Kalpasi

Kalpasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Didymocarpus
Species:	D. Pedicellatus
Binomial name
Didymocarpus Pedicellatus R. Br.[1]

Kalpasi (Didymocarpus Pedicellatus), common name black stone flower, is a rare flower in the family Gesneriaceae. It is often dried and used as an Indian spice in Chettinad.

Some of the other names for it include Shaileyam in Sanskrit / Gokshura, Jeevanti in Hindi, Kallupachi in Telugu and patthar ke phool in Hindi.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.icmr.nic.in/pricepubl/qs_vol5.htm
2. ^ patthar ke phool Spice India online