... Fruit is the signature of these plants then ! :)
On 3/27/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
