Sorry for messy links. Got confused with new look Google search. Here are cleaner ones:
http://www.scientific-web.com/en/Biology/Plants/Magnoliophyta/SpinaciaOleracea01.html http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=spinacia+oleracea http://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper03106.html -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Ushadi > It tastes different, slightly tangy and much softer. > Here are some shots > > > http://www.google.co.in/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=675&tbm=isch&tbnid=6ZGPMJXSnvVshM:&imgrefurl=http://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper03106.html&docid=_f_sNdeSKCPveM&imgurl=http://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/spinach05.jpg&w=450&h=315&ei=bdUQUcLNAsq4rAfp9IHoCA&zoom=1 > > > https://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=spinacia%20oleracea&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.bmk&biw=1280&bih=675&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=YdUQUYfPCoirrAejv4DwDg#imgrc=w2HzG_E4ImniKM%3A%3Brone9uFfrGk8SM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scientific-web.com%252Fen%252FBiology%252FPlants%252FMagnoliophyta%252Fimages%252FSpinaciaOleracea1.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scientific-web.com%252Fen%252FBiology%252FPlants%252FMagnoliophyta%252FSpinaciaOleracea01.html%3B700%3B1091 > > > https://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=spinacia%20oleracea&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.bmk&biw=1280&bih=675&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=YdUQUYfPCoirrAejv4DwDg#imgrc=NNqMvQCQuDsBzM%3A%3Bn1W31knHZ7QH8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fluirig.altervista.org%252Fcpm%252Falbums%252Fbot-hawaii29%252F14385-Spinacia-oleracea.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fluirig.altervista.org%252Fflora%252Ftaxa%252Findex1.php%253Fscientific-name%253Dspinacia%252Boleracea%3B600%3B450 > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Gurcharanji >> >> but do you mean all the spinach I have been eating for the last few >> decades in various continents is a variety of Beet greens? >> >> they (spinach I eat) look and feel and taste different from beet greens >> >> I dont have pictures of beet greens nor of their flowers so cant argue >> this point >> >> I 'll have to keep an open mind >> >> but in our junior botany id classes way back when this was indeed Palang >> shaak... the leaf shape as seen in fig 1 (4159) seems to be of palang >> shaak... >> >> well ... learning all the time... >> >> usha di >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Ushadi >>> I fear this may not be Spinacia oleracea. The spinach sold in warmer >>> parts of India is actually bet leaf Beta vulgaris var. bengalensis Roxb. >>> now correctly known as *B. vulgaris* subsp. *maritima* (L.) Arch. >>> >>> Being very familiar with spinach in Kashmir (Palak), we used to call >>> leafy Beta vulgaris var. maritima as Punjabi Palak in Kashmir. I was >>> surprised, therefore, when this Punjabi Palak (word Hindustani or Punjabi >>> is commonly used in Kashmir for any thing belonging to outside Kashmir) was >>> called here in Delhi as Spinach and taught in practical classes (both >>> Physiology and Taxonomy practical) as Spinacia oleracea. It took me some >>> time to convince the teachers here. In fact in one College I went as >>> external examiner, this plant was given to students. I tried to convince >>> teachers, and finding that some senior teachers won't agree, I finally told >>> them: Ok if you think this is Spinacia oleracea, students should show me >>> the characters of this. Luckily no one disagreed with me there after. >>> By the way two are very different: leaves are hastate, flowers >>> unisexual, fruiting perianth enlarging, becoming hardened and often spiny >>> in Spinacia oleracea. >>> In Beta vulgraris, leaves are narrowed at base, flowers bisexual, >>> perianth not hardened in fruit. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> *Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: UD 002 : Spinacia oleracea, >>>> bolting from a local grower* >>>> >>>> >>>> This is Spinach *Spinacia oleracea, * we all eat* it >>>> * >>>> >>>> * >>>> * >>>> >>>> And love and hate to some extent >>>> >>>> >>>> Astringent taste leaves moth dry >>>> >>>> >>>> Hence the Italian took to adding creamy sauces to spinach I think… >>>> >>>> there is no hard evidence for and against it… its just my fancy… >>>> >>>> I love to think that that’s why most spinach I ate in Italy or Greece >>>> >>>> was almost 70percent of the time smothered in creamy white sauces… >>>> >>>> and if not in sauces , in garlic… >>>> >>>> >>>> Its leaves are rich in micro-nutrients such as those that are >>>> synthesized by the leaves… >>>> >>>> Vit K, B6, B2, Vit A and to some extent C… and can be a rich source >>>> of Magnesium, >>>> >>>> Selenium, manganese if the soil its being grown in is not overused >>>> and undernourished ; >>>> >>>> and Iron, since most soil is usually not too deficient in Iron in the >>>> gangetic plains I am told… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *This example I am showing is Bolting, ie flowering, not considered >>>> edible* >>>> >>>> * by this time, ie past its most desirable stage. It tastes bitter, >>>> I can vouch >>>> * >>>> >>>> *for it and quite fibrous. I like the small greenish white flowers >>>> though . * >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
