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The Reflection Pool on the South Lawn is full again. First time for years. Nice to see.

 

For those who don't know it, the Reflection Pool is a long, narrow, shallow pool which has been empty for years because it was leaking into the heritage listed car park underneath.

Heritage listed carpark? yes, as well as being a bit of an architectural icon, the underground carpark is notorious for it's part in the first Mad Max movie. Such notoriety!

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Senna tora

 

SEN-nuh -- Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush

TOR-uh -- most probably, from the vernacular name of the plant, tovara

 

commonly known as: Chinese senna, foetid cassia, Java bean, low senna, peanut weed, sickle senna, sicklepod, stinking cassia • Bengali: chakunda • Gujarati: kawaria, kuvadio • Hindi: चकूंदा chakunda, चकवंड chakwand, एड़गज edgaj, पद्माट padmat, पंवार panwar, प्रपुनाट prapunat , तर्किल tarkil • Kannada: ತಗಚೆ tagache • Konkani: टाय्किळो taykilo • Malayalam: takara • Manipuri: থৌনম নমথীবী thaunum namthibi • Marathi: टाकळा or टांकळा takala, तरवड tarvad • Oriya: chakunda • Pali: एळगल elagala, कंबोजी kamboji • Punjabi: ਪਵਾਰ pawár • Sanskrit: चक्रमर्दकः chakramardakah, चक्रम्गजः chakramgajah, दद्रुघ्नः dadrughnah, एडगजः edgajah, पद्मटः padmatah, प्रपुनाट prapunat, तर्किल tarkil, उरणक्षकः uranakshakah, विमर्दकः vimardakh • Tamil: தகரை thagarai • Telugu: తగర tagara, తగిరిసచెట్టు tagaricettu, తంటెము tantemu • Urdu: ايڙگج ergaj

 

Native to: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely naturalized

  

References: Flowers of IndiaPurdue UniversityPIERM.M.P.N.D.DDSA

1994

MM 004149

 

Format: colour photographic print

Mounted in photographic album: AT 001135

 

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

Ground floor corridor, looking west towards the Faculty of Education office

Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica

 

flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

 

commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Gujarati: લોદરી lodari • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, भेकळ bhekal, पाकर pakar, तांबट tambat • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu • Tibetan: bi ka na ka

 

Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaWorld Agroforestry CentreNPGSM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS

2022 MDHS Staff Excellence Awards

1993

MM 004083

 

Format: colour photographic print

Mounted in photographic album: AT 001134

 

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

Part of a series of photos taken around the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus virens

 

FY-kus or FIK-us -- from the Latin for fig

VEER-enz -- meaning, green

 

commonly known as: grey fig, Java fig, Java willow, sour fig, spotted fig, strangler fig, wavy-leaved fig tree, white fig • Assamese: pakori • Bengali: পাকুড় pakar • Burmese: hpak hi, hyaung pan, nyaung gyin, nyaung shin • Chinese: 黄葛树 huang ge shu • German: Java-weide, würgefeige • Gujarati: પેપરી pepri • Hindi: कमण्डल kamandal, पाकड़ paakar, पाकड़िया paakariya, पर्कटी parkati, पीतन pitan, पिलखन pilkhan, प्लक्ष plaksh, प्लव plav, रामअञ्जीर ramanjir • Jaintia: dieng chiri • Kannada: ಬಸರಿಮರ basarimara, ಕರಿಬಸರಿ karibasari • Khasi: dieng sohpoklaw • Malay: ampulu (Indonesia), ara nasi, bulu bras (Java), wunut baygu (Java) • Malayalam: ചെറള cherala • Manipuri: চিঙ হৈবোঙ ching heibong • Marathi: लघुपिंपरी laghupimpri, पायर payar, पाईर paiir • Nepalese: safed kabra • Oriya: jari • Punjabi: jangli pipli, palakh, pilkhan • Sanskrit: भिदुरः bhidura, दृढप्रारोहः dridapraroha, हृस्वपर्ण hrasvaparna, जाती jati, मङ्गलछायः mangalachaya, पर्कटी parkati, पीतन pitan, प्लक्षः plaksha, प्लवकः plavaka, शुङ्गिन् shungin,, यवः yavha • Sinhalese: kalaha, kavuduboa, kiripella, pulila • Tamil: சிற்றால் chirral, சுவி chuvi, இத்தி itti, கல்லால் kallal, குருக்கத்தி kurukkaththi • Telugu: జువ్వి zuvvi • Urdu: پاکڙيا paakariya

 

Native to: south China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, north Australia

  

References: Flowers of IndiaNPGS / GRINeFloraENVIS - FRLHTM.M.P.N.D.

Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

 

A hook-climber. Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J. Dransf. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Rotan gajah, Rotan kertong, Cekolo]. Native to Indo-China, Malesia (Malaysia, Indonesia) and grows in lowland and montane rainforests to 1600 m elevation. Large hook climbing palm with clustering stems, formidably armed with long, golden spines, about the diameter of a slender arm and reaching an incredible 45 m in length. The large, flat, spreading leaves form an elongated crown. Each stem flowers only once and dies after the fruits have matured.

 

Synonym(s):

Bejaudia cambodiensis Gagnep.

Calamus paradoxus Kurz

Myrialepis floribunda (Becc.) Gagnep.

Myrialepis scortechinii Becc.

Palmijuncus paradoxus (Kurz) Kuntze

Plectocomiopsis annulata Ridl.

Plectocomiopsis floribunda Becc.

Plectocomiopsis paradoxa (Kurz) Becc.

Plectocomiopsis scortechinii (Becc.) Ridl.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-131905

www.rarepalmseeds.com/pix/MyrPar.shtml

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Myrialepis.html

18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 58.

 

Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.

 

Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.

cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6

 

Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.

Looking east. This is where the library staff offices are now located (behind the Interview Rooms)

SGG project - Working note:

BN: Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.

VN: Temu hitam, Temu ireng, Temu erang, Temu lotong, Kunyit hitam (also sharing vernacular name with Kaempferia parviflora and Curcuma caesia], Kha min dam, Pink and blue ginger.

Source: SLN, Jerant, Ph

ACQ Date: 130528-0013-May 28. 2013

 

Rhizomes of Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Temu hitam, Temu ireng, Temu erang, Temu lotong, Kunyit hitam (also sharing vernacular name with Kaempferia parviflora and Curcuma caesia], Kha min dam, Pink and blue ginger. Pink inflorescence that emerge before the red-stained foliage. Used in folk medicines for rheumatic, cough, asthma and as anthelmintic.

 

Botanical description:

A herb with rhizome up to 16 cm long and 3 cm thick, outside grey and shiny, tips pink, inside bluish or blue-green with white cortex. Leaf sheaths to 50 cm long, blades elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, 30-80 cm x 9-20 cm, green with wide purplish-brown suffusion on each side of midrib on distal half. Inflorescence on a separate shoot, bracts pale green, coma bracts purple; corolla about 4.5 cm long, deep crimson-pink. Labellum about 17 mm x 17 mm, pale yellow with deep yellow median band, other staminodes longitudinally folded, pale yellow, anther spurred.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-235184

www.itmonline.org/arts/turmeri3.htm

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Curcuma.html

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Curcuma_aeruginosa

id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temu_hitam

www.wangtaching.com/herbal-supplements-chinese-thailand/c...

www.impgc.com/plantinfo_B.php?id=1987

Papaveraceae (poppy family) » Papaver rhoeas

 

puh-PAY-ver -- referring to the poppy family

ROH-ee-as -- from the Greek, for red

 

commonly known as: common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy, Flanders poppy, Shirley poppy • Arabic: khashkhash bustânî, khashkhash manthûr • Chinese: yu mei ren, yu mei ren guo shi • Czech: mák • Danish: kornvalmue • Dutch: klaproos • Finnish: silkkiunikko • French: coquelicot, pavot rouge, ponceau • German: feuer-mohn, klatschmohn, wolder mohn • Hindi: गुलहोना gulhona, ख़स-ख़स khas-khas • Hungarian: pipacs • Italian: papagna, papavero, rosolaccio (Switzerland), scattarola • Japanese: hinageshi • Kannada: ಗಸಗಸೆ gasagase • Korean: kae yang gwi bi • Manipuri: kaba • Marathi: खसखस khaskhas • Norwegian: kornvalmue • Polish: mak polny • Portuguese: papoila • Russian: mak samoseika • Sanskrit: खस्खस khaskhas • Spanish: ababol, amapola, rosillas • Swedish: kornvallmo • Tamil: கசகசா kaskas • Telugu: గసగసాలు gasagasalu • Urdu: خشخش khash-khash

