"MADHAVAM" my home.................

MY DREAM

During last few years,

while interacting with general public,

I learned a few lessons.....

That I wish to share with you.

    *     Most people are proud of our rich tradition and culture.

    * Most of them like to cultivate vegetables, Spices, Medicinal plants ..etc. in the available space.

    *  Most people want to conserve Biodiversity. 

   *Most of them want to share these things with their children.

Now a days, 

in this busy world, 

they are getting not enough time for these.

Type of family set up ie, secluded nuclear families,

lack of knowledge regarding age old practices in the field of agriculture,

non-availability of experts in related fields, scarcity of experienced laborers……etc.

 Lot of such problems exist in the present society.

For up-keeping our great cultural and traditional values for the coming generation…

To provide a dream place (not a resort) you love to spare with your family………………..

A small place, full of agricultural crops, Medicinal plants, Spices, Flowers, Animals, Birds, Butterflies  ……..etc.

I have a dream………………………

A project mainly aims for the conservation of different types of agricultural crops, Medicinal plants, Spices, Flowers, Animals, Birds, Butterflies and fishes.

There will be a few cottages, a club house and a dormitory.

Members of this community project and their friends can stay and learn about various agricultural crops, Spices, Medicinal plants and their method of cultivation and usage ..etc. They can enjoy vacations here as their own home.

It will be a great learning experience for children......

I said it a “DREAM”……

Because……

The estimated cost of the above project is around Rupees 35 Lakhs.

I do not have that much amount to spare for the project…..

Since it is not a profit-oriented project, approaching the public to collect the capital on share basis is not so easy……….

From my past experience, I feel I can complete this project within 3years……

But….

The Capital amount.....!!!!

I wish I can fulfill my dreams soon…

Soliciting all the blessings from you…..

                                     Manu Nair.

                                  manu33nair@gmail.com

Butterfly pea (Sankhu-pushpam.)

 

Butterfly pea

English:

Butterfly pea,

blue- pea vine.

Malayalam:

Sankhu-pushpam.

Bengali:

Aparojita

Botanic name:

Clitoria ternatea

Family:

Fabaceae

Butterfly pea is a climber plant that bears blue conch shaped inner part above blue or white lower petal. Leaves are green pinnately compound.

This plant  has much medicinal values.

Its flowers are rich in blue proanthocyanidin and also a natural antioxidant.

Butterfly pea

 

Dwarf white bauhinia (Vella mandaram)

 

Dwarf white bauhinia

English:

Dwarf white bauhinia

Malayalam:

Vella mandaram

Sanskrit:

Sweta kovithara

Botanic name:

Bauhinia acuminate

Family:

Fabaceae

It is an attractive garden shrub that grows to about six to eight feet tall .

Large white, star-shaped flowers are with five petals.

Leaves camel-foot shaped.

Fruits are pods.

It is  reported  that the Bauhinia acuminate leaves are having diuretic and demulcent properties.

Heliotropium indicum (Thekkada)

English :

Indian heliotrope,

Indian turnsole.

Malayalam:

Thekkada,

Thelkada,

Venapacha.

Hindi:

Hathsura,

Hattajuri.

Marathi:

Bharundi.

Gujarathi:

Hathi sundhara.

Bengali:

Hatisur.

Thamil:

Thel kodukku ,

Nakkipoo.

Kannada:

Chelukondi Gida

Botanic name:

Heliotropium indicum

Family:

Boraginaceae.

      

The name Heliotropium is derived from Greek word Helios ( means the Sun ) and Trope (Turning) it is belived that the flowers of this plant always turns towards the Sun.

 Heliotropium indicum is an annual, aromatic, hairy herb grows up to 50 cm height  with a woody base, grows on degraded land.

This plant yields an essential alkaloid.

Leaves and seeds are used in traditional medicines.

Memecylon malabaricum (Kayampoo)

Memecylon malabaricum

Common names:

Malayalam :

Kayampoo,
Malanthetti,

Kannjavu,

Kasaavu.

Tamil: 

Malamthetti,

Perungaca.

Kannada: 

Dodda nekkare

Tulu:

 Olle kodi.

Botanic name:

Memecylon malabaricum 

Family :

 Melastomataceae

Memecylon malabaricum

Plant description

An evergreen shrub, leaves opposite, ovate- oblong, up to 10x5 cm.

Flowers found in clusters arises from axils, purplish blue in colour.

Flowering &  Fruiting: 

 December - July.

Distribution:

 Endemic ,Found in deciduous and evergreen forests of Western Ghats. 

Memecylon malabaricum

Uses:

It is reported that Memecylon malabaricum is highly effective for the treatment of bacterial infections, inflamation,Skin diseases and the methanolic extract of its leaves decreases the raised blood glucose level.

Memecylon malabaricum

 

Memecylon malabaricum