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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...
Digital composite, 360° cylindrical projection (rotated). The two magnificent eucalypts on the Gatehouse St roundabout at the top end of Swanston St, The stitching's a little rough, but pretty good considering it was automatically aligned.
Capparaceae (caper family) » Capparis zeylanica
KAP-ar-iss -- from the Greek kápparis, originating in the Near or Middle East
zey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
commonly known as: Ceylon caper • Bengali: kalokera • Gujarati: ગોવિંદકળ govindakal, kakhbilado, karrallura • Hindi: ardanda, jhiris • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳುಕತ್ತರಿ mullukattari, totulla • Konkani: वाघांटी vaghamti • Malayalam: karthotti • Marathi: गोविंदी govindi, कडूवाघांटी kaduvaghanti, वाघांटी vaghanti • Nepalese: ban kera • Punjabi: ਗਰਨਾ garna, ਕਰਵੀਲਾ karwila, ਕਰਵੀਲੂੰ karwilun • Rajasthani: gitoranj • Sanskrit: करम्भ karambha, तपसप्रिय tapasapriya, व्याघ्रनखी vyaghra nakhi • Tamil: ஆதொண்டை atontai, காற்றோட்டி karrotti • Telugu: ఆరుదొండ arudonda
Native to: China, Indian sub-continent, Indochina
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • eFlora
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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
Zingiberaceae (ginger family) » Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'
al-PIN-ee-uh -- named for Prospero Alpino, Italian botanist
ZER-um-bet -- derived from a Persian word
commonly known as: butterfly ginger, light galangal, pink porcelain lily, shell flower, shell ginger
Native to: India, eastern Asia
References: Flowers of India • Floridata • Wikipedia • PIER species info • M.M.P.N.D.
"1888 Building", University of Melbourne. Built 1888. Currently School of Graduate Research, former Melbourne Teachers’ College until 1994.
Malvaceae (mallow family) » Gossypium hirsutum
gos-SIP-ee-um -- from Latin gossypion, name used by Pliny the Elder to describe cotton
her-SOO-tum -- hairy
commonly known as: American cotton, American upland cotton, Bourbon cotton, common cotton, Mexican Cotton, upland cotton, wild cotton • Assamese: কপাহ kapah • Bengali: কাপাস kapasa, কার্পাস karpasa • Gujarati: કાપસ OR કપાસ kapas • Hindi: कार्पास karpas, कार्पासी karpasi • Kannada: ಹತ್ತಿ hatti • Konkani: कापस kapas, काप्पुस kappus • Malayalam: കാര്പ്പാസം kaarppaasam • Marathi: कार्पास karpasa • Nepalese: कपास् kapas • Punjabi: ਕਪਾਹ kapah, ਕੁਪਾਹ kupah • Sanskrit: चित्रदण्डकः chitradandakah, गुडा guda, कर्पासः karpasah, कार्पासी karpasi, कार्पासिका karpasika • Tamil: பருத்தி parutti • Telugu: ప్రత్తి pratti • Urdu: کارپاس karpas, کارپاسي karpasi
Native to, and cultivated in: tropical North and Central America
Introduced, and cultivated in: tropical Old World countries
References: Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D. • kapasindia • ENVIS - FRLHT • DDSA
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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
From Cabbages and Condoms, to the University of Melbourne. You spot all sorts of things in a Bangkok back street.
Tone-mapped composite image. This was orginally just going to be a test composite of the crane, but I ended up taking a few extra shots to include the Medical Centre on the left. It also helps being tall enough to reach above the fence.
Annona squamosa L.
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น้อยหน่า
Thai language site -
Rosplenica kosmata - abisyńska trawa o pierzastych kłosach sfotografowana we wrześniu w moim ulubionym Ogrodzie Botanicznym...
Pennisetum villosum R. Br. ex Fresen
Abyssinian feathertop ( Hairy pennisetum; White-foxtail ).
W innych językach / Names in other languages:
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Pennisetum.html#vil...
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Psidium guajava L.
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Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
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Thai language site -