Ushadi I did write something, but don't know where it went. Any way again "By the way it is Chenopodium album. When a character is used to name a species, it has to agree with the gender of the genus (Rosa alba, Chenopodium album, Mallotus albus' Oryza sativa, Allium sativum, Lathyrus sativus) unless it is a tree (tree in classical Latin is Feminine, so would be the names(Pinus wallichiana, Malus domestica, Prunus persica)"
-- 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 5:12 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Gurcharanji > were you going to say something? > usha > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:: UD 003 :: Chenopodium alba >>> from market for vegetable* >>> >>> Chenopodium alba >>> >>> >>> Called Beto shaak or Bethua shaak in local Bangali parlance >>> >>> >>> >>> Local markets sell it, coming from farms, mainly in winter >>> >>> >>> I like the very tiny white flowers and the varied leaves shape >>> >>> And margins in the terminal end of the herb. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ayurvedic folks recommend it to pacify Pitta. >>> >>> >>> Similar to spinach in vitamins and mineral contents, it also seems to >>> have >>> >>> some oxalic acid, just like spinach. >>> >>> >>> ( I forgot to mention that earlier in my spinach submission), >>> >>> so some caution is recommended. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> > > > > -- > 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.
