On Nov 2, 7:05 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
> The fruits of this plant has spines.
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> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > According to IPNI the accepted name is
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> > Asclepias physocarpa Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxi. Beibl. liv. 8.
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> > Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. Commentariorum de plantis Africae
> > Australioris 1 1836
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> > Asclepias is for Asklepios, the god of healing in Greek mythology
> > Gomphocarpus means nail like fruit.!!
> > physocarpa means bladder like fruit !!
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> > Regards
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> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Gorgeous snaps Ritesh Ji
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> > > Thanks for sharing
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