Pankaj ji This is what I found from Manual of cultivated plants by L. H. Bailey (I managed to buy an old copy while in California last month). The staminate flowers open forcibly in a sunny place, with an artillery-like discharge of pollen.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Suvarna Sarpotdar < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you > Suvarna > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Suvarna Sarpotdar <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:13 PM > Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:23148] Re: Garden Plant for ID. 161109 SS 1 > To: "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, Gurcharan Singh < > [email protected]>, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>, . > [email protected] > > > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Yes, Pilea microphyla, Gurcharan sir is always right, but what is >> interesting is, on wikipedia I found that it is called GUN POWDER >> PLANT or ARTILLERY PLANT. >> I imagine why? >> A WEED IN AMERICA, BUT PLANTED IN GARDEN IN INDIA!! >> Pankaj >> >> -- >> >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. >> >> >> > > -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
