Sunday, February 10, 2013

Beautiful Indian Flowers

1. Daisy flower

It's mainly found in central and northern Europe, but widely naturalised in most temperate regions including the Americas and Australasia.
The name "daisy" is occasionally considered a corruption of "day's eye.
This daisy may be used as a Leaf vegetables,  Flower buds and petals can be eaten raw in sandwiches, soups and salads. It is also used as a tea and as a vitamin supplement.




2. Rose Flower

There are over 100 species of Rose.  Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 7 meters in height. The name rose comes from French, itself from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan






3. marigold flower

Marigolds are hardy, annual plants and are great plants for cheering up any garden. Broadly, there are two genuses which are referred to by the common name, Marigolds viz. Tagetes and Celandula. Tagetes includes African Marigolds and French Marigolds. Celandula includes Pot Marigolds.
Marigolds were first discovered by the Portuguese in Central America in the 16th century.
Marigolds come in different colors, yellow and orange being the most common. 
  • Marigold (Calendula) is an extremely effective herb for the treatment of skin problems and can be used wherever there is inflammation of the skin, whether due to infection or physical damage; for example, crural ulceration, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, mastitis, sebaceous cysts, impetigo or other inflamed cutaneous lesions.
  • As an ointment, Marigold (Calendula) is an excellent cosmetic remedy for repairing minor damage to the skin such as sub dermal broken capillaries or sunburn. The sap from the stem is reputed to remove warts, corns and calluses.
  • In the 12th century Macer wrote that merely looking at the Marigold plant would improve the eyesight and lighten the mood.





4.hibiscus flower

It is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. It can be found in everywhere in the world.
Many species are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs, and are used to attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.
It's also useful in health.


5. Arka flower

Among the 21 leaves offered to Lord Ganesha during patra pooja.
pooja to Lord Hanuman is incomplete without the offering of a garland made with arka flowers or Arka leaves.
Arka means ''ray of light''  in sanskrit and the Arka plant is native to India and grows in dry wastelands.
many medicinal benefits have been derived from different parts of Arka tree.



6. Mogra Flower

It is also known as  jasmine flower. It is a small shrub or vine growing up to 0.5 to 3 m  in height.
It's very nice flower you have seen It many times in lord Shiva's temple because people say that shiv likes white colour. 
It's also use for fragrant.




Other flowers












1 comment:

  1. This post seems like the most beautiful Fresh flowers gallery . Can someone suggest me the best online florist in India.

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