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I would also urge you to attend a staff briefing at 1.00 pm on Wednesday 29 July in the basement theatre in The Spot, 198 Pelham Street. The briefing will include the opportunity for questions and will be web-streamed for colleagues at all campuses at live.unimelb.edu.au
Glyn Davis memo, Melbourne University (2009-Jul-29) [The Australian]
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25851628-1233...
Putrajaya Botanical Gardens, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
(Taman Botani Putrajaya)
Borassodendron machadonis (Ridl.) Becc. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bindang], Native to peninsular Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia and found growing wild in lowland forest including on limestone but now a rarity due to habit loss. A tall, solitary fan palm with very deeply split, dark green, glossy leaves. The petioles have extremely sharp edges which will give a very deep cut if you run your finger down them.
Synonym(s):
Borassus machadonis Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading::
FRIM Flora Database
Palma Pilihan - Untuk Seni Taman, Saidin Ismail
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-22998
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Borassodendron.html
www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Borassodendron/machadonis.html
www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Borassodendron_machadonis
www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/PALMS_AND_CYCADS/Family/Areca...
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Amomum testaceum Ridl. Zingiberaceae. CN: Malay - Generically called Puar; Puar gajah, Puar hijau, Puar hutan (all referring to A. uliginosum), Puar tadah embun (referring to A. squarrosum), Bunga tantan (referring to A. xanthophlebium, also the generic name, Tepus), Siam cardamon, Cambodian cadamon, Chester cardamon, Krawan. Native of SEAsia, Cambodia, Thailand, China; elsewhere cultivated. There are 18 species of Amomum in peninsular Malaysia.
Synonym(s):
Amomum krervanh Pierre ex Gagnep.
Amomum cardamomum auct. non L.
Amomum repens auct. non Sonner
Amomum racemosum Guib. et Planch.
Amomum verum Blackwell.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), Perak, Malaysia.
Shorea curtisii Dyer. ex King. Dipterocarpaceae). CN: Malay and regional vernacular names - Seraya, Meranti seraya, Tengkawang], Dark red meranti. Distribution - Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Thailand. A dominant species in lower hill dipterocarp forest ridges up to ca. to 850 m asl. A large tree with a distinctive grey or reddish-brown, coarsely fissured trunk; greyish-blue crown. Masting every 5–10 years, after prolonged periods of drought.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.iucnredlist.org/details/33463/0
www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/kankoubutsu/highlight/highlights20...
Putrajaya Botanical Gardens, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
(Taman Botani Putrajaya)
Seeds. Borassodendron machadonis (Ridl.) Becc. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bindang], Native to peninsular Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia and found growing wild in lowland forest including on limestone but now a rarity due to habit loss. A tall, solitary fan palm with very deeply split, dark green, glossy leaves. The petioles have extremely sharp edges which will give a very deep cut if you run your finger down them.
Synonym(s):
Borassus machadonis Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading::
FRIM Flora Database
Palma Pilihan - Untuk Seni Taman, Saidin Ismail
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-22998
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Borassodendron.html
www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Borassodendron/machadonis.html
www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Borassodendron_machadonis
www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/PALMS_AND_CYCADS/Family/Areca...
Bukit Tarek FR, Selangor, Malaysia.
Xylopia ferruginea (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill. Annonaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Jangkang bukit, Jangkak, Sejangkang, Jangkang merah, Jangkang betina, Jari ayam, Bangkoh, Bangku-bangku, Senkajang, Sengkajan tunjang, Banitan merah, Thurian nok]. The Malay word "jangkang" means "stilted roots". Distribution - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan). habitat - undisturbed lowland forests up to ca 300 m altitude. Mid-canopy tree up to 33 m tall and 46 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined. Flowers with ca. 45 mm long, very narrow petals, yellow-orange, fragrant, placed on twigs. Fruitlets ca. 90 mm long, bean-shaped, red, placed in apocarp, fruitlets dehiscent. Timber for flooring.
