Yes, really nice leaves, .. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing.. Regards Prashant
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > very nice leaves ' details, Gurcharanji > I wish you also have flower inconspicuous thought it may be and an ugly > duckling of the lily family I would love to see some > > I understand there are hundreds of acres of these planted as a farming > community is now organized and selling packaged hygienic processed makhana > . > > SO our botany members from Bihar should have access to a lot of the area ? > > usha di > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Euryale ferox* Salisb. in Kon. & Sims, Ann. Bot. 21.74. 1806. >> Makhana in Hindi >> >> Equatic perennial herb with orbicular peltate leaves up to 1 m in diam, >> strongly corrugated especially beneath, veins very prominent, prickly along >> veins on both surfaces; sepals 4, triangular-ovate, concave, violet pink >> inside, prickly outside; petals many,, outer dark violet, inner >> successively fading to white; stamens numerous, outer longer than inner; >> fruit a berry, globose-ovoid, prickly, up to 10 cm across. >> Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi >> >> 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/ >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
