Dinesh and Pankaj Ji Shayad aap saari Raat Apocynaceae ke Chakkar me Soye Nahi. Aapke Jajbe ko Salaam Namste. Thanks
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is one of the few plants which is wrongly interpreted at Christ's > thorn. > > In our campus the fruits of this plant has been found to be a > preferred food plant for the wild Tricarinate Hill Turtle > (Melanochelys tricarinata). > > Please find the pics of baby turtle attached. > > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Carissa congesta > > > > > > kar-ISS-uh -- Latinized form of Indian vernacular name for this genus > > kon-JES-tuh -- congested, crowded > > > > > > commonly known as: Bengal currant, Christ's thorn, corinda tree, karanda > • > > Bengali: করমচা karamcha • Gujarati: કરમર્દ kararmarda • Hindi: बलालक > > balalak, डिण्डिमी dindimi, करौंदा karaunda, सुषेण sushena • Kannada: > ಕರೆಕಾಯಿ > > karekayi • Konkani: करवंद karavanda • Malayalam: കരിമുളളി karimulali • > > Marathi: करांदा karanda, करवंद karavanda • Oriya: sushena • Punjabi ਕੌਂਦਾ > > karaunda • Sanskrit: करमर्द्द karamarda, सुषेण sushena • Tamil: களாக்காய் > > kalakkay, பெருங்களா perungala • Telugu: కలివె kalive, ఓక oka, పెద్ద > వాకకాయ > > pedda-vakakaya > > > > > > Native to: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka > > > > > > Attached views from various locations ... commonly found in all the > forests > > and urban area, in and around cities of Mumbai and Thane > > ... for more views: > > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Carissacongesta&m=tags > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