Homotypic Synonyms:
Habzelia ferruginea Hook. f. & Thomson
Melodorum ferrugineum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Artabotrys malayanus Griff.
Xylopicrum malayanum (Griff.) Kuntze
Xylopia altissima Boerl.
Xylopia oxyantha Hook. f. & Thomson
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76130-1
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-1600501
www.asianplant.net/Annonaceae/Xylopia_ferruginea.htm
The ceiling of the main lecture theatre inside the Faculty of Business & Economics building at the University of Melbourne in Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Seen as part of 'Melbourne Open House', you can read more on my blog.
The plate on the microwave was a gift from Mrs Albina Marcelgia. She had a stroke, and as part of her rehabilitation she learnt how to decorate these plates. She gave me this for Christmas one year. She always remembers me at Christmas with cards and gifts, since I created the entry on her in Bright Sparcs, as part of the project I did on the history of the Bureau of Meteorology back in 2001. To my great shame I didn't get in touch with her this Christmas to thank her for her card. I must.
Some of the best years of my life was spent here & it was a very nostalgic stroll back on campus for me...
This Sunday, I took the Scarlet Chinese Eggplant fruits off the dead plants and collected the seeds.
(Solanum aethiopicum) Family: Solanaceae
(syn. Solanum integrifolium, Solanum integrifolium var. microcarpum, Solanum gilo)
davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/73389/
This photo used in this site:
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/CATALOGUE/Pt1-A...
Brassicaceae >> Brassica juncea var. Rugosa
SYNONYMS:
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. rugosa (Roxb.) Prain, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. capitata N. Tsen & S. N. Lee, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. (Capitata Group), Brassica rugosa Bailey
Common names:
Head mustard, Cabbage leaf mustard, Heading leaf mustard, Broad-leaved mustard, Swatow mustard
This has dark and splendid reddish-purple leaves with bubble-like texture and light green midribs. It is mistaken for red lettuce.
More info:
(Clicked at Garden of Five Senses, New Delhi)
1992
MM 004059
Format: colour photographic print
Mounted in photographic album: AT 001133
Denis White, Executive Director of the Trinity Education Centre (TEC), the precursor to the present-day Foundation Studies program, with some of the Centre's earliest students.
Do you recognise any of these faces? We're continually looking to enhance our photographic collection records and would welcome your assistance!
Please email us if you know the names of people or the details of the event depicted - curator@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
Sculpture by Richard Goodwin, 2004
Winner - The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2004
Prosthetic Apartment B is an installation which creates a building within Werribee Park. As a site-specific work it brings the idea of habitation to a public park. Inscribed with the names of the 13 SIEV (Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel) boats, the work forms a monument to dishonour (much like the honour role boards in secondary schools) and dispossession of refugees.
Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), Perak, Malaysia.
Shorea curtisii Dyer. ex King. Dipterocarpaceae). CN: Malay and regional vernacular names - Seraya, Meranti seraya, Tengkawang], Dark red meranti. Distribution - Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Thailand. A dominant species in lower hill dipterocarp forest ridges up to ca. to 850 m asl. A large tree with a distinctive grey or reddish-brown, coarsely fissured trunk; greyish-blue crown. Masting every 5–10 years, after prolonged periods of drought.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.iucnredlist.org/details/33463/0
www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/kankoubutsu/highlight/highlights20...
Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), Perak, Malaysia.
Shorea curtisii Dyer. ex King. Dipterocarpaceae). CN: Malay and regional vernacular names - Seraya, Meranti seraya, Tengkawang], Dark red meranti. Distribution - Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Thailand. A dominant species in lower hill dipterocarp forest ridges up to ca. to 850 m asl. A large tree with a distinctive grey or reddish-brown, coarsely fissured trunk; greyish-blue crown. Masting every 5–10 years, after prolonged periods of drought.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.iucnredlist.org/details/33463/0
www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/kankoubutsu/highlight/highlights20...
One of the covered drains outside the Elisabeth Murdoch building, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), St Kilda Rd, Melbourne.
