   Thank you so much for the prompt response and all the information.   Regards Jency -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To

[efloraofindia:27953] T. rosea

2010-02-18 Thread Jency Samuel
In T. rosea species itself, is there a drastic colour variation. In some places of Chennai, the flowers are almost white whereas in some places they are a nice pink Rgds Jency --- On Thu, 18/2/10, Devendra Bhardwaj wrote: From: Devendra Bhardwaj Subject: [efloraofindia:27899] Tabebuia impeti