Yes ... me too thinking on the same lines, Parjanya ji. In case of *M. nudiflorus*, the fruit seems to be a hard-cased drupe ... and in *A. indicum*, no doubt, the radiating carpels do look artistic. ... both cases manage to raise our curiosity about what is within.
Regards. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Parjanya guru <[email protected]>wrote: > .. 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.
