Curiously, some of these growing at a friend's house here in California, USA have seedpods divided into three hooks instead of the typical two. They are otherwise identical.
Regards-- Ken. ________________________________ From: Vasant Barve <[email protected]> To: Satish Chile <[email protected]> Cc: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 8:53:11 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:31566] Martynia Annua : Devil's Claws ; Tiger's claws : AK This is called as nakti, It has two strong hook thorns. The seeds are coal dark. Other end of seed has an eye. So one can make a long chain of these seeds. I am told they put this chappals to make some sound karr S r S The plants come up after mansoon Barve ========================= On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Satish Chile <[email protected]> wrote: Arti ji > > >Nice photogrph of Martynia annua, a member of Martyniaceae. Often found in >roadside location. > > > >On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > >Taken growing in Nasik, Maharashtra on the roadside on 25th of September,09. >>Aarti >> >>-- >>>>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. >> > > >-- >Dr. Satish Kumar Chile > >> > >-- >>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. > -- (* I have posted Three Jug puzzle & some interesting Puzzles on my blog http://virtuallab.in/blog/ **) Dr. Vasant Barve # 5 Dhanalaxmi Apartments, Shivagiri Colony, Gangapur Road, Nashik 422 005 (India) Phone 0253 234 2563 (R), 94227 30724 (M) -- 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.
