Thank you I'll change it on my pictures and file it as Chenopodium album (and not alba as I had wrtitten, which was wrong).....
Somewhere in last two years you have perhaps told us about this, I'll track it down and may be make a page for it... and try to remember it myself !!! thanks again Usha di == On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> =========== >> > > > > > -- 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.
