Thank you very much for the validation, Pankaj ji ... I find your articles on internet ever useful ... greetings and salutes.
in Marathi too: मेढशिंगी (derived from मेद्रशृंगी Sanskrit) .. a milky and thorny plant, with a fruit like a ram's horn. Used medicinally for the eyes. Also called काकडशिंगी. *Asclepias geminata* (syn. of *Gymnema sylvestre*) References: DDSA: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?query=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80&display=utf8&table=molesworth http://www.uchsc.edu/sop/pharmd/6.Experiential_Programs/-downloads/gymnema.pdf and http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/gymnema.html also stumbled across this entry: मेरशिंगी ... a small tree, *Bignonia spathacea*. Rox. DDSA: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?query=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80&display=utf8&table=molesworth *Bignonia spathacea* (syn. of *Dolichandrone spathacea*) NPGS / GRIN http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14450 Regards. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Gymnema sp. (Gudmar) is known as Medhasinghi or Merasinghi in Hindi. > > http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/gymnema.html > > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Madhuri ji and all, >> >> *Medhshingi is not a correct name for this plant at all* ... I do not >> recollect from which reference I got this name ... I am sure I have made a >> mistake here. >> Thank you for bringing it to my notice. >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Madhuri Pejaver >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> if this is called as Medhshingi in Marathi as given by Gargji then the >>> fruits are long turned at one end as the horns of sheep >>> has some medicinal value >>> madhuri >>> >>> --- On Wed, 1/4/09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >>> > Subject: [indiantreepix:9922] Lannea coromandelica (Wodier Tree) >>> > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> >>> > Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009, 8:42 AM >>> > I hope the Id is correct. At AP Forest >>> > Academy on 7/2/09 in Hyderabad. >>> > -- >>> > With regards, >>> > J.M.Garg >>> > "We often ignore the beauty around us" >>> > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> > >>> > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ >>> > join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now >>> http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >>> >>> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
