Gurucharanji: namste namaste...Guru.... my hat's off to you... it goes to show what a lot I have to learn, ....changing personal interest from cancer to botany is not an easy task , at least in the beginning....
Only last week I discovered that makhana is "Lotus seeds popped like a popcorn".... from the net.... once it said lotus seed... i stopped.... lotus is a lotus...I thought...never realizing that the people who sell makhana on the net or give recipes are not there to give accurate information, but only to boost their sales or get google ads for least effort for their website....... I should have searched on a little more.. but never mind... I was destined to learn the truth... and who better from... thank you... but why thorns on the upper surface, what possible defense can it do? Usha di ======= On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > >
