DULCE or DULCIS means SWEET. Yes the fruits are sweet. I imagine why they call Scoparia dulcis as sweet broom :)) SWEET and BROOM sounds contradictory :) Pankaj
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > But is it जंगल जलेबी Jungle jalebi? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: Na Bha ; Efloraindia ; A.Sinha > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:61823] Pls help ID -- Another Spiny shrub S4 > The ripe fruit after peeling is very soft and tender. Very nice to feel. > Though many like it I have not tasted any sweet fruit. > Madhuri > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > ________________________________ > From: "Na Bha" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:18:21 +0100 > To: A.Sinha<[email protected]>; > indiantreepix<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:61822] Pls help ID -- Another Spiny shrub S4 > Hallo, > > Pithecellobium dulce > > But why is it called Dulche? Dulche is sweet or gentel. > With spines it can't be gentel, so is any part of it sweet? > In wiki I found the name जंगल जलेबी Jungle jalebi > The Fotos of Jangle Jalebi looked somewhat different though!! > > Regards > Nalini > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: A.Sinha > To: indiantreepix > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:41 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:61731] Pls help ID -- Another Spiny shrub S4 > > > A low growing spiny shrub with binate leaves, growing in outskirts of > Calcutta, December > No blooms were seen. > Thanks for any inputs > A.Sinha -- *********************************************** "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
