Floral Intimate Credits: © TERRE Policy Centre Publication: TERRE Policy Centre Presented By: Dr. Vinita Apte, Founder Director, TERRE Policy Centre Title of Book: Floral Intimate Year of Publication: 2020 Place of Publication: Pune Floral Designed by: Mr. Avinash R. Kulkarni Scientific name Crossandra infundibuliformis Common Name Firecracker flower, Aboli It is usually grown in containers but can be attractive in beds as well. The flowers have no perfume but stay fresh for several days on the bush. A well-tended specimen will bloom continuously for years. The tiny flowers are often strung together into strands, sometimes along with white jasmine flowers and therefore in great demand for making garlands which are offered to temple deities or used to embellish women's hair. Scientific Name Bougainvillea Common Name Bouganvel Bougainvillea are popular ornamental plants in most areas with warm climates. It is referred to as "paper flower" because the bracts are thin and papery. Flowers are of bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Scientific Name Saussurea obvallata Common Name Brahm Kamal. Found in the region of the Himalayas, Brahma Kamal is considered a medicinal herb in Tibetian Medicine. It is used to treat urogenital disorders, liver infections, sexually transmitted diseases, bone pains, and cold and cough. It has a bitter taste and the entire plant is used. The plant is endangered because people cut it down for their own use. Scientific Name Scadoxus multiflorus Common Name Ball Lily, Blood Lily It is a bulbous plant native to most of sub –Saharan Africa from Senegal to Soma lia to South Africa. It is widely cultivated as a ornamental ploant. It is traditionally used in parts of tropical Africa as a component of arrow poisons and fishing poisons. It is also used in traditional medicine in South Africa. Scientific Name Scadoxus multiflorus Common Name Ball Lily, Blood Lily It is a bulbous plant native to most of sub –Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somali a to South Africa. It is widely cultivated as a ornamental ploant. It is traditionally used in parts of tropical Africa as a component of arrow poisons and fishing poisons. It is also used in traditional medicine in South Africa. Scientific Name Mansoa alliacea Common Name Garlic vine It is native to Northern South America and has spread to Central America and Brasil. Among the mestizos of the Amezon rainforests. it is known as ajo sacha, a Spanish-Quechua name that means "forest garlic" or "wild garlic".M. alliacea has been exported overseas, and grows in the favourable climates of Puerto Rico, Southern Africa, Thailand and India. It is cultivated for ornamental purpose. Scientific Name Gladiolus Common Name Sword lily These flowers are variously coloured, ranging from pink to reddish or light purple with white, contrasting markings, or white to cream or orange to red. Gladioli have been extensively hybridized and a wide range of ornamental flower colours are available from the many varieties. Flowers used for decoration purpose and is cultivated for its commercial value. Scientific Name Clitoria ternatea Common Name Blue bell vine, Butterfly pea This plant is native to equatorial Asia, Indian sub continent and Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia and America. It is grown as an ornamental plant and as a revegetation species. In Southeast Asia, the flower is used as a natural food colouring to colour glutinous rice. In traditional Ayurvedic medicine , it is ascribed various qualities including memory enhancing, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing, and sedative properties. Scientific name Rosa rubiginosa Scientific name Common Name Rosa rubiginosa Gulab Common Name Gulab Roses are best known as Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for ornamental plants grown for their their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors. They have flowers in the garden and been also used for commercial sometimes indoors. They have perfumery and commercial cut been also used for commercial flower crops. Rose perfumes are made from rose oil. Rose perfumery and commercial cut water is used for cooking, flower crops. Rose perfumes are cosmetics, medicine and religious practices. Rose made from rose oil. Rose water Hips are occasionally made is used for cooking, cosmetics, into Jam, Jelly, Marmalade, and Soup or are brewed for medicine and religious practices. tea. Rose Hips are occasionally made into Jam, Jelly, Marmalade, and Soup or are brewed for tea. Scientific name Mirabilis jalapa Common Name Marvel of Peru, Four o'clock flower It is the most commonly grown ornamental species and is available in a range of colours. Flowers produce a strong, sweet-smelling fragrance throughout the night. The flowers are used in food coloring. An edible crimson dye is obtained from the flowers to color cakes and jellies. In herbal medicine, parts of the plant may