Hyptis suaveolens indeed we call it :Ban tulsi" in bengali it has a stong odour like mind and spreads over a distance . Tanay
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dinesh ji, > Thanks a lot for the id and your quick response. > Aarti > > On Aug 19, 10:52 am, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ... American Mint ... naturalized ... *Hyptis suaveolens* ... commonly > known > > as: American mint, bush mint, chan, horehound, pignut, stinking Roger, > wild > > spikenard • Bengali: বিলাতি তুলস bilatti tulas • Bihari: bhunsuri • > Hindi: > > विलायती तुलसी vilaiti tulsi • Marathi: भुस्त्रैण bhustrena, दर्प तुळस > darp > > tulas, जंगली तुळस jungli tulas • Oriya: Ganga tulasi • Sanskrit: > भुस्त्रैण > > bhustrna • Telugu: శీర్ణ తులసి sirna tulasi > > > > Regards. > > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Date/Time* : 6th & 13th of October, 2009 > > > *Location Place* : Nasik... *Altitude* : ... *GPS* : > > > *Habitat* : Wild ... *Type* : > > > *Plant Habit* : ... *Height *: ... *Length* : ... > > > *Leaves Type *: ... *Shape* : ... *Size* : > > > *Inflorescence Type* : ... *Size* : > > > *Flowers Size* : less than 1 cm ... *Colour* : light purple ... > *Calyx*: ... > > > *Bracts* : > > > *Fruits Type* : ... *Shape *: ... *Size* : ... *Seeds* : > > > > > *Other Info* : > > > *Fragrance* : ... *Pollinator* : ... *Uses* : > > > > > Found growing wild by the roadside. > > > Aarti- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
