Common Name: Madras pea pumpkin. Tamil Name: Musumussukkai) Madras pea pumpkin is a slender-stemmed climber and is commonly seen Taminadu; often seen growing on fences and hedges. The entire plant is covered with dense white long hairs. The leaves are simple and arranged alternatively in spiral manner. The leafing nodes are wide apart from each … Read More “Mukia maderspatana (Cucurbitaceae- Pumpkin family” »
Common Name: Gulbel, Guduchi. Tamil Name: Amrtavallu, Kunali, Gulbel is a large glabrous woody climber with corky bark and native to the Indian sub-continent. This plant is commonly seen in forest edges, road sides and farmlands. It climbs over nearby vegetation and can climb up large trees and extend itself to over 10 meters. The … Read More “Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae- Moonseed family)” »
Common Name: Bird’s cherry, Singapore cherry. Tamil Name: Ten pazham, Chakkarai pazham Singapore cherry is an exotic tree to India (native of tropical America); it grows to a height of about 8 meters. The plant is commonly seen in home gardens, road-sides and farm lands in Tamilnadu. The tree has a circular crown-often used in … Read More “Mutingia calabura (Mutingiaceae- Jamaica cherry family)” »
Common Name: Coffee senna. Tamil Name: Kattuttakarai, Narattantakarai. Coffee senna is a pan tropical plant of American origin naturalized in India. It is an annual can grow to about 2 feet and often seen on road-sides in Coimbatore city. The leaves are alternately arranged and bipinnate and paripinnate. The leaflets number around 5-7 pairs and … Read More “Senna occidentalis (Caesalpiniaceae- Gulmohar family)” »
Common Name: Creeping flox glove, Ganges primrose. Tamil Name: Miti-kirai Ganges primrose is a weak stemmed much spreading perennial shrub with wide distribution all over Indian sub-continent. The stem is rectangular in cross section and they spread around out to over a meter square on ground. The plant can grow erect to around two foot … Read More “Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae- Acanthus family)” »
