Salacia is not Vetiver or vice versa
Salacia is not Vetiver or vice versa
Salacia reticulata English : Salacia Kannada : Ekanayakam
Malayalam : Ponkoranti, Koranti Tamil : Ponkoranti
Telugu : Anukudu cettu Sinhalese : Himbutu, Kothalahimbutu
Botanical description: A large, straggling, woody shrub with dichotomous branching. Bark smooth, greenish grey, thin, white inside. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, base acute, apex abruptly acuminate, margin toothed with minute rounded teeth, leathery, hairless, shiny, lateral nerves about seven pairs, prominent beneath; Flowers bisexual, 2-8 clustered in leaf axils,
greenish white to greenish yellow, calyx lobes entire, anthers dehiscing transversely. Drupes globose, tubercular, pinkish orange when ripe. Seeds 1-4, almond like
Vetiver - Chrysopogon zizanioides (previously Vetiveria zizanioides) is a perennial grass of the Poaceaefamily, native to India. The name comes from Tamil. In western and northern India, it is popularly known askhus , giving the earlier English names cuscus, cuss cuss, kuss-kuss grass, etc.Vetiver can grow up to 1.5 meters high and form clumps as wide. The stems are tall and the leaves are long, thin, and rather rigid; the flowers are brownish purple. Unlike most grasses, which form horizontally spreading mat-like root systems, vetiver's roots grow downward, 2–4 meters in depth. In Malayalam the root is known as ramaccham.
Common Names for Vetivert Grass in India Hindi: Bala, Khas; Urdu: Khas; Bengali: Khas-Khas; Gujarati: Valo; Marathi: Vala Khas-Khas; Punjabi: Panni; Sadani: Birni; Santali: Sirom; Telugu: Avurugaddiveru, Kuruveeru, Vettiveeru, Vidavaliveru; Tamil: Ilamichamver, Vettiver, Vilhalver, Viranam; Kannada: Vettiveeru, Laamanche, Kaadu, ; Malayalam: Ramaccham, Ramachehamver Vettiveru;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetiver