.. The word "pethari" means a "small ornamented wooden box"- both in KonkaNi and kaanada language of coastal Karnataka.... .. Any resemble with the fruit..? Please verify.. :)
On 3/27/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... me too believing it to be *A. indicum*.(syn. *Sida indica*) > > commonly known as: Chinese bell-flowers, common evening mallow, country > mallow, flowering maples, Indian abutilon • Bengali: পোটারী potari • > Gujarati: કાંસકી kaansaki • Hindi: अतिबल atibal, कंघी kanghi • Kannada: > ತುಥ್ಥಿ ಗಿಡ tuththi gida • Konkani: पेटारी petari • Malayalam: വെള്ളൂരം > velluram • Marathi: कंगा kanga, कासली kasali, मुद्रा mudra, पेटारी petari • > Oriya: biley phulo • Punjabi: ਪਤਾਕਾ pataka • Sanskrit: अतिबल atibala, > कङ्कटिका kankatikaa, ऋष्यप्रोक्ता rishyaproktaa • Tamil: பெருந்துத்தி > peru-n-tutti • Telugu: నూగుబెండ nugubenda, తుతిరిబెండ tuteribenda > > > my observation: > 1) the common name *petari* in Marathi (पेटारी) of this herbaceous shrub > is shared by another medium-sized tree, the false white teak -- *Mallotus > nudiflorus* (syn. *Trewia nudiflora*) ... not sure of the reason. > 2) the leaves of this mallow plant has a some kind of similarity to that of > the false white teak's sapling -- at least with regards to shape, the margin > to some extent, the velvety-pubescent texture. > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:31 PM, shubhada nikharge < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> i have posted the pics of fruits and a plant of Abutilon indicum. pl >> confirm the id. >> The pics were taken in Malcom Baug, Jogeshwari, Mumbai in the last week of >> March 2010. >> Common name : country mallow >> Local Marathi name : पेटारी >> family :Malvaceae >> >> Cheers, >> Shubhada >> >> >> "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I >> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! >> Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> >> . >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" 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=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" 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=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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=en.
