Must have, it is very common in Himalayas.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:58 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice catch of the wild strawberry!! > Sir if I am not wrong then I have observed this plant in Eastern Himalaya > also precisely in the Gangtok region. > > Tanay > > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Duchesnea indica (syn: Fragaria indica) from Kashmir, growing commonly in >> forests and shaded slopes, photographed from Pahalgam on 24 June, 2010 and >> Mohra on June 26, 2010. The fruits may trick you for real strawberry, but >> only after eating you will know that they are tasteless. Three 3-toothed >> each epicalyx can help you differentiate. Also the fruit size is smaller. Of >> course yellow colour of flowers is another identifying feature. >> >> Common name: Mock strawberry, Indian strawberry, False strawberry, >> Yellow-flowered strawberry >> Chinese: She mei >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > >
