Diplocyclos palmatus was also found growing in waste places in Bihar this winter. Regards Satish Pardeshi On Feb 9, 1:05 pm, Parjanya guru <gurooji1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank You Ravishankarjee...for the information.. > :) > > On 2/9/10, R. Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > This is locally called as 'Shiv ling beeja' in Kannada and 'Siva linga > > kaai' in Tamil. Botanically known as *Diplocyclos palmatus*(Cucurbitaceae). > > > If you observe the seed (after removing the fruit pulp) you will see a mini > > 'Shivling'. And you will be knowing the story of Lord Shiva and Padmasura. > > In that Lord Shiva took shelter inside the fruit of this plant to save > > himself from Padmasura. > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM, dimple bhati <whis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi this creeper is seen post monsoon in the forested area & by the > >> villages. The berries kind of fruits are little bigger then the peas, green > >> initially & turn red when ripe. I haven't noticed anything feeding on it. > >> Locally it is called goat's eyes ( cheerri ankha) in MP. Could some body > >> please id it for me thanks. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "efloraofindia" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > >> legroups.com> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- > > With regards > > > R. Vijayasankar > > FRLHT, Bangalore > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
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