Convolvulaceae Week :: Cressa cretica at Vaghbil

Dinesh Valke

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Mar 11, 2012, 2:54:58 PM3/11/12

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Cressa cretica L.

KRESS-a -- from the Greek Kressa, a reference to a Cretan woman
KRET-ee-kuh -- of or from Crete

Dec 25, 2007 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: littoral bind weed, rosin cress • Hindi: रुद्रवंती rudravanti • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳುಮದ್ದುಗಿಡ mullumaddugida • Konkani: चवल chaval • Malayalam: അഴുകണ്ണി azhukanni • Marathi: लोण lona, रुद्रवंती rudravanti • Sanskrit: रुद्रवन्ति rudravanti • Tamil: உப்புசணக uppucanaka • Telugu: ఉప్పుగడ్డి uppugaddi, ఉప్పుసెనగ uppusenaga

Native to: Mediterranean region, India, Australia

References: Flowers of India • IMPGC • Aluka • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

more views:

May 25, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
Nov 16, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
Jan 14, 2011 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

... more views at flickr.

Regards.
Dinesh

Vijayasankar

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Mar 11, 2012, 4:36:22 PM3/11/12

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Excellent series of Convolvulaceae, Dinesh ji. Exceptional shots, as usual.

Please review the Tamil name for this plant. The name uppucanaka/uppusanaka may be a Telugu name.
Tamil name for Cressa cretica is உப்பு மரிக்கொழுந்து 'Uppu marikkozhundhu'
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249916/

Regards

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

Balkar Singh

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Mar 11, 2012, 10:42:41 PM3/11/12

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Good Catch Dinesh ji

This is relatively a rare occurrance plant in haryana

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 11, 2012, 10:46:28 PM3/11/12

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Balkar ji, you have only to go to the right place: dry sandy saline habitat around ponds, lakes or rivers.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

Balkar Singh

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Mar 11, 2012, 10:55:08 PM3/11/12

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Yes Sir soon we are planning for one day visit to a Yamuna Bank

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 11, 2012, 11:08:52 PM3/11/12

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Yes you may see good flowering in late March-April.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

Dinesh Valke

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Mar 12, 2012, 12:40:56 AM3/12/12

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Many thanks all, Balkar ji, Gurcharan ji, Tanay for the appreciation.

Vijayasankar ji, many many thanks for validating the name, too.
(But ENVIS - FRLHT does have the name uppucanaka listed in Tamil, perhaps used by people sharing AP - TN border).
Have revised my notes at flickr.

Regards.
Dinesh

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