Caesalpinia decapetala (Mysore thorn).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval ◽  
Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Direct Seeding ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Shade Tree

Abstract C. decapetala is an adaptable scrambling, very prickly shrub with showy sulfur-yellow flowers, and is very widely distributed in South and East Asia. This species grows naturally in tropical temperate regions from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka, and extends to China, Korea and Japan. C. decapetala forms dense thickets and hedges useful for pasture demarcation and boundaries, it is also used as a shade tree. The bark has tanning properties, while the seeds are locally important for medicinal uses including anthelminthic, antipyretic, analgesic and possibly contraceptive properties. This species is also used to treat dysentery, malaria and neuraligia. C. decapetala is easy to propagate by direct seeding, but has been reported to tend towards weediness in some situations in Africa and Australia.

Tersilochinae of South, Southeast and East Asia, excluding Mongolia and Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Khalaim
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Far East ◽  
New Combination ◽  
East China ◽  
Far East Of Russia ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Unidentified Species

Tersilochines of South, Southeast and East Asia (excluding Mongolia and Japan) have been studied. Eight genera and 60 species are recorded in the region: Allophrys (2 species), Barycnemis (5 species), Diaparsis (29 species), Phradis (2 species, including 1 unidentified species), Probles (12 species, including 1 unidentified and 6 undescribed species), Sathropterus (2 species), Slonopotamus gen. nov. (2 species) and Tersilochus (6 species, including one species of the obscure status). One genus and 26 species are described as new: Allophrys bruneiensis sp. nov. (Brunei), A. occipitata sp. nov. (Vietnam, India), Diaparsis absista sp. nov. (Brunei), D. bannapeana sp. nov. (Laos), D. bolikhamsaica sp. nov. (Laos, Thailand), D. brunnea sp. nov. (Brunei), D. crenulator sp. nov. (Brunei), D. dediticia sp. nov. (Vietnam, Brunei), D. hilaris sp. nov. (Vietnam), D. karnatakana sp. nov. (India), D. labiensis sp. nov. (Brunei), D. mandibulator sp. nov. (Laos), D. minuta sp. nov. (Vietnam), D. monstrosa sp. nov. (Brunei), D. morleyi sp. nov. (Sri Lanka), D. propodeator sp. nov. (Brunei, Sarawak State of Malaysia, southern Indonesia, Laos), D. pulchra sp. nov. (South Korea), D. sarawakiensis sp. nov. (Sarawak and Pahang states of Malaysia), D. viela sp. nov. (Vietnam, Laos), D. vietnamica sp. nov. (Vietnam), D. zispina sp. nov. (Vietnam), Probles vietnamica sp. nov. (Vietnam, probably East China and south of Far East of Russia), Sathropterus secundus sp. nov. (Vietnam), Slonopotamus elephantoides sp. nov. (Laos), S. indianus sp. nov. (India) and Tersilochus granulatus sp. nov. (South Korea). Generic assignment of two species are changed: Barycnemis sanctijohanni (Rao & Kurian, 1951), new combination, and Probles (Microdiaparsis) caudate (Morley, 1913), new combination. Barycnemis dissimilis and B. tobiasi from Nepal, Diaparsis convexa from Vietnam, D. niphadoctona from Laos, and Sathropterus pumilus from India and Nepal are newly recorded from the countries. The genus Diaparsis comprises almost half of species of the tersilochine fauna of the studied region (29 species, 48%), and is a dominant genus in the Oriental Region. Keys to genera and species of Tersilochinae of South, Southeast and East Asia (excluding Mongolia and Japan) are provided.

Impact of Buddhism on Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-34
Author(s):  
Sudha Jha Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
The Political ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Royal Power ◽  
Royal Patronage ◽  
Political Unification

This paper is a historical study of the mutual exchanges in the religious and cultural traditions, in the context of Buddhism between India and Sri Lanka. As a powerful medium of trans-acculturation, Buddhism enriched several countries especially of South and South-East Asia. Though Asoka used Buddhism as a unifying instrument of royal power, he was considered as the ruler par excellence who ruled as per dhamma and righteousness ensuring peace and harmony in the kingdom. He was emulated by several rulers in the Buddhist world including Sri Lanka. Royal patronage of the Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lanka was reciprocated by support for the institution of kingship. Kingship played an important role in the political unification of the country, whereas Buddhism provided the ground for ideological consolidation. The Indian impact is clearly visible in all aspects of Sri Lankan life and identity-religion (Buddhism), art architecture, literature, language. However the culture and civilization which developed in the island nation had its own distinctive variant despite retaining the Indian flavour.

Three new synonyms of Solenostoma truncatum (Nees) R.M.Schust. ex Váňa et D.G. Long

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
JIŘÍ VÁŇA
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Leaf Form ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Marginal Cells

Solenostoma truncatum (Nees 1830: 29) R.M. Schust. ex Váňa & D.G.Long (2009: 509) is widely distributed and the commonest Solenostoma-species in south-east Asia, reaching from Himalayas, India and Srí Lanka to China, Japan, Micronesia, Samoa, New Guinea and northern Australia (Queensland). The species is very variable: its leaf form varies from subquadrate-rotund, ovate, ovate-ligulate to rarely ligulate, the cell texture is also relatively variable, but the marginal leaf-cells are mostly ± equally thickened in 1–2 or more rows, and the cuticle is usually at least minutely verrucose, rarely nearly smooth. Perianth is shortly to longly exserted, fusiform or ovate, perianth mouth is contracted or wide, crenulate, sometimes with ciliate marginal cells. Many  synonyms were published for S. truncatum.

Arcotheres borradailei (Nobili, 1906) and Pinnotheres ridgewayi Southwell, 1911: a reassessment of characters and generic assignment of species to Arcotheres Manning, 1993 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae)

Crustaceana ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 90 (7-10) ◽  
pp. 1079-1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K. L. Ng ◽  
Paul F. Clark ◽  
Santanu Mitra ◽  
Appukuttannair Biju Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Holotype Female ◽  
Pea Crab

The identity of the pea crab, Arcotheres borradailei (Nobili, 1906) is clarified. The holotype female is re-diagnosed, figured and its recent generic assignment to Arcotheres Manning, 1993, is discussed. A second poorly known species from India and Sri Lanka that resembles A. borradailei, Pinnotheres ridgewayi Southwell, 1911, is redescribed and assigned to Arcotheres. In addition, Pinnotheres sinensis atrinae Sakai, 1939, and Pinnotheres cyclinus Shen, 1932, from East Asia are re-examined and also referred to Arcotheres.

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