Parjanya ji, to me it looks like an ornament box with many chambers within. i think 'पेटारी'is an appropriate name.
Dear Dinesh, Thanx for all the info. Can u put up the pics of Mallotus nudiflorus? 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." ________________________________ From: Parjanya guru <[email protected]> To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Cc: shubhada nikharge <[email protected]>; indian tree pix <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 27 March, 2010 12:58:15 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:30897] Abutilon indicum fruit - Is id coorrect? .. 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.-- >>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. >> >-- >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. > -- 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. Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- 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.

