Two days ago, my friend, Sri Vadaparty Kumar (my Bhagavatam Guru),
reminded me about the rest of the plants in Sri Bapa Rao's Potana's Garden.
It is time to catch up with the rest of the story.
12) kuTaja (Sanskrit - as Potana called)
Botanical Name: Holarrhena antidysenterica
Family : Apocynaceae (gannEru family)
Sanskrit : kuTaja; panDura; kaLimga
Hindi : kurchi
Telugu : amkuDu; koDise; giri mallika; komDa malle; kuTajamu; palla
ceTTu
kuTaja = the plant that grows on peaks.
A tall shrub or small tree of about 10 m tall.
Flowers are white and fragrant in large bunches.
Common in forests of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Wood has economic value.
As the botanical name indicates, the plant is useful in treating
dysentery. The plant contains several alkaloids like conessine,
kurchine, kurchicine and several others. This plant grows upto
4000 ft on the Himalyas.
13) kumda (Sanskrit - as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Jasminium multiflorum
Family : Oleaceae (Malle or Malli Family)
Sanskrit : kumda
Hindi : kumdphool
Telugu : kumdamu; molla pushpamu; kumda malli or kumda malle
English : Jasmine ; Star Jasmine
Medicinal Uses : In treating ulcers and as an antidote against cobra
bite (venom)
(There are several varieties of malle mokkalu. Some time ago I prepared
an essay and Suresh Kolichala helped me with some literary gimmicks on
malle poovulu. I will post that soon.)
14) kuramTaka (Sanskrit - as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Barleria prionitis
Family : Acanthaceae (niila'mbaramu Family)
Sanskrit : kuramTa
Telugu : kuramTakamu; pacca pedda gOramTa; pacca mulu gOramTa;
kuruvakamu; kurumTa; kurumTakamu
Hindi : kaTasareya
Bombay : vajra danti
English : Yellow Amaranth
Medicinal Uses : Leaves are chewed to relieve toothache. Paste is
used to treat boils. Leaf juice is given to children
to cure fevers. This plant is rich in potassium.
15) Karjooramu (Sanskrit - Karjoora - as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Phoenix dactylifera
Family : Palmae or Palmaceae (The Palm or Coconut Family)
Sanskrit : pinDa Karjoora
Hindi : Kajur
Telugu : Karjooramu; Karjoorapu ceTTu; pEriita ceTTu
English : Date Palm
Resembles the iita ceTTu.
The iita in Sanskrit is "Karjoori". In telugu it is called "pedda
yiita". The fruits (ripen) are sweet. The exaudate is called iita
kallu and supposedly has cooling effect. Potana did not mention
anything about it.
16) na'rikELa (Sanskrit - as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Cocos nucifera
Family : Palmae or Palmaceae (Coconut or Palm Family)
Hindi : Nariyal
Tamil : Tenkai
Telugu : na'rikELamu; kobbari ka'ya; Temka'ya
English : Coconut
What else I can say about this plant. You know it all -
kobbari paccaDi; kobbari Kajjam; kobbari vumDalu; kobbari barphii -
ha'rTu eTa'ku :-)
17) simduva'ra (Sanskrit - as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Vitex negundo
Family : Verbenaceae (Teak family)
Sanskrit : nirgundi
Telugu : simduva'ramu; va'vili ceTTu; nalla va'vili
18) camdana (Sanskrit - as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Santalum album
Family : Santalaceae (Sandalwood Family)
Sanskrit : camdana
Hindi : camdan
Telugu : camdanamu
English : Sandalwood
Especially the Hills of Simhachalam and Tirupati are full of these
trees. An interesting fact I should mention about this plant -
This is a parasitic plant at one stage of its life cycle.
19) picumamdamu ( as Potana called)
Botanical Name : Azadirachta indica
Family : Meliaceae (Neem family)
Sanskrit : Nimba
Hindi : Nim
Telugu : vEpa; picumamdamu
English : Nim ; Margosa
I posted an essay on this about more than a year ago.
A controversial tree now in the International market.
Rest coming soon.
---pa'lana
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