Asteraceae Week (Part II - Discoid heads) aster, daisy, or sunflower family *Sphaeranthus indicus* L. *sfay-RAN-thus* -- Greek: *sphaira* (sphere), *anthos* (flower) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> *IN-dih-kus* or *in-DEE-kus* -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dindicus&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfCOoHXHk8WYCHf2xbvNJZwXufZeg>
*commonly known as*: East Indian globe thistle, Indian sphaeranthus, seed basil • *Bengali*: মুরমুরিযা murmuriya • *Gujarati*: ગોરકમુન્ડી gorakhmundi • *Hindi* मुण्डी mundi • *Kannada*: ಬೋಡು ಕಡಲೆ bodu-kadale • *Konkani*: गोरखमुण्डी gorakhmundi • *Malayalam*: അടയ്ക്കമണിയന് adaykamanian, മിരംഗനീ mirangani • *Marathi*: खडकशेपू khadakshepu, मुंडी mundi, नाई nai, नाय naya • *Nepalese*: गोरखमुन्दि gorakhmundi • *Oriya*: buikadam • *Sanskrit*: मुण्डि mundi • *Santal*: belaunja • *Tamil*: கொட்டைக்கரந்தை kottai-k-karantai, உதறிமுறிப்பான் utharrimurrippan, விஷ்ணுகரந்தை visnu-karantai • *Telugu*: బోడతరము boda-taramu, శ్రావణి sravani • *Urdu*: منڐي گل gul mundi • *Undari*: mundi *Native to*: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, tropical Australia; naturalized elsewhere *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FEast%2520Indian%2520Globe%2520Thistle.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf0UK4gCqi29UmQqtBPVji91a2beQ>• GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F401864&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdu3urvGeCOAoDgCWJLQJW-9fZAmQ>• FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fbotanical_search.php%3Ftxtbtname%3DSphaeranthus%2Bindicus%26gesp%3D1970%257CSphaeranthus%2Bindicus%2BL.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzesnat-vAv71nytRY2tZfWCzG47Ow>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar at Vaghbil, Thane on 15 DEC 09 [image: Gorakhmundi (Konkani: गोरखमुण्डी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4187614226%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze0KYBeX3Tti9JYkqZjzMgpWX5ZUA> [image: Bodu-kadale (Kannada: ಬೋಡು ಕಡಲೆ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4187613212%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcTysUESmV7O_7OUVKPep3tW5JYKw> Regards. Dinesh -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
