Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. [Apocynaceae]

Botanical Name: Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. Family: Apocynaceae Common Name: Scholar Tree, Indian Pulai, White Cheesewood, Devil Tree, Blackboard Tree, Milkwood Pine, Dita Bark Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia. Habit: Tree Uses: · Alstonia scholaris...

Digera muricata (L.) Mart.(False Amaranth)

Digera muricata (L.) Mart. False Amaranth !!BOTANICAL NAME: Digera muricata (L.) Mart.FAMILY NAME: AmaranthceaeSYNONYMOUS NAMES: Achyranthes alternifolia L.Achyranthes muricata L.Digera alternifolia (L.) Aschers.Digera arvensis Forssk.COMMON NAME(s): Lesua in HindiPART USED: Fruits, Whole Plant.HABITAT: cultivation and waste places.DISTRIBUTION:Widespread in southern Asia from tropical Arabia and the Yemen to Afghanistan, India, Ceylon,...

Solanum Xanthocarpum(Yellow-Berried Nightshade)

Kantakari !!BOTANICAL NAME: Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. FAMILY NAME: SolanaceaeCOMMON NAME(s): Yellow-Berried Nightshade, Choti Katheri, Kantkari, KateliPART USED: Fruits, Whole Plant.HABITAT: Wastelands, Roadside as well as Open lands.DESCRIPTION: It is a very spiny diffused herb, with a height of up to 1.2 meters.The young branches are densely covered with minute star-shaped hair, while the mature branches are zigzag, covered...

Lantana camara L. (SHRUB VERBENA)

Lantana camara L. BOTANICAL NAMES: Lantana camara L.FAMILY: VerbenaceaeSYNONYMOUS NAMES : Lantana aculeata , Lantana tiliifolia, Camara vulgaris, Lantana scabridaCOMMON NAMES: big sage, wild sage, red sage, white sage, tickberry, Yellow sage, shrub verbena, Common lantana,GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Lantana camara is a significant weed of which there are some 650 varieties in over 60 countries. It is established and expanding in many regions...

Clitoria ternatea L. (BUTTERFLY PEA)

Clitoria ternatea L. BUTTERFLY PEA !!BOTANICAL NAMES: Clitoria ternatea L.FAMILY: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) SUB FAMILY: FaboideaeTRIBE: PhaseoleaeSUB TRIBE: Clitoriinae.Also placed in: PapilionaceaeCOMMON NAMES : Butterfly-pea, Blue-pea, Cordofan-pea, Butterfly Bean, Clitoria, Aparajita, Butterfly Pea, Conch flower, Gokarni, Girikarnika, Koyal, DintenaSYNONYMOUS NAMES : Clitoria albiflora MatteiClitoria bracteata Poir.Clitoria...

Trianthema portulacastrum L. (DESERT HORSE PURSLANE)

Trianthema portulacastrum L.  Desert Horse purslane !!BOTANICAL NAMES: Trianthema portulacastrum L.FAMILY: Aizoaceae (ice plant family)COMMON NAMES : Horse purslane, carpet weed, Santhi, patharchattaSYNONYMOUS NAMES : Trianthema portulacastrum Linn.,                                          Trianthema monogyna Linn.,   ...

Malvastrum coromandelianum (FALSE MALLOW)

 Malvastrum coromandelianum  FALSE MALLOW !!BOTANICAL NAME: Malvastrum coromandelianum FAMILY: Malvaceae (Mallow family)SYNONYMS: Malva coromandeliana, Malvastrum tricuspidatum, Malvastrum tricuspidatum A.Gray,Malva americanaMalva coromandeliana, Malvastrum scabrum, Sida fauriei, Malva lindheimeriana, Malva havanensis, Malvastrum coromandelianum,Malva luzonica, Malvastrum tricuspidatum, Malva hirsuta, Malvastrum corchorifolium,...