Thanks Gargi for the beautiful foto of sagargotas. how about learning it at next flower-meet ;-) Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: J.M. Garg To: satish phadke Cc: indiantreepix Indian ; wildflowerindia Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:58 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:5376] Re: Caesalpinia bonduc/ bonducella Sagar gota
Here one can see the seeds (Sagar gotas?- though I have never seen or played with it) at http://www.shirleydenton.com/plants/plant_www.php?uniq=caesa_bon & http://www.seabean.com/guide/Caesalpinia_bonduc/index.htm Here are a few links:http://www.ayushveda.com/herbs/caesalpinia-bonduc.htm (details with medicinal use), On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:17 PM, satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is a photograph which I had taken last December in Pench showing the pods of Caesalpinia bonduc. The Sagargota seeds with which we play erupt out from these. The plant is very thorny and the prickles sting a lot and it is difficult to extract the seeds due to this. Satish Phadke 2008/10/9 satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Caesalpinia bonduc or Caesalpinia bonduc.Sagar gota. > Most of us must have played sagar gotas in their childhhod. These are seeds > of this thorny climber. > (There was some confusion of responders in sending reply to two of may > mails, hence posting separately.) > Shrub around 2m.Lot of prickles on stem. Flowers 2-3 cm Pinnate leaves. > Yellow with red markings.Little pleasant fragrance. > Satish -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
