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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
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
Solanum ferox L. Solanaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names and sharing with other similar species such as S. macrocarpon - Terung masam. Terung bulu, Terong asam, Terong Dayak, Terong Iban, Tabanburo, Tarambulo, Sinkade, Tarabi], Hairy-fruited eggplant, Malaysian sunplant, Yellow-fruited nightshade. Native to China, Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka), Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines), Solomon Islands. S. ferox is an unresolved name according to The Plant List, while GRIN and FRIM classify the species name S. ferox as auct.and a synonym to S. lasiocarpum and S. indicum. Many hybrids and cultivars. Some of the cultivated "Domesticum Group" ones are devoid of fuzzy hairs around fruits, reduced prickles on vegetative parts and variable fruit sizes. The specimen is a wild type armed with sharp prickles at its vegetative parts usually found on waste ground. and quite widespread. The fruits are used in sauces and curries and, like those of most of these (eggplant / nightshade borderline) plants, have a sour taste. In traditional medicine the seeds are used to treat toothache by rolling them in a banana leaf, burning them as a cigar and inhaling the smoke. The roots are used to cure wounds, severe bruises, itch, syphilis and to relieve violent pains all over the body. The fuzzy irritating hairs are easily removed by briefly passing over an open fire or rubbed with coconut husk.
Synonym(s):
Solanum indicum L.
Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal
Solanum immane Hance ex Walp.
Solanum ferox auct.
Solanum lasiocarpum var. velutinum Dunal
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29604513
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29600277
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?416240
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/s/Solanum_ferox/
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/CATALOGUE/Pt2-A...
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 37.
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.
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 • Gujarati: ખડક પાયર khadak payar • 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 Mahabodhiya • Ethnobotanical leaflets • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
Mimosaceae (touch-me-not family) » Mimosa pudica
mim-MOH-suh from the word for mimic, because the movement of the leaves
pud-EE-kuh shrinking, closing, modest
commonly known as: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • Gujarati: reesamani • Hindi: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • Kannada: muttidare muni • Malayalam: tintarmani • Manipuri: ikaithabi, kangphal • Marathi: लाजाळू laajaalu, laajari • Sanskrit: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, samangaa, shamipatra • Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, tottalavaadi • Telugu: attaapatti
Origin: Brazil
References: Flowers of India • M.M.N.P.D. • Wikipedia
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata
kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali
glad-ee-AY-tuh -- sword-like
commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര് vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem
Native to: paleotropics
References: Flowers of India • ARS - GRIN • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
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 Centre • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
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
Reference: M.M.P.N.D.
Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » Trichosanthes cucumerina
try-kos-ANTH-us -- from the Greek trichos (hairy) and anthos (flowers)
koo-KOO-may-ree-nuh -- meaning, related to cucumber - from the Greek kykyon
commonly known as: wild snake gourd • Hindi: जंगली चिचोण्डा jangli chichonda, कड़वा परवर kadva parvar, pudel • Kannada: paduvalakaayi • Malayalam: padavalanga • Marathi: जंगली पडवल jungli padwal, कडू पडवळ kadu padwal, पडोळ padol • Sanskrit: पटोल patola • Tamil: காட்டுப்பேய்ப்புடல் kattuppeypputal • Telugu: అడవిపొట్ల adavipotla, potlakaaya
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » Momordica dioica
mo-MOR-di-ka -- from the word to bite, reference to the seeds which look bitten
dy-oh-EE-kuh -- male and female flowers on separate plants
commonly known as: bristly balsam-pear, prickly carolaho, spine gourd, teasle gourd • Assamese: avandhya, bhat-kerela • Bengali: bhat korola, ghee korola, kankrol • Gujarati: katwal • Hindi: बन करेला ban karela • Kannada: karchi-balli, madahagala gadde • Konkani: फागिल phagil • Malayalam: ben-pavel, erimapasel • Marathi: करटोली kartoli • Rajasthani: bara -karela, kankera, kankoda • Sanskrit: कर्कोटकी karkotaki, कर्कोटी karkoti • Tamil: மெழுகுபாகல் meluku-pakal, பழுபாகல் palu-pakal • Telugu: అడవికాకర adavikakara, ఆకాకర akakara
Native to: south-east Asia
References: Flowers of India • Dave's Garden • M.M.P.N.D. • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 43.
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.
Brassicaceae (mustard, or cabbage family) » Raphanus sativus
RAF-an-us -- meaning, quickly appears
sa-TEE-vus -- meaning, cultivated
commonly known as: radish • Bengali: মুলো mulo • Gujarati: મૂળો mulo • Hindi: मौली mauli, मूलक mulak, मूली muli • Kannada: ಮೋಲಮ್ಗಿ molamgi, ಮೂಲಮ್ಗಿ mulamgi, ಮುಲ್ಲಮ್ಗಿ mullamgi • Kashmiri: मुजू muju • Konkani: मूळो mulo • Malayalam: മൂലാഭം molabham, മുള്ളങ്കി mullaanki, പാടീരം patiram • Marathi: मुळा mula • Sanskrit: मूलक mulaka, मूलिका mulika • Tamil: முள்ளங்கி mullanki • Telugu: ముల్లంగి mullangi • Urdu: فجل fujul
Native to: Eurasia (origin obscure); cultivated widely in south Asia
References: PIER species info • Wikipedia • Floridata • PFAF • M.M.P.N.D.