In this case it indicates that roof 5 covers an area of 83 square metres, and is part of the University of Melbourne's rainwater harvesting and water conservation program.
sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au/difference/water.html#gr...
maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...
My twist on the Project 365, this time tracking down the actual numbers to mark the days.
What’s allowed: numbers depicted by figures, ordinals (first, second, 13th etc), roman numerals, words. Photos can be taken at any time, but must have been taken especially for this project.
Restrictions: numbers must be “found” or “natural”, so writing a missing number on a piece of paper and photographing it is not allowed. Times on digital clocks etc may be included, but must have been taken at the actual time (so no setting the time forward or back for convenience).
Added restrictions: pictures must be taken with a 50mm lens, plus use of an extension tube for macro shots. Minimal cropping/enhancement.
Looking north from the loans desk through the doors into the Lending Services staff office. The pamphlet boxes on the right were where course readings were shelved. They are now entirely provided online.
I guess this kind of photo falls into the same category as graffiti - someone else's art, found in the wild and captured.
I don't really care, this is still pretty cool, and just in time for the MSH.
Old Quad, Uni Melb.
A cold winters day at Newman College, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Newman College is a Catholic residential college designed by Walter Burley Griffin and built 1916-1918. Seen as part of Melbourne Open House.
Shot on Fujifilm Neopan 1600 black-and-white film
The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar
Botanical name: Adansonia digitata L.
- [ (ad-an-SOH-nee-uh) named for Michel Adanson, 18th century French surgeon, botanist and naturalist; (dig-ee-TAH-tuh) or (dij-ee-TAH-tuh) meaning finger ]
Synonyms: Adansonia baobab, Adansonia situla, Adansonia somalensis, Adansonia sphaerocarpa, Adansonia sulcata
Family: Bombacaceae (baobab family)
Common names of Adansonia digitata:
Afrikaans: kremetart • Danish: Abebrødstræ, Baobab • Dutch: Apebroodboom (South Africa), Kremetartboom • English: african baobab, baobab, baobab of mahajanga (Madagascar), bottle tree, cream of tartar tree, dead-rat tree (South Africa), ethiopian sour bread, lemonade tree, monkey-bread tree (South Africa), sour gourd • French: baobab africain, baobab de mozambique, calebassier du sénégal, pain de singe • German: Affenbrotbaum • Marathi: गोरख चिंच gorakh chinch, वावबाब vavababa • Nyanja: mlambe • Polish: Baobab wlasciwy • Tamil: பப்பரப்புளி papparappuli, பெரியமரவகை periyamaravakai • Tswana: moana, mowana • Venda: muvhuyu • and: seboi (Sotho), toeega, ximuwu (Tsonga)
Origin: northeastern, central and southern Africa
In the dryer, temperate regions of Africa, Baobabs are a tree of myth and legend.
Baobabs are carefully tended by rural peoples and are particularly useful: the hollow trunks of baobabs are used as dwellings and storehouses, traditional medicines are obtained from its bark, leaves, and fruit, its bark can be pounded to produce fibers that are used to make baskets, cloth, hats, mats, nets, rope, and strings (interestingly, after the bark is stripped away, the baobab grows new bark).
Its leaves are cooked and eaten as greens, and are dried for use as a seasoning and a sauce and stew thickener, its fruit, which is rich in vitamin C, calcium, and iron and is called pain de singe or monkey bread, can be roasted, ground, and boiled to make a coffee-substitute; it is also soaked in water to make a refreshing drink, and is used as a flavoring.
Courtesy:
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- EcoPort
- A Dictionary - Marathi and English
- Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Note: Information has not been verified and may not be reliable; please check for any inaccuracy.
Bukit Tarek FR, Selangor, Malaysia.
