Double-forwarding message. Thank you very much Raghu ji and Kunhikannan ji for ruling out C. medica. Friends, the ID still pends.
Regards. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM Subject: Fw: [indiantreepix:14461] Citron - Citrus medica | ID confirmation req 11JUNAR01 To: [email protected] **Fwd msg from C KUNHIKANNAN *Regards* Raghu ------------------------------ *From:* C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]> *To:* raghu ananth <[email protected]> *Sent:* Thursday, 23 July, 2009 7:50:35 PM *Subject:* Re: [indiantreepix:14461] Citron - Citrus medica | ID confirmation req 11JUNAR01 dear reghu, What is given in the photos are not the Citrus medica, Citrus medica fruits are big, elongated with blunt pointed tip, weigh more than a kg, usually used in pooja in south india especially in Ganapathi pojja, thus its name in malayalam as Ganapathi Naragam kunhikannan On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > *Citron - Citrus medica. (Request to confirm the ID. )* > *Rough Lime, * > *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron*<http://en..wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron> > *Local Name : Herale kai, Herale hannu (fruit)(Kannada), Nartanga (Tamil)* > ** > *kavalau Katta, Unchalli falls, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka* > *Jun 2009* > ** > ** > *Tough to find this fruiting tree in villages these days. Very few people > sell this fruit in the market. Is it because people prefer Lemon or Sweet > lime ?* > *The juice of this fruit is considered good for some diseases and commonly > used to prepare a dish called `yellow rice`.* > ** > *Regards* > *Raghu Ananth* > ** > Order: Sapindales <http://wiki/Sapindales> > Family: Rutaceae <http://wiki/Rutaceae> > Genus: *Citrus <http://wiki/Citrus>* > Species: *C. medica* > Order: Sapindales <http://wiki/Sapindales> > Family: Rutaceae <http://wiki/Rutaceae> > Genus: *Citrus <http://wiki/Citrus>* > Species: *C. medica* > > ------------------------------ > See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! > Buzz <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_buzz_1/*http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/>. > > > -- Dr. C.Kunhikannan, Division of Biodiversity, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. ------------------------------ See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_buzz_1/*http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/>. ------------------------------ Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_ie8_1/*http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/> . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
