Joy Weed

Alternanthera dentata    Family: Amaranthaceae (amaranth family)

முள்ளரசன்

Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans) Family Euphorbiaceae

These spines have caused it to be called  Monkey no-climb. Ref. Wikipedia

 

பொன்னாங்கண்ணி

Joyweed  Alternanthera sessilis

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முள்ளுக்கீரை

Prickly Amaranth  (Amaranthus spinosus) 

முளைக்கீரை

Amaranth  (Amaranthus gracilis)

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வாடாமல்லி

Globe Amaranth  (Gomphrena globosa) Family: Amaranthaceae

செக்கு

Sekku traditional wooden oil extractor in Tamil Nadu (before 1970 to 1985)

தானியம்/ பயிர் இவற்றில் இருந்து எண்ணெய் எடுக்க பயன் படுத்தப்பட்ட சாதனம்.      

 

Sugarcane Extractor  
Thanks to Joss Brooks, Pichandikulam, for the photographs.

Grey mangrove Habitat

Grey mangrove or white mangrov (Avicennia marina) family Acanthaceae

 

Mangrove seedlings - propagule (Avicennia marina)

Striped Dewflower

Murdannia striatipetala Striped Dewflower Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)

Striped Dewflower is found in northern Sri Lanka and southern India, in abandoned paddies, ditches, vicinity of waterholes, moist, seasonally swampy places. Flowering: November-March. Ref: 
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Striped%20Dewflower.html

Wishbone flower

Torenia fournieri  Family: Linderniaceae

It is a perennial plant, with blue, white, or pink flowers that have yellow markings. It is widely used for  landscape purpose.

Paddy varieties

Paddy varieties display at the Indian Biodiversity Congress held at Bangalore (9-11 Dec. 2012)

Indian Biodiversity Congress

Indian Biodiversity Congress held at Bangalore 9-11 Dec. 2012.

One of beautiful display of traditional grains at the Congress exhibition.