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Prasad On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good to see this. > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *Mentha pulegium* L., Sp. Pl. 577. 1753. >> syn: *Pulegium vulgare* Mill. >> >> Common names: *European pennyroyal*, *pennyroyal* >> * >> * >> Quite distinct from other species by its smaller leaves, calyx with >> unequal teeth and being villous in throat; perennial herb , densely hairy; >> leaves oblong-ovate to suborbicular, crenulate to serrulate, up to 2 cm >> long, decreasing in size upwards; flowers pink or lilac in distant >> subglobose clusters; calyx with tube densely villous in throat, lobes >> unequal; corolla tube slender, widening above. >> >> Photographed from Tapiana Sahib in Sialkot near Baramulla, cultivated in >> beds and pots. The herb is the source of Pennyroyal oil. >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com ph. 09437444241