 

Native to: Europe

  

References: Flowers of IndiaWikipediaMissouri PlantsNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae

 

FY-kus or FIK-us -- from the Latin for fig

ben-gal-EN-sis -- of or from Bengal (India); sometimes spelled bengalensis

¿ KRSH-nay ? -- Latinized form of name of Indian diety, Krishna

 

commonly known as: Krishna's butter cup, Krishna fig • Bengali: কৃষ্ণবট Krishnabat • Chinese: 囊葉榕 (Taiwan) • Hindi: कृष्ण बढ़ Krishna badh, माखन कटोरी makhan katori • Manipuri: ক্ৰিশ্না খোঙনাঙ Krishna khongnang • Marathi: कृष्णवड Krishnavad

 

Distribution: only cutivated

  

References: Flowers of IndiaNPGS / GRINTop TropicalsM.M.P.N.D.

Bombacaceae (baobab family) » Ceiba pentandra

 

SAY-buh -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree

pen-TAN-druh -- meaning, five stamens

 

commonly known as: true kapok tree, white silk cotton tree • Arabic: shajaret al kutun • Arabic, in Chad: rum • Bambara: bàna, bànan • Bengali: schwetsimul • Burmese: thinbawle • Chinese: 吉貝木棉 Ji bei mu mian, 爪哇木棉 Zhua wa mu mian • Danish: kapoktræ, silkebomuldstræ • Dutch: kapokboom • Finnish: capoc, kapokkipuu, seiba • French: arbre coton, arbre kapok, bois coton, capoquier, cotonnier de l'Inde, faux cotonnier, fromager, kapokier, kapokier de Java • French, in Latin America: arbre de Dieu • German: baumwollbaum, fuma, kapokbaum, wollbaum • Greek: Kαπόκ kapok • Hausa: riimaayee, riimii • Hindi: katan, सफेद सावरा safed savara, सफेद सेमुल safed semul, सफेद सिमल safed simal, सफेद सिमुल safed simul • Ilonggo / Hiligaynon: doldol • Italian: albero del kapok, pianta del kapok • Japanese: キワタカポック kiwata kapokku • Khmer: koo, kor • Laotian: kokuiyu, nguiz baanz • Malay: daun randu, kabuk abu, kakabu, kakantrie, mengkapas, pohon randu • Malay, in Indonesia: kapok, kapuk randu, pohon kapok • Malay, in Surinam: kankantri • Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം panjimaram, ശീമപ്പൂള siimappuula • Marathi: सफेत सावरा safeta savara • Portuguese: mafumeira, paina, poilão, polão, sumauma da mata, sumauma de terra firme, sumaumeira • Portuguese, in Brazil: arvore-da-lã, arvore-da-seda, barriguda de espinho, mai-das-arvores, paina-lisa, paineira, samaúma-cabeluda, samaúna da várzea, samaúma-lisa, sumaúma-barriguda, sumaúma-branca, sumaúma-da-várzea, sumaúma-de-macaco, sumaúma-rosada, sumaúma-verdadeira • Sanskrit: श्वेत शालमली shweta shalmali • Sinhalese: elavam, imbul, kottapulung, pulung, pulunimbal • Spanish: arbol capoc, arbol de seda, arbol de la seda, capoquero, ceiba juca, mosmote, peem, yuca • Spanish, in Bolivia: hoja de yuca, toborochi • Spanish, in Colombia: bonga, ceiba blanca, ceiba de lana • Spanish, in Mexico: pochota, pochote, yaxché • Spanish, in Peru: ceibo, huimba • Spanish, in Venezuela: ceiba yuca, ceibo jabillo • Swahili: mbuyu, msufi • Swedish: kapok • Tagalog: balios, boboi, buboi, bulak kahoi, bulak sina • Tamil: ilavu, illavam panju, panjirnaram, பஞ்சித்தணக்கு panji tannaku, panjumaram, ல்மலி shalmali, ulagamaram • Telugu: తెల్ల బూరుగ tella buruga • Thai: ง้าว ngao, งิ้วน้อย ngio noi, งิ้วสาย ngio sai (Northern Thailand), งิ้วสร้อย ngio soi, นุ่น nun • Urdu: سيمل semal, شالملي shalmali • Vietnamese: bông gòn • Visayan: boi-boi, bulak dondol, daldol, dogdol, doldol, dondol, gapas, kayo • Yoruba: egun, ogungun • Yoruba, in Nigeria: araba

