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:

  1. RAJI MUTHUKRISHNANJune 8, 2009 at 8:56:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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  2. JothishJune 8, 2009 at 12:07:00 PM GMT+5:30

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

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  3. JothishJune 8, 2009 at 12:13:00 PM GMT+5:30

    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.

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  4. AnonymousJune 8, 2009 at 2:57:00 PM GMT+5:30

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

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  5. islandgal246June 9, 2009 at 11:25:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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  6. Sunita Mohan June 9, 2009 at 4:21:00 PM GMT+5:30

    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.

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  7. UnknownJune 12, 2009 at 11:34:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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  8. Meera's WorldJune 28, 2009 at 9:37:00 PM GMT+5:30

    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.

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  9. UnknownJuly 4, 2009 at 3:49:00 PM GMT+5:30

    Meera, I still have doubts.

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  10. ചേച്ചിപ്പെണ്ണ്‍ November 17, 2009 at 1:17:00 PM GMT+5:30

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

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  11. UnknownNovember 18, 2009 at 9:57:00 PM GMT+5:30

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

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  12. UnknownSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:15:00 AM GMT+5:30

    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

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  13. UnknownSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:02:00 PM GMT+5:30

    Hema, thank you very much.

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  14. UnknownOctober 30, 2013 at 1:15:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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  15. UnknownOctober 30, 2013 at 1:17:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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  16. UnknownOctober 30, 2013 at 1:19:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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  17. KUNNATHApril 23, 2014 at 12:14:00 AM GMT+5:30

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

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