be used as a diuretic, purgative and for wound healing purposes. Leaf juice may be used to treat wounds. The bulbous roots of the flower have a laxative effect. The seed of some varieties is used as a cosmetic and a dye. The juice extracted from the root is used to treat earache, diarrhoea, dysentery, syphilis and liver infections. Scientific name Jasminum officinale Common Name Summer jasmine, Poet’s jasmine Jasmines are widely cultivated for the characteristic fragrance of their flowers in the garden, as a house plant, and as cut flowers. The flowers are worn by women in their hair in South and South East Asia. As a herbal medicine it is used in dermatology. Floral extract used in aroma therapy. Scientific Name Hibiscus Common Name Rose mallow, hardy hibiscus, rose of sharon Many species are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs. A tea made from hibiscus flowers is known by many names around the world and is served both hot and cold. The beverage is known for its red colour, tart flavour, and vitamin C content. Dried hibiscus is edible, and it is often a delicacy in Mexico. It can also be candied and used as a garnish, usually for desserts. Hibiscus is described as having a number of medical uses in Indian Ayurveda. The hibiscus is used as an offering to goddess Kali and Lord Ganesha in Hindu worship. Scientific name Nerium oleander Common Name Nerium or Oleander it is extensively used as an ornamental plant in parks, along roadsides and in private gardens. Oleander flowers are showy, profuse, and often fragrant, which makes them very attractive. Oleander has formed the subject matter of paintings by famous artists. Scientific Name Canna indica Common Name Peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise. Flowers are of variety shades of yellow about orange and red to pink. It is used as a garden plant, ornamental plant. The starch is easily digestible and therefore well suited as a health and baby food. The tubers can be eaten raw or cooked. The starch is also suitable for baking. In South America, the leaves are used to wrap pastries. The seeds are widely used for jewellery. The seeds are also used as the mobile elements of the kayamb a musical instrument from Reuinion, as well as the hosho, a gourd rattle from Zimbabwe. It can be used for the treatment of industrial waste waters through constructed wetlands. It is effective for the removal of high organic load, color and chlorinated organic compounds from paper mill wastewater. Scientific Name Barleria prionitis Common Name Porcupine flower, Koranti This flowering plant is native to India, Sri Lanka and Eastern Southern and Central Africa. It is used for various medicinal purposes in ayurvedic medicine. The juice of the leaves is applied to feet to prevent maceration and cracking in the mansoon season. Scientific name Combretum indicum Common Name Rangoon creeper or Chinese honeysuckle The flowers are fragrant and tubular and their colour varies from white to pink to red. The plant is used as an herbal medicine. Decoctions of the root, seed or fruit can be used as anthelmintic to expel parasitic worms or for alleviating diarrhoea. Fruit decoction can also be used for gargling. The fruits are also used to combat nephritis Leaves can be used to relieve pain caused by fever. The roots are used to treat rheumatism. The seeds from the pod are useful for treating Roundworm and Pinworm. Scientific Name Jasminum sambac Common Name Mogara Mogara is cultivated commercially for domestic and industrial uses, such as the perfume industry. Essential oil is extracted from flowers and buds by using steam distillation process. This essential oil is one of most expensive commodities in aromatherapy and perfume industry. Flowers are also used in rituals like marriages, religious ceremonies and festivals, to make thick garlands as hair adornments. Mogara flowers are also used to make jasmine tea, which often has a base of green tea or white tea. Scientific Name Orchidaceae Common Name Orchid The Orchidaceae are well known for the many structural variations in their flowers. Some orchids have single flowers, but most have a racemose inflorescence, sometimes with a large number of flowers. he scent of orchids is frequently analysed by perfumers to identify potential fragrance chemicals . Orchid has horticultural importance and widely used for decorative purpose. The dried seed pods of one orchid genus, Vanilla, are commercially important as a flavouring in baking, for perfume manufacture and aromatherapy. The underground tubers of terrestrial orchids are ground to a powder and used for cooking. Scientific Name Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Common Name Night-flowering jasmine or Coral jasmine The flowers can be used as a source of yellow dye for clothing. Extracts of seeds, flowers and leaves possesses immunostimulant, hepatoprotective, antileishmanial , antivir al and antifungal activities invitro.