 

Common names of in various countries:

: Bouma, Nkouma, Ogouma • : Bokuma, Bosengo, Mofumo • : Nfuma, Nkouma, Ogouma • : Bokum • : Basanglai, Bulak-kastila, Gataova, Kasanglai, Kapak, Kapas, Kapas-sanglai, Kapoc, Kapuk, Kulak, Sanglai • : Doum, Odouma

 

Native to: tropical America

  

References: M.M.P.N.D.DDSA

18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 25.

 

Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.

 

Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.

cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6

 

RResearch suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.

Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica

 

flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

 

commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu

 

Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: World Agroforestry CentreNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS - FRLHT

One of my favourite alpine plants. Not just because of the attractive form and lovely colour, but because they are an "action" plant. If you look closely, you will be able to see the cocked "triggers" for each flower. When an insect lands on the flower, the trigger folds over, covering the insect in pollen.

 

I have highlighted several of the "triggers" using notes - pass the cursor over the image to see them.

 

There appears to be recent changes in the classification of these trigger plants. Costin et al. (2000) names them as Stylidium graminifolium. Raulings and Ladiges (2001) studied plants collected in Victoria and southern New South Wales, and recognised 3 distinct species. The example shown here is consistent with their description of Stylidium montanum.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylidium_graminifolium

 

www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/buffalo/Stylidium_montanum.htm

 

These plants are described on page 8 of McPherson (2010) and on page 325 of Costin et al. (2000).

 

Costin, A. B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C. J., and Wimbush, D. J., 2000, Kosciuszko alpine flora: CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, Australia, 392 p.

 

McPherson, P., 2010, Wildflowers of the Thredbo Valley Walks - a short field guide: Blizzard Print and Design, Jindabyne, NSW, Australia, 14 p.

 

Raulings, E. J., and Ladiges, P. Y., 2001, Morphological variation and speciation in Stylidium graminifolium (Stylidiaceae), description of S. montanum and reinstatement of S. armeria: Australian Systematic Botany, 14, 901–935.

 

www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SB99037.htm

 

I have had no end of trouble photographing small flowers such as these with my iPhone because the camera doesn't support manual focussing in the sense that most of us would be familiar with (i.e., manually adjusting the focal length until the desired feature appears to be in focus). With many iPhone apps, the best that you can do is to tap the desired feature on the screen and lock the focus. However, with small or thin features, the camera locks onto features in the background, leading to no end of frustration! With this shot, I used a different strategy. I held the camera at the desired focal distance when directed towards the ground, tapped the screen and locked the focus. I then directed the camera up towards the flower and took a series of photographs, attempting to bracket the desired focus effect. As I had surmised, at least one of these shots had the right focus! Success at last!

 

Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia.

 

iPhone 5 - Photograph taken with the camera on an iPhone 5.

Camera - The native Camera app was used with the HDR option.

Snapseed - Image rotated and then cropped to square format. Very minor amounts of the Ambience and Structure filters applied. Overall lighting adjustments made to the image.

iResize - Image resized to 2448 x 2448 pixels.

PaintShop Pro X5 - Digital camera speckle noise attenuated (60% fine, 30% medium, and 60% large scale, 60% blend). Smart Photo Fix adjustments applied with manual settings.

 

(Filed as 20130116_iPad3 004 Snapseed-iResize-PaintShopProX5-DNR-60006060-SPF.JPG)

Ocimum kilimandscharicum Baker ex Gürke :-)

Common names:

ENGLISH : African basil, Camphor basil, Perennial basil.

HINDI : कपूर तुलसी (Kapur tulsi), Kapuri tulsi.

