Thanks for your confirmation Tanay On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > 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) >> >> >> > > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
