Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
ZINGIBER OFFICINALIS | Adarak
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Zingiber
Species: Z. officinale
common name:-ADRAK
Useful parts of ZINGIBER OFFICINALIS:-its rhizome is useful.people use it for making in tea for test.
Medicinal uses of ZINGIBER OFFICINALIS:-it is useful in flatulent,colic and dyspepsia.
Wrightia tinctoria| Indrajau
common name:-Indrajau
Useful parts of WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;- its barks and seeds are useful in medicine purpose.
Medicinal uses of WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA:-very useful in the fever, intestinal
worms,dysentery.
WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA | DHATAKI
common name:-DHATAKI
Useful parts of WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA:- it is the plants whos flowers are mostly useful in
liver disease.
Medicinal uses of WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA:- it is useful in menorrhage,disorder of mucous
membrane ,dysentery..
WITHANIA SOMNIFERA | DHOR-GANJA
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Withania
Species: W. somnifera
common name:- DHOR-GANJA
Useful parts of WITHANIA SOMNIFERA:-its leaves and seeds are useful parts.
Medicinal uses of WITHANIA SOMNIFERA:-It is useful in rheumatic disprders,anti-aginganxiety neurosis..
Vitex negundo | Nirgudi | nirgund
Vitex negundo
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex
Species: V. negundo
common name:-nirgudi, nirgund.
Useful parts of VITEX NEGUNDO:- this is very important plantits everypart is useful.. means its leaves,roots,fruits and flowersv are useful where it needs.
Medicinal uses of VITEX NEGUNDO:-it is useful inflammatory swelling of joints from acute rheumatism, also useful in headache..
VINCA ROSEA | SADAPHULI
common name:-SADAPHULI
Useful parts of VINCA ROSEA:- this plants leaves and flowers are useful. flowers are white pinkish in colour.
Medicinal uses of VINCA ROSEA:- this plants is useful in the Diabetes, Menorrhea and Cancer.
Vetiveria zizanoides | khuskhus | Vala
Useful parts of VETIVERIA ZIZANOIDES:-its roots are uses in the medicine purpose.
Medicinal uses of VETIVERIA ZIZANOIDES:-it relese a pain in abdomen, helpful in fever and poisoning
VALLARIS HEYNEI | bhadravali
common name:-BHADRAVALI
Useful parts of VALLARIS HEYNEI:-This plants juice are useful.which we can see milky in colour.
Medicinal uses of VALLARIS HEYNEI:-it is useful in the wound and sore
Mangolia Pumila | Kavthi-chafa
Useful parts of Mangolia Pumila:-this plants flowers are mostly useful.
Medicinal uses of Mangolia Pumila:-it is useful in blister in nose.
Datura Metel | dhotra
Medicinal uses of Datura Metal:-it is useful in the skin disease,eye disease,piles,acidity,kidney stone ...etc.
Citrus Acida | limbu
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Citrus
Common name is limbu.
Useful part of Citrus Acida:- mostly its fruits rae useful.to make juice and coolness for body its useful. we can seeCitrus Acida in yellow or sometimes green in colour.
Medicinal uses of Citrus Acida:-Because of its cool nature it is helpful in the cooling.and also by rubbing its liquid on the skin it make them soft and smooth.
ALOE VERA | KUMARI
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Aloe
Species: A. vera
common name:-KORPHAD,KUMARI
Useful parts of ALOE VERA:-its dried juice of leaves are useful, pulp also very useful.
Medicinal uses of ALOE VERA:-it is uses in the piles,cough,intenstinal worm epilepsy,chronic pneumonia ofinfants.
Adathoda zeylanica | Adulsa
common name:-Adulsa
Useful parts of the ADATHODA ZEYLANICA:-Its roots and leaves are useful in medinal purpose.
Medicinal uses of ADATHODA ZEYLANICA:-It is useful in cough,asthma, sore throat,fever,T.B..,skin disease..
ACTINODAPHNE HOOKERI | pisa
common name:-pisa
Useful parts of ACTINODAPHNE HOOKERI:-its seeds and leaves are useful..
Medicinal uses of ACTINODAPHNE HOOKERI:-mostly it is useful in diabetes, sprains.
Acorus Calamus | vekhand | vacha
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Acorales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Acorus
Species: A. calamus
common name is vekhand ,vacha
Useful parts of Acorus Calamus:- This is very useful in fever. mostly this plants dried roots are useful.
Medicinal uses of Acorus Calamus:- This plant is useful in the cough, dyspepsia,in atonic & in hysteria.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Acacia suma | sai-kanta
COMMON NAME:-SAI-KANTA
USEFUL PART:-BARKS ARE USEFUL .
MEDICINAL USES:-ACACIA IS MOSTLY USEFUL IN ASTRINGENT.