I cannot help myself. Here’s a story about records, books, postage, recycling and reuse.
This box started out life containing 16 copies of Patrick O’Farrell’s paperback book with ISBN 0-86840-635-X, sent from the University of New South Wales Press (printed on the box). It must have been sent to Readings bookshop in Carlton, who reused it to send something to Dr Phillip Law (1912-2010) at his home in Canterbury (address label on the bottom of the box, unfortunately Post Paid Australia with no postmark). Dr Law used it to store excess publications about Antarctica (inscribed on the box in his own hand). On the death of Dr Law in 2010, the box ended up with us, the eScholarship Research Centre, who have been working with Dr Law on his papers since the mid 1980s. We have the final material from Dr Law now processed and boxed in special National Library of Australia boxes, ready for transfer to their custody.
Looking up the book in the National Library of Australia’s Trove catalogue and checking the ISBNs of the different editions reveals that this box originally held the third edition of The Irish in Australia, published in 2000.
I needed a box to send 18 copies of a book we have just published (November 2011), Founders, Firsts and Feminists: Women Leaders in Twentieth-century Australia, to a conference being held in Canberra next week. This box did the job nicely!
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata
kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali
glad-ee-AY-tuh -- meaning, sword-like
commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര് vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem
Native to: paleotropics
References: ARS - GRIN • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
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 Centre • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
Old Commerce Building, Univeristy of Melboure. Now part of School of Architecture. A Bank of New South Wales façade (Built: 1856 Architect: Reed) incorporated into the original 1941 building.
One of the loal agricultural research stations planted date palms just on two years ago.
Phoenix dactylifera L.
For more about other English names and scientific name synonyms -
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
อินทผลัม
Thai language site -
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 39.
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.
Anacardiaceae (cashew family) » Schinus terebinthifolius
SKY-nus -- Greek name for Pistacia (the mastic tree, another genus)
ter-ee-binth-ee-FOH-lee-us -- leaves like the Pistacia terebinthus (turpentine tree)
commonly known as: aroeira, Bahamian holly (USA), Brazilian pepper, christmas berry, Florida holly, pepper tree, pink pepper, rose pepper
Native to: subtropical and tropical South America
References: University of Florida • Floridata • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
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 Centre • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT
Hippopotamus decoration on external wall of the chapel, Newman College, University of Melbourne, Parkville. Not sure what that's about!
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 India • EcoPort • M.M.P.N.D.
KEY NOTE SPEAKER: PROFESSOR MARCIA LANGTON AM
Professor Marcia Langton AM is an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has produced a large body of knowledge in the areas of political and legal anthropology, Indigenous agreements and engagement with the minerals industry, and Indigenous culture and art. Her role in the Empowered Communities project under contract to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and as a member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians are evidence of Professor Langton's academic reputation, policy commitment and impact, alongside her role as a prominent public intellectual. Her 2012 Boyer lectures titled: The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom is one of her recent contributions to public debate, and have added to her influence and reputation in government and private sector circles. In 1993 she was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work in anthropology and the advocacy of Aboriginal rights. Professor Marcia Langton is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at The University of Queensland. In 2016 Professor Langton is honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. In further recognition as one of Australia’s most respected Indigenous Academics Professor Marcia Langton AM has in 2017 been appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne.*
*Text courtesy of The University of Melbourne, findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person5377
The Southern Cloisters completed in 1970 to complete the Old Quadrangle, University of Melbourne. Built 1854. Architect: Francis White. Oldest building on campus. Carmelia bushes have been present since the 1860's.
Anacardiaceae (cashew family) » Schinus terebinthifolius
SKY-nus -- Greek name for Pistacia (the mastic tree, another genus)
ter-ee-binth-ee-FOH-lee-us -- leaves like the Pistacia terebinthus (turpentine tree)
commonly known as: aroeira, Bahamian holly (USA), Brazilian pepper, christmas berry, Florida holly, pepper tree, pink pepper, rose pepper
Native to: subtropical and tropical South America
References: University of Florida • Floridata • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D.
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 38.
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.
Brassicaceae (mustard, or cabbage family) » Raphanus sativus
RAF-an-us -- meaning, quickly appears
sa-TEE-vus -- meaning, cultivated
commonly known as: radish • Bengali: মুলো mulo • Gujarati: મૂળો mulo • Hindi: मौली mauli, मूलक mulak, मूली muli • Kannada: ಮೋಲಮ್ಗಿ molamgi, ಮೂಲಮ್ಗಿ mulamgi, ಮುಲ್ಲಮ್ಗಿ mullamgi • Kashmiri: मुजू muju • Konkani: मूळो mulo • Malayalam: മൂലാഭം molabham, മുള്ളങ്കി mullaanki, പാടീരം patiram • Marathi: मुळा mula • Sanskrit: मूलक mulaka, मूलिका mulika • Tamil: முள்ளங்கி mullanki • Telugu: ముల్లంగి mullangi • Urdu: فجل fujul
Native to: Eurasia (origin obscure); cultivated widely in south Asia
References: PIER species info • Wikipedia • Floridata • PFAF • M.M.P.N.D.
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 Centre • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT