13. Arisaema murrayi

Botanical name: Arisaema murrayi (J.Graham) Hook. [Araceae]
Arisaema refers to the plant's resemblance to the Arum family and haima (blood) and murrayi refers either to Dr. James Murray, Superintendent of Mahabaleshwar (1831 to 1839) or Genus Murraya was honoured to J A Murray, 18th century Swedish student of Linnaeus
Marathi name: पांढरा सापकांदा

Endemic to South India

The Plant

The Root

The Stem

The Leaves

The flower

Flower

Front view

Side view

Rear view

The Fruit

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quiet interesting info about plants :Premna serratifolia/Flacourtia indica

Here's some information which I found quiet interesting with respect to some plants. The source of information is a book called 'Ayurvedic Drugs and their Plant Sources' by V. V. Sivarajan, Indira Balachandran I don't have this book, but I was browsing the sample pages at this link: https://play.google.com/books/ reader?id=nQCmj2PO9gAC&hl=en_ GB&pg=GBS.PA58 Flacourtia indica 1. Flacourtia indica is used in preparation of a drug/decoction called as 'Aghori'. There is no mention of this drug in any Ayurvedic texts, but Ayurvedic physicians in Kerala use this decoction as a part of their Ayurvedic medicines. 2. The root and fruit are of medicinal values. The details are given in the attached page. Premna serratifolia 1. Premna serratifolia is used in preparation of drug called 'Agnimanthah', The drug is named after Premna serratifolia's sanskrit name : अग्निमंथ Agnimatha The medicinal benefits of this drug is men...

93. Premna coriacea

Botanical Name: Premna coriacea C.B.Clarke [Lamiaceae] Common Name: Leathery Premna/चम्बरवेल Chambarvel, Chambarti, Rawan Local Name: Chambarvel Distribution: Flowering Class: Habitat: Habit: Huge Climber, extensively climbs on trees Flowering and Fruiting: Flowering : Fruiting: The Plant Its a large woody climber. It is deciduous and sheds the leaves in Jan-March. Leaves are not immediately renewed. Habit and Habitat The Stem The Bark is smooth, with lenticels The Leaves Opposite leaves, coriaceous Flower Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes Fruit Drupe, black, ovoid, 1-seeded

94. Vitex altissima

Botanical Name: Vitex altissima L.f. [Verbenaceae] Common Name: Peacock Chaste Tree, Tail Chaste Tree, Peacock's foot tree,बलगे, धवी-रिवटी Distribution: India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Meghalaya. Flowering Class: Dicot Habitat: Moist deciduous forests Habit: Medium size/Large deciduous Tree Flowering and Fruiting: Flowering : April to May Fruiting: July -August The Plant Stem Leaves Flower Fruit

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