ACACIA NILOTICA | INDIANGUMTREE
Acacia catechuoides | khair
Common name:-khair
classification of Acacia catechuoides.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species: A. catechu
useful parts of Acacia catechuoides:-mostly its barks are useful.
medicinal uses :-it is very useful in passive diarrhoea,sponginess of gums,bleeding and toothache.
Abrus precatorius | gunja
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Abreae
Genus: Abrus
Species: A. precatorius
This plants botanical name is Abrus precatorius.
local name is Gunja.
medicinal uses of abrus precatorius:- mostly seeds,rofe root and leaves are useful .
it is very useful in skin disease, analgesic and oral ulcer.
Acacia Concinna | Shika | ban-ritha
common name:-shika, ban-ritha
useful parts:-this plants pods and leaves are useful.
medicinal uses of acacia concinna(shika):-its leaves and pods are useful in emetic and expectorant.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Tips for Mailing Plants
Do not mail plants to California or Hawaii because of strictly enforced state laws prohibiting importation of plant materials into these states. Most countries restrict or prohibit importation of plants from other countries as well. Check postal regulations for further information before mailing.
Mail plants bare root if possible to minimize spread of soil born diseases. Make sure plants being mailed are healthy, free of insect or disease problems.
Package plants firmly to avoid damage from crushing enroute. Chosing the right sized and shaped box is important.
Use lightweight packing materials, e.g. newspaper,. noodles, bubble wrap, plastic grocery bags, to lighten shipping weight.but secure contents.
Mail plants by the fastest economical means available such as USPS priority mail (2-3 day delivery), or UPS ground if delivery can be guaranteed in 3 days or less. The point of shipping and destination will affect delivery times. The quicker the trip, the better condition upon arrival.
How to pack plants depends on their type: See suggestions below.
Cacti and Succulents: bare root, wrapped in newspaper
Herbaceous rooted plants non-dormant perennials and ferns: wrap roots with minimal amount of dampened sterile soil or sphagnum moss with clear wrap and tie around stem with twisty. Insert entire plant into plastic zip lock bag with dampened paper towel to maintain moisture around foliage
Woody rooted plants: Same method as herbaceous but not necessary to place in moistened plastic bag. After securing roots and sterile soil in clear wrap, wrap the entire plant in newspaper.
Bromeliads and Orchids: bare root enclosed in moistened zip lock bag.
Bulbs: bare root wrapped in newspaper
Dormant perennials: wrap roots in minimal amount of sterile soil or sphagnum moss and place in zip lock plastic bag.
Cuttings: Soak cuttings in water until turgid, then wrap cuttings in dampened paper towels and place in zip lock bag.
Aquatic and bog plants: Wrap in damp to wet paper towel, insert in zip lock bag.
Seed: Place seed in dry zip lock bag. If seed is crushable, place bubble wrap around it.
I trade and occasionally sell plants that I have shipped via USPS Priority Mail and have had almost perfect success using the techniques mentioned above.
How to Enjoy More Plants with Limited Space
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If you are a lover of all types of plants like I am, but only have a postage stamp sized yard, there are ways!
Strategies that I use are:
• Grow miniature or dwarf varieties of a particular favorite plant when available. Commonly grown plants available in dwarf forms include roses, plumeria, daylilies, hummingbird bush, oleander, ornamental grasses, crepe myrtle, pomegranate, Barbados cherry, eleagnus, sages, various tropical such as canna, bananas,just to name a few.
• Grow plants with upright growth forms or train shrubbery to grow in tree form when possible, which free up ground space for more plants below. This is a form of layering plants to allow more texture and color contrast to be displayed in limited ground space.
• Grow plants in unconventional places or use plant containers for hardscape areas. I mount bromeliads on dead cedar, hang staghorn ferns, plant sedums in limestone rock niches – these being a few examples.
• Each growing season, change out your garden plantings so you gain experience in growing more types and specific plants. In my limited native plant area, I switch out a couple each year to try to learn about growing a wider variety of native and adaptive plants over time than my limited space will permit. In addition, the variety and change from year to year is refreshing.
• Often a different species of a plant, or different cultivars (e.g. variegated plants which grow at a much slower rate), are smaller, more compact and take less garden space. These are not dwarf forms, but take up less garden space.
• Downsize plants periodically. An example would be that some Agaves grow to a very large size, but when they outgrow the garden space, you can harvesti pups, digging up the large parent plant and replanting it with the pup. This way, you can enjoy the beauty of larger plants in smaller sizes and spaces.
. Consolidate like plants into a single container, e.g. a miniature cacti dish, or multiple varieties of the same plant that are compatible in a single container. Hanging baskets are good for this and can be hung from tree branches or other supports.
I hope these suggestions allow you to experiment with a wider variety of plants even when limited in actual square footage of garden space. The more types of plants you grow, the more diversity in color, texture, and form you can create in your garden.