It is Euryale ferox, the foxnut, the source of MAKHANA so commonly used in so many Korma veg. preparations.
-- 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 Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Dalia ji: > My first response is to say it looks like the underside of a water > lily leaf... > > but then looking close... all leaves have the spicules/thorns.... all > leaves could not be upside down, unless a nearby pond was just cleaned > out and rubbish thrown, where the underside of all the leaves is now > on top... > > but then I may be missing something... and may be there is a > frakensteinine aquatic plant that has such numerous thorns/ spicules > on top surface.... some more astute or experienced botanists would > know... > > Secondly, the parakeet seems to be muddy head to toe... some sort of > mishap, may be... intriguing.... > > may be your friend may yet tell us the story attached to this > tableau... > > > > Jun 8, 2:45 pm, Dalia Set <[email protected]> wrote: > > This shot was taken by one of my friend - Raj. > > We are interested to know the id of this large acquatic plant on which > the > > parakeet was nibbling. > > Please help. > > > > Thanks > > Dalia Set > > > > . > > > > rrp300511.jpg > > 248KViewDownload >