Xylopia ferruginea (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill. Annonaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Jangkang bukit, Jangkak, Sejangkang, Jangkang merah, Jangkang betina, Jari ayam, Bangkoh, Bangku-bangku, Senkajang, Sengkajan tunjang, Banitan merah, Thurian nok]. The Malay word "jangkang" means "stilted roots". Distribution - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan). habitat - undisturbed lowland forests up to ca 300 m altitude. Mid-canopy tree up to 33 m tall and 46 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined. Flowers with ca. 45 mm long, very narrow petals, yellow-orange, fragrant, placed on twigs. Fruitlets ca. 90 mm long, bean-shaped, red, placed in apocarp, fruitlets dehiscent. Timber for flooring.
Homotypic Synonyms:
Habzelia ferruginea Hook. f. & Thomson
Melodorum ferrugineum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Artabotrys malayanus Griff.
Xylopicrum malayanum (Griff.) Kuntze
Xylopia altissima Boerl.
Xylopia oxyantha Hook. f. & Thomson
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76130-1
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-1600501
www.asianplant.net/Annonaceae/Xylopia_ferruginea.htm
The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar
Botanical name: Adansonia digitata L.
- [ (ad-an-SOH-nee-uh) named for Michel Adanson, 18th century French surgeon, botanist and naturalist; (dig-ee-TAH-tuh) or (dij-ee-TAH-tuh) meaning finger ]
Synonyms: Adansonia baobab, Adansonia situla, Adansonia somalensis, Adansonia sphaerocarpa, Adansonia sulcata
Family: Bombacaceae (baobab family)
Common names of Adansonia digitata:
Afrikaans: kremetart • Danish: Abebrødstræ, Baobab • Dutch: Apebroodboom (South Africa), Kremetartboom • English: african baobab, baobab, baobab of mahajanga (Madagascar), bottle tree, cream of tartar tree, dead-rat tree (South Africa), ethiopian sour bread, lemonade tree, monkey-bread tree (South Africa), sour gourd • French: baobab africain, baobab de mozambique, calebassier du sénégal, pain de singe • German: Affenbrotbaum • Marathi: गोरख चिंच gorakh chinch, वावबाब vavababa • Nyanja: mlambe • Polish: Baobab wlasciwy • Tamil: பப்பரப்புளி papparappuli, பெரியமரவகை periyamaravakai • Tswana: moana, mowana • Venda: muvhuyu • and: seboi (Sotho), toeega, ximuwu (Tsonga)
Origin: northeastern, central and southern Africa
The large, pendulous flowers (up to 200 mm in diameter) are white and sweetly scented and are pollinated by bats.
They are followed by velvety fruits full of edible acidic pulp sought by both monkeys and people.
References: Top Tropicals • Dave's Garden • ZipCode Zoo • EcoPort • M.M.P.N.D.
Blogged at: Slice of the Day by Vasant M. Salian
Explore flickr, 2nd May 2007
Botany Photo of the day, November 21, 2007 at UBC Botanical Garden
Taruna is a family friend from Delhi. Her family moved to Vancouver, Canada to join the large Punjabi community there. After completing her undergraduate degree in Canada, she decided to study law in Melbourne, at the University of Melbourne, which has often been ranked as one of the top 25 universties in the world by The Times HES rankings.
Taruna enjoys movies, bollywood, travelling and is looking forward to her next visit to Canada.
Another shot from my first set of 35mm scans.
Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), Perak, Malaysia.
Shorea curtisii Dyer. ex King. Dipterocarpaceae). CN: Malay and regional vernacular names - Seraya, Meranti seraya, Tengkawang], Dark red meranti. Distribution - Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Thailand. A dominant species in lower hill dipterocarp forest ridges up to ca. to 850 m asl. A large tree with a distinctive grey or reddish-brown, coarsely fissured trunk; greyish-blue crown. Masting every 5–10 years, after prolonged periods of drought.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.iucnredlist.org/details/33463/0
www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/kankoubutsu/highlight/highlights20...
Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Holarrhena pubescens
ho-lar-REN-uh -- unsure of pronunciation, refers to its prolific flowering trait
pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens -- meaning, downy or short haired
commonly known as: bitter oleander, cavessi bark, common holarrhena, coneru, conessi bark, dysentery rose bay, easter tree, ivory tree, kurchi bark, Tellicherry bark, white angel • Assamese: dhulkari, dudkhuri • Bengali: kurchi, কুটজ kutaja • Gujarati: drowda, kudakari • Hindi: कडवा इंद्रजव karva indrajau, kurchi, कुटज kutaja • Kannada: koodsaloo, korchie • Konkani: कुडॉ kudo • Malayalam: കുടകപ്പാല kutakappaala • Marathi: इंद्रजव indrajav, kodaga, kodaga pala, कुटज kutaja, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Oriya: kherwa, korwa, kurwa, pitakorwa • Punjabi: keor, kewar • Sanskrit: इंद्रयव indrayava, कुटज kutaja, sakraparyaaya, sakraasana, vatsaka • Tamil: கிரிமல்லிகை kirimllikai, குடசப்பாலை kutaca-p-palai, மலைமல்லிகை mlaimllikai • Telugu: గిరిమల్లిక girimallika, కొడిసెపాల kodisepala, కోలముక్కు kolamukku, కొండమల్లె kondamalle, కుటజము kutajamu
Native to: tropical areas of Africa and Asia
References: M.M.P.N.D. • Flowers of Sahyadri • बहर
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Habitat. Merope angulata (Willd.) Swingle. Rutaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Limau lelang, Jeruk rawa, Manao liam (Thai)], Mangrove lime. Distribution - India (Orissa, West Bengal); Indo-China (Myanmar); Malesia (Indonesia - Irian Jaya, Java; Malaysia [Malaya]; Papua New Guinea; Singapore. Spiny shrub or small tree. Habitat - mangrove swamps. Fruit 4cm long, triangular or 4-sided in section, consisting 3 - 4 locules. Apex of fruit pointed. Fruit ripens yellowish-green, filled with slimy large long, flattened seeds. Plant highly valued in Malay folkloric medicines.
Synonym(s):
Atalantia longispina Kurz
Citrus angulata Willd.
Gonocitrus angulatus (Willd.) Kurz
Merope spinosa (Blume) M. Roem.
Paramignya angulata (Willd.) Kurz
Paramignya longispina Hook. f.
Sclerostylis spinosa Blume
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2510008
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24104
Set up for Dog-Jaw Near Field
Wireless Power Transfer. Series LC Resonant Tx Circuit 80 Volts at resonance across a series LC resonant circuit. Resonant frequency tuned to 7.3728MHz.
A series connected Inductor-Capacitor LC generates high voltage.
Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Holarrhena pubescens
ho-lar-REN-uh -- unsure of pronunciation, refers to its prolific flowering trait
pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens -- meaning, downy or short haired
commonly known as: bitter oleander, cavessi bark, common holarrhena, coneru, conessi bark, dysentery rose bay, easter tree, ivory tree, kurchi bark, Tellicherry bark, white angel • Assamese: dhulkari, dudkhuri • Bengali: kurchi, কুটজ kutaja • Gujarati: drowda, kudakari • Hindi: कडवा इंद्रजव karva indrajau, kurchi, कुटज kutaja • Kannada: koodsaloo, korchie • Konkani: कुडॉ kudo • Malayalam: കുടകപ്പാല kutakappaala • Marathi: इंद्रजव indrajav, kodaga, kodaga pala, कुटज kutaja, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Oriya: kherwa, korwa, kurwa, pitakorwa • Punjabi: keor, kewar • Sanskrit: इंद्रयव indrayava, कुटज kutaja, sakraparyaaya, sakraasana, vatsaka • Tamil: கிரிமல்லிகை kirimllikai, குடசப்பாலை kutaca-p-palai, மலைமல்லிகை mlaimllikai • Telugu: గిరిమల్లిక girimallika, కొడిసెపాల kodisepala, కోలముక్కు kolamukku, కొండమల్లె kondamalle, కుటజము kutajamu
Native to: tropical areas of Africa and Asia
References: M.M.P.N.D. • Flowers of Sahyadri • बहर