Dear Pankaj, Btw, Its great to know more about a common plant which has been used as condiment in our culinary preparations. Can you just throw some light on Tamarind Islands because I couldn't locate it on the web. One such island is located near Thailand but it is far away place from its native of tropical Africa.
So, can you just explain where this island is located!!! Regards, Stephen... On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Just wanted to add one info. Many believe that the plant is originated > in India as stated by Linnaeus too. But the plant is supposed to be > originally from Tamarind Island. This generic and specific epithet is > one of the few unique ones as both genus and species are based on name > of a place. There are very few such examples other than this, like, > India arunachalensis an Orchid. > > Nice pics BTW. > > Regards > Pankaj > -- Think about the Environment before printing this e-mail! ΓΌ +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ Think B4U Print 1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ "Lets Protect What We Enjoy" "When the last tree is cut n the last river is poisoned, man will realize that s/he cannot eat her/his money" If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances - Anonymous