More common names

more info

(Clicked at Garden of Five Senses, New Delhi)

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 Sahyadriबहर

Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

 

A hook-climber. Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J. Dransf. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Rotan gajah, Rotan kertong, Cekolo]. Native to Indo-China, Malesia (Malaysia, Indonesia) and grows in lowland and montane rainforests to 1600 m elevation. Large hook climbing palm with clustering stems, formidably armed with long, golden spines, about the diameter of a slender arm and reaching an incredible 45 m in length. The large, flat, spreading leaves form an elongated crown. Each stem flowers only once and dies after the fruits have matured.

 

Synonym(s):

Bejaudia cambodiensis Gagnep.

Calamus paradoxus Kurz

Myrialepis floribunda (Becc.) Gagnep.

Myrialepis scortechinii Becc.

Palmijuncus paradoxus (Kurz) Kuntze

Plectocomiopsis annulata Ridl.

Plectocomiopsis floribunda Becc.

Plectocomiopsis paradoxa (Kurz) Becc.

Plectocomiopsis scortechinii (Becc.) Ridl.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-131905

www.rarepalmseeds.com/pix/MyrPar.shtml

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Myrialepis.html

Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Wrightia tinctoria

 

RITE-ee-a -- named for William Wright, Scottish physician and botanist

tink-TOR-ee-uh -- used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain

 

commonly known as: black indrajau, dyeing rosebay, dyers’s oleander, ivory tree, pala indigo plant, sweet indrajao • Gujarati: દૂધલો dudhalo • Hindi: दुधी dudhi, इन्द्रजौ indrajau, काला कुडा kala kuda, करायजा karayaja, कुडा kuda • Kannada: ಅಜಮರ ajamara • Konkani: काळाकुडो kalakudo • Marathi: भूरेवडी bhurevadi, काळा कुडा kala kuda • Malayalam: ഭന്തപ്പാല bhanthappaala, കമ്പിപ്പാല kampippaala, നിലപ്പാല nilappaala • Sanskrit: असित कुटज asita kutaj, hyamaraka, स्त्री कुटज stri kutaja • Tamil: இரும்பாலை irum-palai, பாலை paalai, வெட்பாலை vet-palai • Telugu: అంకుడుచెట్టు ankuduchettu, చిట్టిఅంకుడు chiti-anikudu, కొండజెముడు kondajemudu

 

Native to: India, Myanmar

  

References: Flowers of IndiaEcoPortM.M.P.N.D.

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana

 

FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig

ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist

 

commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല്‍ kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi

 

Native to:India, Sri Lanka

  

References: Sri MahabodhiyaEthnobotanical leafletsM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS - FRLHT

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 Sahyadriबहर

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18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 70.

 

Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.

 

Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.

cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6

 

Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.

RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Musa gracilis Holttum. Musaceae. [Malay - Pisang hutan], Kluai bpaa cha nit, Kluai leuat, Magenta-green-striped fruit banana, Variegated fruit Malaysian banana. Distribution - Peninsular Thailand and peninsular Malaysia. Slender banana up to ca 2 m tall; narrow, magenta and green striped fruits, and an upright pink-purple bud.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-254827

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?458638

www.agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Musa.html

www.asianflora.com/Musaceae/Musa-gracilis.htm

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Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose

 

Scientific name sourced from:

 

Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

 

Thai language site:

Database Thai Botanical Garden Organization

 

18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 50.

 

Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.

 

Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.

cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6

 

Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.

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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

  

Regarded as the largest succulent plant in the world, the baobab tree is steeped in a wealth of mystique, legend and superstition wherever it occurs in Africa.

 

It is a tree that can provide food, water, shelter and relief from sickness. During drought elephants obtain moisture by chewing on the wood - this massive tree stores large quantities of water in its trunk tissues.

 

The stem is covered with a bark layer, which may be 50-100 mm thick. The leaves are hand-sized and divided into 5-7 finger-like leaflets.

  

Courtesy:

- Top Tropicals

- Dave's Garden

- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- ZipCode Zoo

- EcoPort

- A Dictionary - Marathi and English

- Tamil Lexicon

- Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

 

Note: Information has not been verified and may not be reliable; please check for any inaccuracy.

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