Sunday, June 7, 2009

Can you help identify these flowers form Olavipe?

This is 'thumpa'; there is a spider on it.
See:

Tropical Medicinal Plants: Thumpa, a vanishing beauty


Periwinkle. See:

Health, Gardening: Periwinkle, a wonder plant



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"Nanthyarvattam'. English name? Botanical name?

Locally this is called 'parijatham'. I don't think that is right.
English name? Botanical name?

Photos: Periwinkle by me, rest by Rejo.
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17 comments:

RAJI MUTHUKRISHNAN said...

Even if I can't give you the right name , I can admire the flowers. Such nice pictures.

Jothish said...

The first pic is a 'thumba poovu'. This site gives you details of a lot of medicinal plants. http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/plants/index.php

Jothish said...

Nandyarvattam
Botanical name : Tabernaemontana divaricata (Linn.) R.Br. ex Roem & Schultes
Family : Apocynaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Nandeevriksha, Khsirika, Ksheeri, Vishnupriya
This is from the site I mentioned before.

Anonymous said...

The parijatham flower, has a pleasant yet a bit stronger fragrance similar to that of Jasmine.

islandgal246 said...

Third one down is a Pseuderanthemum reticulatum known also as yellow veined eranthemum or a golden pseuderanthemum. Very common in the tropics.

Sunita Mohan said...

The 'nanthyarvattam' is called 'crepe jasmine' in English. Its Botanical name is Tabernaemontana divaricata.
The last photo is of a Gardenia jasminoides, if I'm not mistaken. Also known as 'Cape Jasmine'.
They sound very similar, dont they. It must be very confusing when you want to go to a nursery and buy one.

Unknown said...

Raji, Jothish, Kariachan, islandgal246, Sunita
Thank you.

Meera's World said...

i asked my mil,and she also thinks the last one is parijatham.i didnt know the name,but i love its fragrance.i thought it was in the same family as nanthyarvattam.

Unknown said...

Meera, I still have doubts.

ചേച്ചിപ്പെണ്ണ്‍ said...

I too think that this is paarijatham ..
But In Bindus drisyasekharam blog
another tree is there by this name

Unknown said...

ചേച്ചിപ്പെണ്ണ് thank you. But as I said to Meera, I still have doubts.

Unknown said...

In Kerala it is called Manoranjitham,not Parijatham.
but actually it is
Gardenia, Cape Jasmine, Gandharaj
(Gardenia jasminoides.
Parijatham is Har Singar, coral tree
or Pavizhamalli in Tamil Nyctanthes
arbotristis).
Hema Ganapati

Unknown said...

Hema, thank you very much.

Unknown said...

The last one is not "Parijatham",it is "Gandha-Rajan". Both this Parijatham and Gandharajan is in my house.

Unknown said...

The last one is not "Parijatham", it is "Gandha-rajan". Both these flowers along with all those flowers in the pics were in house.

Unknown said...

The last one is not "Parijatham", it is "Gandha-rajan". Both these flowers along with all those flowers in the pics were in house.

KUNNATH said...

The flower GANDHArajan(?) Parijatham(?) is known as "GARDENIA" in English.