Thanks swamy ji On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 4:55 PM M Swamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Superb write up ! > > On Thu 21 Mar, 2019, 16:18 Ushadi Micromini, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear All: growing up I always thought of Gokshuru as Indian only, >> almost proprietary herb >> but.... >> funny thing is i have witnessed herbal study group students come back >> with this exact plant from their weekend hiking on the mountains >> because they got stuck to their heavy woolen socks >> near Albuquerque New mexico >> ided by the instructor as Tribulus terrestris >> the student had hauled in a handful of these plants in, roos and all. >> >> i also had it growing as a "weed" (not intentional purchase") in soil of >> my Plectranthus amboinicus >> potted plant in india, ided by botanists at Agri-hort garden kolkata as >> Tribulus >> terrestris >> >> i had many years ago looked it up this bizarre coincidence >> >> gist is >> it likes sandy drier soil: which it is: >> 1: in New Mexico hills >> and 2: in my potted ajwain leaf plectranthus: sandy cactus mix soil >> >> just today searching again to document it for this write up , i found >> https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33318 >> page, >> and saw this, scrolling down the page, >> copy pasting " >> Global Distribution >> >> Tropical and warm temperate regions of the world >> Indian distribution >> >> State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Kollam, Wayanad >> >> - by >> - Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research >> Institute, Peechi" >> >> >> >> >> end quote or copy pasting. >> and googling: "Where is Tribulus terrestris found?" >> Gokshura, caltrop and goat's head (1). It grows in many places, i >> including parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East ().Oct 5, >> 2017 >> *google does not mention USA, New Mexico * >> so further googling for "Tribulus terrestris in new mexico hills?" >> gort me >> https://wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/tribulus_terrestris.html >> a whole page with pictures etc >> Presented in Association with the >> Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences*Tribulus >> terrestris *Linnaeus >> (Puncture Vine, Goathead) >> *life is very interesting* >> >> *Thanks ALka for this spot of old memories* >> >> *usha di* >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 9:38 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Mahadeswara ji. >>> >>> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 08:50, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> For me the ID by Alka Khare is correct. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:56:48 AM UTC+5:30, Alka Khare wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello friends >>>>> >>>>> See this plant near a freshwater lake at Kumbhargaon near Pune, MH in >>>>> Jan 2019. >>>>> The plant were very tiny and were buried in the sand around. >>>>> >>>>> Is this some Tribulus, T. terrestris?. >>>>> >>>>> Kindly provide ID. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Alka Khare >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >>> are directly displayed). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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